West Bengal to add 14,000 polling booths next year’s Assembly polls

West Bengal to add 14,000 polling booths next year’s Assembly polls

Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Friday (August 29, 2025) held a meeting with representatives of all major political parties of the State, where the representatives were informed about rearrangement of polling booths. As per the new arrangement a polling booth will have … Read more

Hundreds mourn Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces as both sides report violence across the West Bank

Hundreds mourn Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces as both sides report violence across the West Bank

The death of Qusai Hamamrah marked the second fatal shooting by Israeli forces in the village in five days and came amid a series of violent incidents and clashes across the territory overnight. Wrapped in the Palestinian flag, the boy’s body was carried through the village by men hailing him as a martyr. His mother … Read more

Girl, 14, allegedly raped in a coronavirus treatment center

Girl, 14, allegedly raped in a coronavirus treatment center

The alleged rapist was a 19-year-old fellow patient at the center in the capital, New Delhi, Parvinder Singh, an additional deputy commissioner of Delhi police, told CNN. “The two did not know each other beforehand, the rape took place in an isolated area at the center and a 20-year-old man, a friend of the 19-year-old, … Read more