Moscow: A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Kaluga region after the crash of a Ukrainian drone, local emergency services said Friday. "A fire occurred on the territory of First Plant LLC due to the fall of a drone. There were no deaths or injuries," said a spokesperson of the emergency services, reports Xinhua...

Pune: A special court for UAPA cases in Maharashtra's Pune Friday convicted and sentenced two men to life imprisonment and acquitted three, including key accused Virendrasinh Tawde, in the murder of well-known rationalist Narendra Dabholkar. Dabholkar (67), an anti-superstition crusader, was shot dead while on a morning walk on Omkareshwar Bridge here on August 20, 2013. Reading...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar Friday for the second time in less than a week and hold a roadshow in the evening in support of BJP nominees ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state, a party leader said. He will lead the two-km roadshow from Sri Ram...

New York: Cue up his 2010 megahit “Baby”. Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (nee Baldwin) are expecting their first child together — and have renewed their vows. A representative for Hailey Bieber confirmed to The Associated Press Thursday that the model is just over six months pregnant. The couple announced the news on their respective Instagram pages...

Mumbai: India head coach Rahul Dravid will have to reapply if he wishes to continue in the job after his tenure ends with next month's T20 World Cup, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has said while making it clear that the new appointment will be for a three-year term. Dravid, who had a two-year contract originally, was given...

Mumbai: Actress Tamannaah Bhatia has revealed her hilarious toxic trait through a meme, involving food, weather, and parking situations. Tamannaah took to her Instagram stories and shared a meme that stated: "My toxic trait is telling people I'm down for anything when in reality, I mean not after 8 p.m., food should be involved, and it also...

New Delhi: After Sam Pitroda's controversial statements, another veteran Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has triggered a fresh row by saying that "India should give respect to Pakistan as it has atom bomb". In an interview that has gone viral now, Aiyar says, "India should give respect to Pakistan as it has an atom bomb! If we...

Male: India has withdrawn all its soldiers from the Maldives, the government here has said, ahead of the May 10 deadline set by President Mohamed Muizzu for the complete withdrawal of Indian military personnel from his country. President Muizzu, widely seen as a pro-China leader, had set May 10 as the deadline for the withdrawal of the...

Washington: The Biden administration's top diplomat in New Delhi Thursday dismissed concerns being raised in certain quarters about democracy in India and observed that in many ways Indians are better than the Americans. At an event organised here by the Council on Foreign Relations, a top American think-tank, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti told the audience...

Leverkusen (Germany): Bayer Leverkusen had a double reason to celebrate in stoppage time Thursday. Not only did it reach the Europa League final and keep its treble bid on course but substitute Josip Stanišic's late goal preserved its remarkable unbeaten record as Leverkusen rescued a 2-2 draw against Roma. Both had seemed at risk during the semifinal...