Angul: The driver of a bus was killed and five passengers seriously injured after it collided with a dumper in Odisha's Angul district Tuesday morning, police said. Around 25 passengers were on the bus, which was heading to Puri from Chhatisgarh's Korba, when the accident happened on NH-55 near Jarapada Square, they said. The dumper was parked...

Kolkata: The BJP Tuesday nominated its veteran leader Abhijit Das from the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, where he will take on TMC heavyweight and sitting MP Abhishek Banerjee. Das was the former president of the party's South 24 Parganas district unit. The Left Front has fielded CPI(M)'s youth leader Pratikur Rahman from the...

Bengaluru: Veteran Kannada film actor, producer and director Bungle Shama Rao Dwarakanath, popularly known as Dwarakish, died following a cardiac arrest Tuesday. He was 81, family sources said. He acted in about 100 films and produced and directed around 50 movies. Born August 19, 1942 at Hunsur in Mysuru district, Dwarakish was best known for his comedy...

New Delhi: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Tuesday declared the results for the Civil Services Exam 2023, with Aditya Srivastava securing the top rank. Animesh Pradhan and Donuru Ananya Reddy secured the second and third ranks respectively, it said. A total of 1,016 candidates cleared the examination and have been recommended for different central government services,...

Jajpur: The bus accident in Odisha's Jajpur district in which at least five people were killed and 40 others were injured was mainly due to "negligence" of the driver, a senior official of the Transport department said Tuesday. This was stated by Additional Commissioner Transport(Road Safety) Lal Mohan Sethi after a preliminary investigation at the accident site....

Mumbai: The makers of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', Tuesday, announced the new season, along with the registrations starting from April 26. The quiz-based reality show is hosted by megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The last episode of Season 15 was aired December 29, 2023. Now, the makers took to social media and shared an announcement video, wherein we can see...

New Delhi: As India approaches its $5 trillion economy goal, overall employment could rise by 22 per cent, while unemployment could decline by 97 basis points by 2028, a report showed Tuesday. The ‘India Employment Outlook 2030’ report by Observer Research Foundation, explored trends across India’s job market at a time of geopolitical churn, supply chain disruptions,...

New Delhi: Former India cricketer Ambati Rayudu advocated for Dinesh Karthik’s inclusion in the 2024 T20 World Cup squad after the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) wicket-keeper batter smashed a 35-ball 83 in the losing cause against Sunrisers Hyderabad at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Chasing a mammoth total of 287, Du Plessis (62 off 28) and Virat Kohli (42...

Mumbai: Hindi film superstar Aamir Khan, who was last seen in Laal Singh Chaddha, is taking action against a fake advertisement by a political party. The actor has filed an FIR with Mumbai Police against a fake Congress advertisement. The said advertisement has a deep fake video of the superstar created by artificial intelligence, and it targets...

New Delhi: The Government has hiked the windfall tax on crude oil to Rs 9,600 per metric ton with effect from Tuesday from Rs 6,800 earlier, as part of its fortnightly revision. Upstream oil exploration and production companies ONGC and Oil India Ltd stand may lose as they will not get the full benefit of rising international...