Bhubaneswar: A number of job seekers Thursday staged a demonstration outside the residence of the Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj in Bhubaneswar to protest against alleged irregularities in the recruitment of people for various posts. Hundreds of job seekers also staged demonstrations in different parts of the state over the same demand. The agitators alleged large-scale irregularities...

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan has opted out of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology chaired by BJP member Nishikant Dubey. Bachchan will now be a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development chaired by former Karnataka chief minister Basavraj Bommai, according to a bulletin...

Kolkata: BJP leader Rupa Ganguly was ‘detained’ Thursday for allegedly obstructing the work of a police station in Kolkata by holding a demonstration there demanding the release of five people arrested on the charge of manhandling the force, a senior official said. Locals in Bansdroni area in the southern suburbs of the city held protests and gheraoed...

New Delhi: In a major setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ashok Tanwar, a political heavyweight in Haryana politics switched loyalties and rejoined the Congress Thursday. Tanwar rejoined the grand old party in the presence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda during a public rally in Mahendergarh district. Tanwar's switchover...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government has recalled five envoys, including its high commissioner in New Delhi, as it carried out a second phase of reshuffle in the diplomatic service alongside the domestic administration, an official said Thursday. The interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus as the Chief Adviser has asked Bangladesh's envoys in India, Brussels, Canberra, Lisbon,...

Beirut: An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong presence since late September but has rarely struck in the heart of the capital. There was no warning before the strike late Wednesday, which hit an...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in northern Gaza killed Rawhi Mushtaha and two other Hamas commanders, Sameh Siraj and Sameh Oudeh. There was no immediate comment from Hamas. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said that his meeting with ambassadors and representatives of various countries regarding their investment in the state was fruitful. Majhi said this after holding discussions with ambassadors, high commissioners, consul-generals, trade commissioners, and senior diplomats of 34 countries at an event in New Delhi. “I had a fruitful discussion...

New Delhi: Leg-spinner Usman Qadir has announced his retirement from Pakistan cricket at the age of 31. Usman, the son of legendary spinner Abdul Qadir, picked 32 wickets from playing 25 T20Is and one ODI for Pakistan from 2020 to 2023. "Today, I am announcing my retirement from Pakistan cricket, and as I reflect on this incredible...

Mumbai: Hindi film actor Ahan Shetty, who made his debut with Tadap, is taking his father Suniel Shetty’s legacy forward in the second installment of the upcoming war film Border 2. Ahan joins Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh, Varun Dhawan in the film which is directed by Anurag Singh. While Border was based on the events of Battle...