Jajpur: A 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl in Odisha's Jajpur district, police said Sunday. The incident was reported from Mangalpur area in the morning. According to the FIR lodged by the girl's mother at Mangalpur police station, the 14-year-old Class-IX student had gone to the accused's grocery shop, where he allegedly raped...

Gwalior: India registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first T20I of the three-match series here Sunday. India bowled out Bangladesh for 127 and then chased down the target of 128 with 49 balls to spare. Asked to bat first, Bangladesh were in early trouble at 14 for two with left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh (3/14)...

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Kolkata: Calcutta High Court Sunday ordered that a second post-mortem be conducted on the schoolgirl who was allegedly gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. The 10-year-old girl was returning to her Joynagar home after attending her tuition classes Saturday when the incident took place. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta High Court, hearing...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday left for New Delhi on a three-day official visit. Majhi is scheduled to attend a review meeting on Maoist-related issues organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs Monday morning, officials said. Read Also: Private bus operators in 14 Odisha districts to go on strike from Monday Union Home Minister...

Bhawanipatna: Private bus operators in 14 districts of Odisha announced a 24-hour strike beginning Monday evening, opposing buses being run under a state government scheme to connect blocks to district headquarters. The strike will begin at 6pm Monday and continue till 6pm Tuesday in 14 districts in the western and southern districts of the state, Kalahandi Private...

Paris: Crowds were participating in pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protests and memorial events across the world Sunday on the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel. Sunday's events follow massive rallies that took place Saturday in several European cities, including London, Berlin, Paris and Rome. Other events are scheduled through the week, with an...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Sunday stated that the United Nations (UN) is like an "old company" that is "occupying space in the market" without adapting to the changing global landscape. Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Conclave, Jaishankar stressed that the UN has failed to keep pace with the world, forcing countries to find...

Dubai: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur struck a vital 24-ball 29 as India eked out a six-wicket win over traditional rivals Pakistan in their ICC Women's T20 World Cup match here Sunday. With the ball, a disciplined India restricted Pakistan to 105 for eight but then adopted an overcautious approach while batting before Harmanpreet helped them achieve the target...

New Delhi: A war of words broke out between Ola founder Bhavish Agarwal and stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra Sunday on social media platform X over the after sales and service quality of the company's electric scooters. It started when Kamra responded to a post on X by Agarwal, who posted a photo of Ola's gigafactory, by putting...