New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking NIA probe into the alleged 2008 agreement between the Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of China. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde asked senior lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani, appearing for PIL petitioners Shashank Shekhar Jha and journalist Savio Rodrigues, to withdraw...

Bahraich (UP): In the past 10 days, around 26 people have been bitten by snakes in Chilbila village of Bahraich district out of which one died earlier this week. The person who died has been identified as Munshi Ram. Now, scared villagers are claiming that it is the same snake that has been biting people. The snake...

Sand art by Subala Maharana at Bhubaneswar's Rabindra mandap on National Handloom Day   Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar being prepped up to host state-level Independence Day function   Heavy rush at markets ahead of weekend shutdown in Bhubaneswar   A girl takes picture of clay idols of goddess Khudurukuni at a shop   Low-pressure induced rains lash Bhubaneswar

ZLondon:  A 10-year-old Indian-origin boy, who was swept out to sea during a family trip to the beach in northern England, has spoken about how he survived using the floating advice he picked up on a  television documentary show. Ravi Saini was able to battle the waves for more than an hour and even earned praise from...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court made clear to the Centre Friday that it would not pass any order on the plea seeking closure of cases against two Italian marines, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, without hearing the victims' families who should be given adequate compensation. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde allowed the...

United Nations: A 350 per cent increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year. Most of the phishing was targetted hospitals and healthcare systems. In the process the phishing of websites hindered their work responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This information was given by the United Nations (UN) counter-terrorism chief, Thursday. The...

Puri: Puri Jagannath temple servitor Ipsit Pratihari, who had alleged that some of the stones affixed to the seat of the Lords inside the temple had gone missing, Thursday recorded his statement before Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). Also read: ASI hands over old photos to SJTA over Ratna Singhasan missing stones incident SJTA had earlier issued...

Winston-Salem (United States): Demonstrators held a vigil in North Carolina here Thursday to demand justice for a Black man. The Black man died days after his arrest following the release of body camera videos. The videos showed the Black man struggling with guards and yelling he couldn’t breathe as they restrained him. More than 70 participants used...

Padmapur: After low pressure-induced incessant rains lashed Bhadrak district for last two days, several rivers in the district including the Kanchudi, the Dhala and the Mantei are in a spate. First floodwaters of the season, meanwhile, inundated farmlands at several places in Basudevpur block here. Also read: Collectors alerted over flood threat to Southern Odisha districts Local...

New Delhi: As the mystery behind the death of Hindi cinema actor Sushant Singh Rajput turns murkier with each passing day, senior advocate Vikas Singh, who is representing the kin of the late actor, has hinted that the last few pages from his personal diary could be ‘crucial’ and ‘could have hinted at who could have been...