1st Test: Sri Lanka reach 214/5, trail India by 248 runs
Galle: Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha mounted a stirring second-session counter-attack for Sri Lanka by striking unbeaten half-centuries to lead a brilliant recovery in the second session on day three’s play of the first Test against India. By the time...
Woman, grandson die in wall collapse in Odisha’s Baleshwar
Baleshwar: A 65-year-old woman and her grandson died when a portion of a wall collapsed on them during heavy rain while they were asleep in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said Monday. The incident occurred in Kapasuda village in Jaleswar block...
IMD warns of more rain till Aug 18 as north Odisha flood situation remains grim
Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in north Odisha districts, which has affected five lakh people, remained grim Monday even as the IMD has forecast more rains after the low-pressure system formed in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, officials...
Rain washes away soil under railway tracks, train services suspended on Baripada-Bangiriposi route
Baripada: Train services on the Baripada-Bangiriposi route in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district were suspended after soil under the railway tracks was washed away due to a heavy rain-induced landslide, officials said Monday. The earth and concrete under around 50 metres of...
Landslides in Kendujhar hit traffic on NH-49
Kendujhar: Landslides triggered by heavy rain from a low-pressure system disrupted traffic on National Highway 49 in Kendujhar district, with debris blocking sections of the road at Kanjipani Ghat under Kanjipani police station and Judia Ghat under Sadar police station...
Stampede at Bihar’s Ashok Dham Temple kills seven, injures over 12
Lakhisarai: At least seven people were killed, and more than 12 were injured in a stampede outside the Ashok Dham Temple in Bihar's Lakhisarai district Monday. The incident triggered chaos at the temple premises as a large number of devotees had gathered to offer prayers and perform rituals on the...
Read moreDetailsCID raids JSSC office in connection with Jharkhand recruitment exam ‘irregularities’
Ranchi: Criminal Investigation Department Monday began conducting raids at the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission office here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, an officer said. Job aspirants have been protesting for 24 days now against alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand. "We are conducting raids at the JSSC office in connection with alleged irregularities in various examinations," CID ADG Manoj Kaushik told PTI. The...
Read moreDetailsPresident Murmu gives assent to Bill to renaming Kerala as Keralam
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to a Bill to rename Kerala as Keralam, with the legislation now becoming a law. The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, Tuesday, followed by the Rajya Sabha the next day. In the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024, urging the Centre to bring a law...
Read moreDetailsNSUI protests outside NTA office in Delhi over UGC-NET irregularities
New Delhi: The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Monday staged a protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office here over alleged irregularities in the UGC-NET June 2026 examination and demanded that the testing agency be scrapped. Hundreds of NSUI members and UGC-NET aspirants participated in the demonstration, while a large number of police personnel were deployed outside the office, the students' organisation said. Addressing the protesters, NSUI national president...
Read moreDetailsLeaving ‘vyavastha’, not ‘vyakti’ or ‘vichar’: Shehzad Poonawalla resigns from BJP
New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla Monday said he has resigned from all positions and primary membership of the party. Poonawalla stated that he has submitted his resignation letter to BJP national president Nitin Nabin, requesting that he accept it. He also posted his resignation letter on X, which stated that he had written to Nabin, offering "to resign unconditionally" from all positions and primary membership of the BJP July...
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Govt to soon announce panel to review banking sector’s role in Viksit Bharat: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that the government will soon announce the composition of a high-powered committee to recommend how the banking sector should play its role in supporting the country’s transformation into a developed economy by 2047. Addressing the inauguration of the two-day conclave of heads of public sector banks and financial...
1st Test: Sri Lanka reach 214/5, trail India by 248 runs
Galle: Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha mounted a stirring second-session counter-attack for Sri Lanka by striking unbeaten half-centuries to lead a brilliant recovery in the second session on day three’s play of the first Test against India. By the time tea break arrived at the Galle International Stadium Monday, Dickwella (71 not out off 102 balls) and...
Twisha Sharma case: Former judge Giribala Singh, son Samarth Singh charged in dowry death case
Bhopal: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a detailed 636-page chargesheet in the high-profile case related to the suicide of Twisha Sharma. The agency has named former judge Giribala Singh and her son, Samarth Singh, as the accused. Both are currently lodged in jail under judicial custody. According to sources, the CBI has pressed charges...
High-level panel on banking to be formed soon: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday that the government will soon announce the composition of a high-powered committee to recommend how the banking sector should play its role in supporting the country’s transformation into a developed economy by 2047. Addressing the inauguration of the two-day conclave of heads of public sector banks and financial institutions...
CID raids JSSC office in connection with Jharkhand recruitment exam ‘irregularities’
Ranchi: Criminal Investigation Department Monday began conducting raids at the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission office here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, an officer said. Job aspirants have been protesting for 24 days now against alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand. "We are conducting raids at the JSSC office in...
Two Air India Group pilots fail initial drug test
New Delhi: Two pilots of the Air India Group have failed the initial drug test as their results came "non-negative" and their samples have been sent for confirmatory tests, according to a source. On August 13, Air India and Air India Express started mandatory psychoactive substance testing of all their pilots, expanding checks beyond regulatory requirements. These...
President Murmu gives assent to Bill to renaming Kerala as Keralam
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to a Bill to rename Kerala as Keralam, with the legislation now becoming a law. The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, Tuesday, followed by the Rajya Sabha the next day. In the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the...
NSUI protests outside NTA office in Delhi over UGC-NET irregularities
New Delhi: The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) Monday staged a protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office here over alleged irregularities in the UGC-NET June 2026 examination and demanded that the testing agency be scrapped. Hundreds of NSUI members and UGC-NET aspirants participated in the demonstration, while a large number of police personnel were...
Leaving ‘vyavastha’, not ‘vyakti’ or ‘vichar’: Shehzad Poonawalla resigns from BJP
New Delhi: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla Monday said he has resigned from all positions and primary membership of the party. Poonawalla stated that he has submitted his resignation letter to BJP national president Nitin Nabin, requesting that he accept it. He also posted his resignation letter on X, which stated that he had written to Nabin,...
CBI chargesheets Samarth Singh, Giribala Singh in Twisha Sharma death case
New Delhi: CBI has filed a chargesheet against Samarth Singh and Giribala Singh, the husband and mother-in-law of former actor-model Twisha Sharma, who was found dead under suspicious circumstances at her marital home in Bhopal May 12, officials said Monday. In the chargesheet filed before a special court in Bhopal, the CBI has invoked sections of Bharatiya...
