New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka and Ajinkya Shinde have been summoned by Delhi Police to appear for questioning Thursday in connection with the Jantar Mantar protest case. The CJP members have been asked to appear before the Delhi Police Crime Branch office in Rajouri Garden at noon. This comes a day...

Mumbai: Fresh revelations have emerged in the investigation into the firing incident involving Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff, with police sources claiming that the accused practised shooting at a location near Mumbai before the attack. A misfire also reportedly occurred while they were testing the weapon in their hotel room in Andheri. According to Mumbai Police sources, the...

Washington: Indian green-card holders, who form the second-largest group of new American citizens, are facing a steady slowdown in US citizenship approvals, with the backlog of pending applications crossing 813,000 in August, according to official data reviewed by the media. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 15,349 naturalisation applications (Form N-400) in August, according to the...

United Nations: India has taken strong exception to a report by a UN monitor falsely projecting that wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim is based in India and warned that such actions cause the organisation "tremendous harm". Raghoo Puri, a first secretary in India's UN Mission, Wednesday (local time), accused Ben Saul, the Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron has accused foreign leaders, including those "on the other side of the Atlantic", of attempting to exploit France's tense social climate for political gain following a weekend of violence and unrest. Protests in France over soaring living costs have attracted international attention. US President Donald Trump has blamed immigration for the unrest...

New Delhi: The Kuwait-flagged oil product tanker M/T Al Dasma, carrying 21 Indian seafarers, was struck by an unknown projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. All crew members are safe, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal announced. The incident occurred Wednesday, October 21 (local time). The Union Minister said that the authorities are...

PARIKHITA SAHOO, OP Boinda: Dilapidated classrooms, unusable toilets and a lack of basic facilities are driving students away from the Government Upper Primary (UP) School at Gunduri near Anandapur under Athamallik block in Anugola district, raising concerns over the future of the institution established more than seven decades ago. Despite repeated appeals to the authorities, the school...

Bhabanipatana: The famous Chhatar Yatra of Goddess Manikeswari, the presiding deity of Kalahandi district, concluded amid religious fervour in Bhabanipatana Monday, drawing hundreds of thousands of devotees from Odisha and neighbouring states. However, the ceremonial Chhatar, or movable idol of the goddess, returned to the temple much earlier than expected, leaving many devotees disappointed as they missed...

Badachana: The overbridge at Chandikhol junction on National Highway 53 connecting Daitari and Paradip has turned into a death trap with potholes and poor road conditions posing serious risks to commuters. Chandikhol is a major commercial hub and thousands of people travel through the junction every day. However, the overbridge is riddled with potholes of varying sizes....

Chhatrapur: Ganjam Cyber Crime and Economic Offences (CC & EO) police have arrested a 39-year-old man in Goa for allegedly defrauding a widow of about Rs 60 lakh by promising to marry her through a matrimonial website. The accused, Jinu Sahani alias Rakesh Rajput, a native of Peonapada village in Kandhamal district, allegedly posed as Sai Krupa...