Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has launched a sharp attack on the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government, calling Bihar the ‘crime capital of India’. He said this while commenting on the murder of prominent businessman Gopal Khemka in Patna. In a post on social media platform X Sunday, Rahul Gandhi stated: “The brazen murder of businessman Gopal Khemka...

Jammu: Amid incessant rains, a fresh batch of over 7,200 pilgrims left the base camp here early Sunday for the Amarnath shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The 38-day annual pilgrimage, which started July 3, crossed the 50,000 mark Sunday. The fifth batch of 7,208 pilgrims, including 1,587 women and 30 children, left the Bhagwati Nagar...

New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina is set to make his acting debut with a Tamil film. Production banner Dream Knight Stories, which is also marking its debut project with the upcoming film, shared the news on its official X handle Friday. The post was re-shared by Raina on his handle. It read, "Welcoming China Thala...

New Delhi: In an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court administration has written to the Centre for vacating the official residence of the Chief Justice of India at Krishna Menon Marg here, noting that the current occupant ex-CJI DY Chandrachud has stayed beyond the permissible period. In a communication July 1 to the Ministry of Housing and Urban...

Mumbai: Actor Rajkummar Rao has addressed the ongoing debate around the Hindi-Marathi language issue in Maharashtra and opened up about the silence of Hindi film actors on such sensitive topics. In a recent conversation with IANS, the 'Stree' actor shared his nuanced view on why not every actor publicly comments on every issue and why silence doesn’t...

Mumbai: The first look of the upcoming film ‘Dhurandhar’ was unveiled Sunday. It gives a peek into the thrilling universe of the film with generous parts of action, thrill and violence. The asset was released on Hindi film industry actor Ranveer Singh’s birthday, and has influences from previous Hindi film industry films like ‘Pathaan’ and ‘Animal’. The...

Puri: The Odisha Police issued an alert to people about a huge flow of devotees to Puri Sunday on the occasion of 'Suna Besha' (golden attire) of Lord Jagannath and his two sibling deities. The police informed the devotees about their crowd management and traffic control measures and asked them to plan their visit to the pilgrim...

Rio de Janeiro: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her meetings with BRICS counterparts here, discussed issues of bilateral cooperation, including cooperation in multiple sectors to further strengthen strategic partnerships, according to an official statement. In her meeting with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on the sidelines of the ‘BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting, she...

Kerrville: Rescuers scoured a devastated central Texas landscape of mangled trees, overturned cars and muck-filled debris Saturday in an increasingly bleak mission to locate survivors, including 27 girls who have not been seen since their camp was slammed with a wall of water in a historic flash flood. The flooding in Kerr County killed at least 43...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday extended warm wishes to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday, and said he has been an enduring symbol of love, compassion, patience and moral discipline. Modi said on X, "I join 1.4 billion Indians in extending our warmest wishes to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday....