Capri (Italy): Group of Seven foreign ministers warned of new sanctions against Iran Friday for its drone and missile attack on Israel, and urged both sides to avoid an escalation of the conflict. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who chaired the meeting of ministers of industrialised countries, said the agenda of the three-day meeting was changed Friday...

Bhubaneswar: As many as three miscreants attacked journalist Saroj Jena, who works for Odia daily Dharitri, in Bhubaneswar’s Badagada area at around 12.55 pm Friday. After finishing office work, Saroj was returning to his home in Badagada when three miscreants attacked him near a SBI ATM. At first, the three accused hit Saroj with the two-wheeler they...

Bijapur: A 32-year-old jawan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deployed on poll duty in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district was killed Friday when a shell of Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) exploded accidentally, police said. The incident took place near Galgam village under Usoor police station limits when a team of security personnel was out on an...

Bhubaneswar: A 14-year-old white tigress Sneha died at her enclosure in Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city Friday, officials said. The white tigress fell ill Thursday and was under medication. She was administered saline and medicines but died this morning. According to the official, apart from her old age ailments, she could have been...

Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi are among those who Friday filed nominations for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls. Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh addressed a rally before Reddy filed his nomination for the Secunderabad segment with the Returning Officer. Owaisi offered Friday prayers at the Mecca Masjid here and...

Jaipur: Over 41 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first eight hours of polling Friday in 12 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan where voting is underway in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election, officials said. According to the Election Commission, polling began at 7am amid tight security arrangements and 41.51 per cent voting took...

Mumbai: Stock markets rebounded from early lows to close higher Friday, snapping the four-day losing streak on heavy value buying in banking and auto shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 599.34 points or 0.83 per cent to settle at 73,088.33. The index opened lower and tanked further 672.53 points or 0.92 per cent to hit a low...

Lahore: Pakistan will announce a new set of coaches for red and white ball formats for the national team by the end of this month, a Cricket Board (PCB) official said Friday. The PCB also confirmed that besides South Africa's Gary Kirsten and Australia's Jason Gillispie, the board had received applications from a couple of reputed coaches...

New Delhi: Ekagrah Rohan Murty, NR Narayana Murthy's five-month-old grandson who was gifted a whopping 15 lakh shares by the Infosys founder recently, is set to earn Rs 4.20 crore, thanks to the Bengaluru-IT company declaring a bumper final and special dividend totalling Rs 28 per share. Murthy had gifted 15 lakh shares to Ekagrah valued at...

Kolkata: A voter turnout of 66.34 per cent was recorded till 3pm in the three Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal where elections were underway in the first phase Friday, officials said. Polling started at 7am in Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduars seats, where a total of 56.26 lakh people are eligible to vote, they said. "Till 3pm,...