New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday expressed anguish over the tragic loss of lives in a stampede-like incident in Tamil Nadu and extended her deepest condolences to the bereaved family members. She also prayed for early recovery of those injured. Twenty-nine people died in a stampede at the actor-politician Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur on Saturday,...

Chennai/Karur: 29 people died in a stampede at the actor-politician Vijay's rally in Karur Saturday, Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said. According to him, 29 persons were brought dead and over 45 are under treatment. Meanwhile, the chief minister convened a meeting of top state officials at the Secretariat to review the situation. PM Modi, condoling...

New Delhi/Shimla: India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve, perched high in the trans-Himalayan region, is among the 26 new biosphere reserves across several countries, designated by UNESCO, the world body announced Saturday. With this addition, India now has 13 biospheres listed in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR). The Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve of northern India spans...

Durga Puja pandals at Bhubaneswar's Jharapada, Saheed Nagar and Unit-I     Idols of Goddess Durga in different attire at pandals across Cuttack     Cuttack: Police conduct flag march from Cuttack Railway Station to Purighat Devi Gada ahead of Durga Puja  

Bhubaneswar: An arms dealer was arrested with 10 semi-automatic pistols in Bhubaneswar Saturday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, the Special Crime Unit (SCU) of the city police nabbed Shaikh Nadim (31) early morning from near the Dhauli Junction on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, they said. Nadim, a native of Jagathsinghpur, was under surveillance for the last...

Karur(Tamil Nadu): At least 10 persons, including children, were feared dead due to a stampede-like situation in actor-politician Vijay's heavily crowded rally in Kakur Saturday. At least 30 persons fainted and were rushed in ambulances to hospitals, officials said. "Information from Karur worrisome," Chief Minister Stalin said after the hospitalisation of several people. Even as Vijay was...

United Nations/New York: The BRICS nations have expressed concern over the proliferation of trade-restrictive actions in the form of “indiscriminate rising" of tariffs, particularly measures used as a means of “coercion”, cautioning that such practices risk marginalising the Global South countries. The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations held their annual meeting on the margins of the...

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Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 44 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire but Israel's leader remains defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were nine from the same family in a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to staff at Al-Awda...

Kendrapara: A 50-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly killing his brother in Odisha's Kendrapara district during a fight over a trivial matter, police said. Ranjan Sahoo, a native of Badagabapur village in the Mahakalapada police station area, slit his brother Gagan's throat September 24, they said. Gagan died September 26 while undergoing treatment at the SCB...