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Dhaka: Bangladesh first woman Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who played a major role in restoring democracy after a period of tumultuous military rule and dominated the country's politics for decades died Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 80. "My mother is no more," Zia's...

Chennai/Bhubaneswar: Four teenagers have been apprehended in Tiruvallur district for allegedly attacking a migrant labourer, reportedly from Odisha, with a sickle and uploading reels of the assault on social media while under the influence of alcohol, police said Monday. The incident took place on the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday stayed the Delhi High Court's order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. A vacation bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, and Justices J K Maheshwari and Augustine George...

Visakhapatnam: Railways have set up helpline numbers to provide assistance and train running information following the fire in the Tatanagar-Ernakulam Express at Andhra Pradesh's Yelamanchili early Monday. South Central Railway (SCR) set up the following helpline numbers: Yelamanchili – 7815909386, Anakapalli – 7569305669, Tuni –...

Visakhapatnam: A passenger was killed, and more than 150 had a narrow escape after two AC compartments of the Tatanagar-Ernakulam Junction Super-Fast Express caught fire near Visakhapatnam in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The fire broke out in the train at Yelamanchili in...

Moscow: Russia Sunday launched its Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from its eastern spaceport “Vostochny” with 52 satellites, according to Rossiya-24 TV channel. The payload consists of two Aist-2T satellites for stereoscopic photography of the Earth's surface and 50 smaller spacecraft, the national space agency “Roscosmos” said....

Dhaka: Two primary suspects in the murder of Inquilab Moncho leader Sharif Osman Hadi have fled Bangladesh and are believed to be currently in India, a top Dhaka Metropolitan Police officer said Sunday. Hadi, 32, was shot in the head December 12 during an election...

New Delhi: Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of issues relating to the definition of the Aravalli hills and ranges. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices...

New Delhi: Congress Saturday announced a nationwide campaign against the repeal of the MGNREGA from January 5, with Rahul Gandhi accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "single-handedly destroying" the UPA-era legislation and claimed it was an attack on the democratic structure that will ruin the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar Saturday began his three-day tour of Odisha, and described the booth-level officers (BLOs), whom he will meet later, as the pillars of the election process. Accompanied by his family, Kumar arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here...