Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Abhisekh Banerjee Saturday accused the BJP of orchestrating the Sandeshkhali episode and claimed a video vindicated the TMC's stand that the saffron party was behind the incidents. Allegations of sexual abuse and land grab against TMC leaders have surfaced in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. “I never thought the politics of Bengal...

Jammu: Five security personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire on two vehicles, including one belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Saturday, officials said. The attack took place near Shashidhar in the evening when the vehicles were moving towards Sanai Top in the district's Surankote area, they said. Five soldiers...

Bengaluru: Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was taken into custody Saturday by sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), minutes after a Court in Bengaluru rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a kidnapping case, officials said. The case was registered against Revanna, a former Minister and son of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda...

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League match here Saturday. RCB are unchanged for the match, while for GT made two changes bringing in left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who will make his IPL debut, and left-arm pacer Joshua Little as R Sai Kishore misses out....

United Nations: A UN spokesperson has declined to comment on US President Joe Biden calling India, China, Russia and Japan “xenophobic”, but stressed that all member states should continue to uphold the basic standards in the UN human rights covenants. “I wouldn't comment on what he said, but certainly...” Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,...

Meerut (UP): National spokesperson of BJP ally Rashtriya Lok Dal Rohit Jakhar has resigned from the party in protest against the BJP giving a ticket to the son of incumbent MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing criminal charges of sexually harassing women wrestlers. "Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is an accused in the sexual harassment case...

Bengaluru: In a major development, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police Saturday tracked a kidnapped woman, who is reportedly one of the victims of the sex video scandal involving JD-S leader Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. The woman was rescued from the farmhouse of Rajashekar, the personal assistant (PA)...

New Delhi: From IPO-bound healthtech platform Pharmeasy to digital lending startup Kinara Capital, at least 27 startups in the country raised more than $340 million in funding this week. The deals in the domestic startup ecosystem included nine growth-stage deals and 11 early-stage ones. PharmEasy raised $216 million in a round led by Manipal Education and Medical...

Bhubaneswar: While interacting with senior journalists during a visit to Odisha’s Bhubaneswar, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Saturday said what is happening in poll-bound Canada over the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar is mostly due to their internal politics and nothing to do with India. Jaishankar said this while replying to a question on why...

Koraput/ Nabarangpur: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Saturday alleged that the opposition parties are spreading lies and shedding crocodile tears. Addressing election rallies in tribal-dominated Koraput and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituencies Patnaik asked the people whether they are happy with his government. Patnaik also asked the people whether Naveen Patnaik is a good person...