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Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, expressing "grave concern" over Andhra Pradesh's announcement of elections in Kotia, which he described as an integral part of Odisha. In his letter, Patnaik said that during...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were Monday sent to judicial remand for two more days after being produced before a newly appointed Special Executive Magistrate at Mandir Marg police station, an official said. The development came amid allegations by...

New Delhi: CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has sought the intervention of President Droupadi Murmu and Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi over the indefinite hunger strike by JNU students, which entered its 17th day Monday, citing deteriorating health of the participants. In letters written...

Cairo: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a military camp for government forces in southern Yemen on Monday, killing at least 20 soldiers, Yemeni military officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the recent surge in fighting. The rebels fired ballistic missiles on the al-Alam...

Imphal: Three people collecting firewood in a forest were killed allegedly by militants in Manipur Monday, triggering protests by locals who placed two bodies outside the chief minister's residence here. Three others were also injured as militants opened fire on a group of firewood collectors...

Paris: French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu says he has instructed prefects to impose "very limited" and "localised" curfews in cities to prevent more rioting and looting. Speaking after an emergency meeting with top government officials, Lecornu said, "Saturday, despite scenes of severe violence and extensive...

Bengaluru: Former India spinner Ramesh Powar was Monday drafted into the national men's senior selection committee, while Pragyan Ojha remained the chairman of the panel, succeeding Ajit Agarkar, whose term ended October 4. The BCCI said interim head Ojha will chair the committee based on...

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices ended sharply lower Monday after two days of a rally, with the Sensex tumbling 876.37 points and the Nifty dropping to 22,888.95, following a decline in private bank stocks, mainly HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, and weak global trends. The 30-share...

New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) Monday said it has taken suo motu cognisance of reports alleging that a news channel published defamatory content linking folk singer Neha Singh Rathore to a sex racket. According to reports, the news channel aired a report...

New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI Monday said that it issued notices to quick commerce platform Zepto and food business operators HealthyHey Foods LLP, Bakelite Food Processing Pvt Ltd and BMS Lifescience over alleged violations related to food safety, labelling and advertising claims, while also...