Sukma: A police head constable was hacked to death by unidentified persons at a village in Chhattisgarh's Naxal-hit Sukma district, an official said Monday. Prima facie, the modus operandi of the attack suggested it was executed by a "small action team of Naxalites," he said. The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday in Gadiras...

Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who has started working on her next project, The Bluff, alongside Karl Urban, said that it’s important to know people coming together for a project are top-notch. The actress Monday morning shared a video from a yacht party before starting the shoot schedule for the upcoming film. The clip also features her...

Amravati: Amravati MLA Ravi Rana has claimed Shiv Sena (UBT) head and former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will join the Modi government in 15 days after the Lok Sabha election results come out Tuesday. Ravi Rana's wife Navneet Rana, the sitting MP from Amravati, contested the Lok Sabha poll from the seat this time on the...

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 4 per cent in early trade Monday to hit their fresh all-time high levels after exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha polls. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,777.58 points or 3.75 per cent to hit a record peak of 76,738.89...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 20 people died due to sunstroke in Odisha over the last three days as the state was reeling under intense heatwave conditions, an official statement said. Since Friday, a total of 99 suspected sunstroke deaths were reported by different districts. After post-mortem and inquiry, 20 were confirmed as sunstroke deaths, while two deaths...

Bridgetown (Barbados): Namibia defeated Oman in Super Over to begin their campaign in the T20 World Cup on a winning note here. Batting first, Oman were bowled out for 109 in 19.4 overs at the Kensington Oval. In reply, Namibia were also stopped at the same team score with Jan Frylinck making 45 in 48 balls and...

Projecting oneself as a political martyr for being dragged into legal cases is a trick that top politicians the world over often play. In some cases, it pays rich dividends while in others it does not. However, when former US President Donald Trump plays the victim card, it becomes an entirely different ball game altogether. He has...

Nayagarh: Despite the sustained efforts put in by the Forest department, Gharial population in Satkosia gorge of Mahanadi river in the district has failed to witness a rise over the years, a report stated. As many as 880 gharials have been released into Satkosia gorge in the last 46 years, but only eight of them were found...

Malkangiri/Kalimela: A doctor posted at the Kalimela community health centre (CHC) in this district has been allegedly kidnapped by Maoists from his official residence, late Saturday night, sources stated here Sunday. The physician has been identified as Dr Amlan Kumar Bhoi, a native of Kandhamal district. He joined the hospital five months back. The matter came to...

Rourkela: During any high-profile health emergency, the burden always comes to the already overstretched Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH). This pressure will possibly be reduced if all the hospitals under the Urban Health Mission (UHM) share the burden of RGH. However, this is not happening. There are 10 such hospitals, all strategically located in different parts of the...