Washington: A powerful solar storm put on an amazing skyward light show across the globe overnight but has caused what appeared to be only minor disruptions to the electric power grid, communications and satellite positioning systems. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said extreme geomagnetic storm conditions continued Saturday, and there were preliminary reports of power...

Bhubaneswar: Campaigning for Odisha's four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats, slated for polling May 13, came to an end on Saturday with a slew of prominent leaders from major political parties embarking on rapid-fire tours of constituencies in southern and western parts of the state. Polling is scheduled for Nabarangpur, Koraput, Kalahandi, and Berhampur Lok Sabha...

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Kolkata: Mumbai Indians won the toss and opted to field in a rain-curtailed IPL match against Kolkata Knight Riders here Saturday. MI are playing the same XI that recorded a seven-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai Monday. KKR made one change, bringing in Nitish Rana for Angkrish Raghuvanshi. It will be a 16-over-a-side contest, with only...

Rafah: Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its operation and adding that it is also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped. Israel has now evacuated the eastern third of Rafah, pushing the operation to...

Islamabad: Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday. The World Food Programme said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly the northern...

Hyderabad: A video of Baba Ramdev publicly praising Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been making rounds on social media. Users sharing it claim the video is recent and attributed the praise to a changing political climate in the Opposition’s favour in the ensuing General Elections. In the video, Ramdev says Rahul Gandhi used to get little space...

New Delhi: It will be a positive initiative for the major political parties to present their vision from a common platform, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Saturday as he welcomed the invitation of two former judges and an eminent citizen for a public debate on the Lok Sabha elections. In a post on X, Gandhi also said...

Male: Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs Moosa Zameer Saturday said 76 Indian military personnel were replaced by civilian employees of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited which manufactured the helicopters gifted by India, thus also ending the suspense over the exact number of those repatriated. The Indian military personnel, stationed in the Maldives to operate two platforms for helicopters...

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday said it is surprising that the Election Commission chose to respond to a letter he wrote to INDIA bloc leaders but ignored several other complaints he raised directly to it. In a letter addressed to the CEC and other election commissioners, he said the poll panel is showing no urgency...