Sensex, Nifty hit all-time high levels as exit polls predict massive win for BJP-led NDA in LS polls
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...
Read moreCop killed by unidentified persons in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma; role of Naxalites suspected
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 village when the deceased, identified as head constable Sodi Laxman, had gone to visit...
Read moreUddhav Thackeray will join Modi govt in 15 days after LS poll results, claims MLA Ravi Rana
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 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's ticket. In 2019, Navneet Rana won the Lok Sabha poll...
Read moreOpposition parties trash exit polls, claim ‘deliberate attempt to justify rigging’
New Delhi: The Congress and other INDIA bloc parties Sunday trashed the exit polls that have predicted a third consecutive win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections, claiming that these surveys were a work of "fantasy" and asserting that the opposition alliance will form the next government. Questioning the credibility of the exit polls, the leaders of major opposition parties alleged that they were conducted at the behest...
Read moreNHAI hikes tolls across highways by 5%
New Delhi: Motorists using expressways will have to shell out more from Monday as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to hike tolls across the country by an average of 5 per cent. The annual revision of highway user fee, which is expected to be in the range of average 5 per cent, was earlier to come into effect April 1. But the hike was deferred due to...
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Heatwave in these Odisha districts likely till June 6
Bhubaneswar: IMD Bhubaneswar issued a Yellow Warning for heatwave conditions over various Odisha districts till 8.30 am of June 6 in its Wednesday midday weather bulletin. From 8.30am of June 4 to 8.30am of June 5: The weather agency informed that heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail at one or two places over Subarnapur, Boudh, Bolangir,...
Odisha registers 74.41% voter turnout in last phase: EC
Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a voter turnout of 74.41 per cent in the final phase of polling in six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly segments held June 1, an Election Commission official said Monday. In the 2019 general elections, the state's overall polling percentage was 74.38 per cent. The highest polling of 76.77 per cent was registered in...
Lightning strike claims four lives in Odisha
Berhampur: Four persons were killed in lightning strikes in separate places in Odisha, a police officer said Monday. The deceased were identified as Sanyashi Sahu, Lambodar Panigrahy and Sanjay Gouda of Ganjam district and Dugun Pradhan of Khurda district, the officer said. Sahu and Pradhan, who were selling toys at Pattapur had taken shelter near a tree...
Israeli airstrikes kill 12 in Syria
Damascus: Israeli airstrikes after midnight Monday, killed 12 pro-Iranian militias in Syria's northern province of Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The militias, consisting of Syrian and non-Syrian nationals, have a significant presence in the area surrounding the city of Aleppo, it said. The attack hit several sites in the countryside of Aleppo, mainly in...
Kartik Aaryan flaunts abs as he does ‘weight-lifted pull ups’; take a look
Mumbai: Actor Kartik Aaryan flaunted his well-chiselled physique as he did ‘weight-lifted pull-ups’ during his gym workout. Kartik took to Instagram and shared a video of his workout. In the clip, he is seen doing pull-ups with 15 kg of weight tied around his waist. The actor captioned it: “Weight-lifted push ups ke baad weight-lifted pull ups.”...
Real Madrid celebrates another Champions League title with its fans on streets of Spanish capital
Madrid: For the second time in three seasons, and sixth in 10 years, Real Madrid celebrated a Champions League title with its fans on the streets of the Spanish capital. Several thousands came out Sunday to welcome the team a day after it won a record-extending 15th Champions League title by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at Wembley...
Uorfi Javed says she hasn’t gone ‘overboard with fillers’
Mumbai: Social media sensation Uorfi Javed has clarified that she has not gone overboard with her fillers and that she has major allergies, leaving her face swollen most of the time. Uorfi took to Instagram and shared a closeup of her "swollen" face. For the caption, she wrote: "I’ve been getting so many remarks with my face...
NASA-Boeing’s Starliner to make a third attempt to launch crew June 5
New Delhi: Boeing's Starliner is set to make a third attempt to launch its crew test flight June 5, NASA announced Monday. "NASA's BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test mission teams are preparing to support a launch at 10:52 am ET June 5," NASA said in a post on X.com. The mission's second attempt June 1 was scrubbed at...
India’s manufacturing sector growth eases in May; upturn in exports strongest in over 13 years: PMI survey
New Delhi: India's manufacturing sector saw a slower growth rate for the second straight month in May but stayed firmly in expansion mode with global sales increasing to the greatest extent in over 13 years, a monthly survey said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell from 58.8 in April to 57.5...
Roy Kapur Films acquires rights of first Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen
Mumbai: The rights to produce a biopic on the life of Sukumar Sen, India's first Chief Election Commissioner and the architect behind the country's first general elections in 1951-1952, have been acquired by Siddharth Roy Kapur's esteemed production house, Roy Kapur Films (RKF). Roy Kapur Films, along with Trickitainment Media, has acquired the rights to produce a...
