New Delhi: Foreign investors have pulled out a massive Rs 22,000 crore from Indian equities so far this month, due to uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections and outperformance of Chinese markets. This came following a net outflow of over Rs 8,700 crore in the entire April on concerns over a tweak in India's...

Ahmedabad: A special bench of the Gujarat High Court Sunday took suo motu cognizance of the fire incident at a game zone in Rajkot which left 27 persons dead and said it was prima facie a "man-made disaster". Such gaming zones and recreational facilities have come up without the necessary approvals from competent authorities, the bench of...

New Delhi: Nine of the top-10 most-valued firms together added Rs 1,85,320.49 crore in market valuation last week, with Reliance Industries Ltd and HDFC Bank stealing the show with maximum gains, in line with rally in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark zoomed 1,404.45 points, or 1.89 per cent. The 30-share BSE Sensex hit its all-time intra-day...

Bhubaneswar: A voter turnout of 71 per cent was recorded in Odisha's six Lok Sabha seats and 42 Assembly constituencies where polling was held simultaneously in the state's third round, an official said Sunday. Of the 94,48,553 voters, 70.99 per cent exercised their franchise Saturday across 10,581 booths in Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri Lok...

Bhubaneswar: Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha Sunday announced the results of annual High School Certificate (HSC) examination 2024. BSE President Srikant Tarai informed that around 5.41 lakh regular students had appeared in the Class-X board examination this year and the overall pass percentage is 96.07%. According to a press note issued by the BSE, this year,...

Kendrapara: Lakhs of baby turtles have broken out of their eggshells and crawled towards the seawaters of the Gahirmatha coast in Odisha's Kendrapara district, marking the culmination of the annual sojourn of endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles. The whole of Nasi-2 Island is teeming with baby turtles and wildlife officials of Bhitarkanika national park stationed at these...

Bhubaneswar: A string of actors of the Odia film industry cast their votes during the third phase of the simultaneous elections in the state- for six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly segments – Saturday. After casting their votes at different polling booths in the state Capital, actors Babushaan Mohanty, Partha Sarthi Ray, Arindam Roy, Sailendra Samantaray, Anu...

Mumbai: Actress Huma Qureshi hopes brands and companies that spend a whopping amount of money sending people who have nothing to do with films will now find a way to support small and independent films. Huma’s comments come after Anasuya Sengupta became the first Indian actor to win the Best Actress award at the Un Certain Regard...

Kolkata: Cyclone 'Remal' intensified into a severe cyclonic storm Sunday morning and is likely to make landfall between Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal coasts by midnight of Sunday with maximum sustained wind speed of 110-120 km per hour gusting to 135 kmph, the Met department said. The severe cyclone is set to bring extremely heavy rain in...

Rajkot: Members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) held a meeting with local administration in Gujarat's Rajkot city in the wee hours of Sunday in connection with the fire at a game zone fire here that left 27 persons dead and three injured. The bodies were charred beyond recognition. The DNA samples of the bodies and the...