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Nabarangpur: A hardcore Maoist was killed in a gun battle with the Special Operation Group (SOG) jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) inside a forest in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district Thursday. Police sources said the encounter took place inside Raigarh forest in Nabarangpur district during a combing operation jointly conducted by the SOG and the District Voluntary Force....

New York: Donald Trump's defense attorneys grilled Stormy Daniels Thursday on the transaction at the center of the former president's hush money trial, pressing her on why she accepted a USD 1,30,000 payment to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump instead of going public.   “Why didn't you do that?” attorney Susan Necheles asked,...

New Delhi: Air India Express cabin crew Thursday decided to withdraw their strike and the airline agreed to reinstate 25 staff who were terminated from service, according to sources. A section of the cabin crew started reporting sick from Tuesday night to protest against the alleged mismanagement at the airline, forcing cancellation of more than 170 flights...

Dharamsala: Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bowl first in their Indian Premier League match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru here Thursday. Liam Livingstone came in for Kagiso Rabada in the Punjab Kings XI, while Lockie Ferguson is playing in place of Glenn Maxwell for RCB. Teams: Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c),...

Pune: The Pune police have registered a case against a female engineering student from the city for allegedly clicking pictures of girls in her hostel and sharing them with her male friend, an official said Thursday. The girl and her male friend have been booked for voyeurism, the official. The official said the accused girl is a...

Bhubaneswar: The bodies of a man, his wife and their 12-year-old daughter were found inside a car in Odisha's Jharsuguda Thursday morning, police said. The deceased have been identified as Sujit Ray, his wife Khusbu, and their daughter Arpita. Their bodies, bearing gunshot wounds, were discovered inside a car parked at a playground near Banipahada, under the...

Malkangiri: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Thursday said the BJP will ensure free pilgrimage of five lakh people from Odisha to Ayodhya's Ram temple if the party is voted to power in the eastern state. Addressing an election rally at Kalimela here, the senior BJP leader also took a swipe at the ruling BJD for naming...

Mumbai: Telugu superstar Allu Arjun, who is awaiting the release of the sequel to his box-office juggernaut ‘Pushpa’, has sent his best wishes to Telugu star Pawan Kalyan ahead of his election journey. Thursday, Allu took to his X: “My heartfelt wishes to @PawanKalyan garu on your election journey. I have always been immensely proud of the...

Bengaluru: In a twist to the sex video scandal in Karnataka involving Prajwal Revanna -- the sitting JD-S MP who has been renominated from Hassan -- the National Commission for Women (NCW) said Thursday that one of the woman complainants in the case has claimed that she was forced by a group of people to lodge a...