Bentonville: Walmart Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant's campus offices. It also said it will require most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its primary offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area. The news, conveyed via a Walmart...

New Delhi: Commenting on the unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that he has no doubt that people residing in PoK will be comparing their situation with the people living in Jammu and Kashmir. “There is a ferment happening in PoK. You can see it on social media or television. The...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Congress leader and former Odisha minister Dambarudhar Ulaka died of old age-related ailments, family sources said Wednesday. He was 86. Ulaka breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Tuesday night. Family sources said Ulaka's funeral will be held at his birthplace Bankili in Rayagada district. He was elected to Odisha...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared as ‘invalid in the eyes of law’ the arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in a case under the anti-terror law, and directed that he be released from custody. The apex court observed that a copy of the remand application in the "purported exercise of communication" of grounds of arrest...

Mumbai: Actress Kajol, Wednesday, shared a wisdom quote about being "deep", saying she has decided that the weight on her scale simply shows the depth of her character. An avid social media user, Kajol, who has 16.9 million followers on Instagram, took to the Stories section and shared a ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ quote: “I've decided today that the...

Jalgaon (Maharashtra): In a shocking incident, a State Reserve Police Force jawan (SRPF), who was attached to the security detail of cricket maestro Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, allegedly shot himself at his native home in Jamner town, an official said here Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Prakash Kapde who had reportedly gone on a brief...

Tbilisi: Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country's aspirations to join the European Union. Soon after the 84-30 vote, a crowd of protesters in front of...

Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sex video scandal is on high alert following reports that the prime accused, JD(S) MP and Lok Sabha candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha seat Prajwal Revanna, was planning to return to Bengaluru from Germany Wednesday, according to sources. Sources said that Prajwal Revanna had booked a Rs 3.5 lakh...

Mumbai: Actress Hina Khan has opened up about how if only she had an option of not shooting during the first two days of periods and described it as “madness.” Hina took to Instagram, where she re-shared a post, which had “tell us a big no-no during periods!” “I wish I had an option of not shooting...

Washington: The United States is planning a new arms delivery to Israel worth more than $1 billion, local media reported. US President Joe Biden's administration has informed Congress of this, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. According to the report, the package contains tank ammunition, tactical vehicles and mortar shells. According to other US...