New Delhi: Total vehicle retail sales in India rose 27 per cent year-on-year to 22,06,070 units in April as all segments, including passenger vehicles and two-wheelers, witnessed growth, industry body FADA said Wednesday. The overall vehicle registrations stood at 17,40,649 units in April 2023. Passenger vehicle retail sales rose 16 per cent to 3,35,123 units last month...

Hyderabad: As many as seven persons, including a four-year-old child were killed when a retaining wall at an under-construction apartment came crashing down due to heavy rains in Bachupally area in Hyderabad, police said Wednesday. According to Bachupally police, the deceased were migrant workers who belonged to Odisha and Chhattisgarh and the incident happened Tuesday evening. Their...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide Kartik Pandian Wednesday alleged that the opposition BJP is not fighting elections in Odisha to win polls but to increase its seat number with an intention to break the Biju Janata Dal after elections. This was stated by the bureaucrat turned politician while meeting a group of...

New Delhi: UK-based pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca has started global withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, which was provided in India as 'Covishield' in partnership with Serum Institute of India, days after it admitted to rare side effects of blood clotting and low platelet counts. The withdrawal has been initiated due to a surplus of available updated vaccines since...

Jaipur: Repolling was underway at a booth in Rajasthan's Barmer Lok Sabha seat Wednesday on the instructions of the Election Commission due to a breach of confidentiality reported during polling April 26, said officials here. Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that re-polling was being held Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the booth located...

Bengaluru: Even as a special court is expected to give its verdict on the bail plea of JD(S) MLA HD Revanna Wednesday, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sex videos case is expecting the arrival of prime accused, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna had sought seven days’ time...

Mumbai: As their film Piku marks nine years since its release, actress Deepika Padukone shared a picture featuring herself, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and late star Irrfan Khan from its sets. Deepika took to Instagram to share the picture, where the three are seen having a conversation. The image also has a team member serving them some food on...

Bhubaneswar: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar for artificial intelligence (AI) driven surveillance and other projects, officials said. A meeting was held between DRDO and IIT Bhubaneswar officials here Tuesday. Binay Das, director general (DG) of Electronics and Communication Systems (ECS) cluster, DRDO, and many senior scientists...

Mumbai: Actress Kajol said that she had forgotten to post a picture, which she called her "priorities," featuring her enjoying a plate of “bun maska.” Kajol took to X where she shared a picture of her sitting on the bed and enjoying a plate of bun maska with a friend as she celebrated “no diet day.” The...

Port Moresby: Assad Vala will lead Papua New Guinea's 15-member squad at the T20 World Cup, starting from June 1 in the West Indies and USA. Leg-spinning all-rounder CJ Amini will be the vice-captain. This will be Papua Bew Guinea's second appearance at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup after they book the spot for this year's...