Los Angeles: Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators' fortified encampment early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave, about 24 hours after counter-protesters attacked a tent encampment on the campus. The law enforcement action comes after officers spent hours threatening arrests over...

New Delhi: Amid the suspense over Congress nominees from Amethi and Rae Bareli, sources Thursday indicated that Rahul Gandhi is likely to contest from the seat he lost last time. With Friday being the last date for filing of nominations, the party is expected to announce its candidates from the two prestigious constituencies tonight. The sources said...

Bhubaneswar: Unfazed by the 'outsider' barb of his opponents, Naveen Patnaik's closest associate Kartik Pandian has said he is a 'natural successor' to all the great values of the Odisha Chief Minister and he will do everything under the sun to help his ‘guru’ serve the people of the state. In a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP,...

New Delhi: Former South Africa great AB de Villiers has slammed the "data-driven" cricket pundits for criticising Virat Kohli for his strike rate outside powerplay in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Kohli has been in top form this season for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, scoring 500 runs at a strike rate of 147 and an average of 77....

New Delhi: Online food delivery platform Zomato has received a fresh goods and services tax (GST) demand and penalty order of more than Rs 2 crore from Delhi's sales tax officer. The order consists of Rs 2,22,91,376 in GST demand with interest of Rs 2,08,98,164 and a penalty of Rs 22,29,136 for the April 2018 to March...

New Delhi: The newly-appointed T20I captain, Mitchell Marsh has clarified the reason behind leaving Jake Fraser-McGurk out of the 15-man T20 World Cup squad. He stated that Australia's squad has "all bases covered", and that the current openers; Travis Head and David Warner, have performed exceptionally well over the last 18 months, making them the preferred choice...

Ontario: All-rounder Saad Bin Zafar has been named captain as Canada unveiled a 15-man squad for the ICC T20 World Cup starting June 1 in the West Indies and USA. Zafar will captain Canada in its first-ever appearance at the T20 World Cup. The team is coached by former Sri Lankan and Canadian international Pubudu Dassanayake, having...

Mumbai: Telugu superstar Allu Arjun, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming cinematic juggernaut, Pushpa 2: The Rule, has made a promise to Australian cricketer David Warner. Recently, the song 'Pushpa Pushpa' from the film was released, featuring Allu pulling off a hook step that has captured the audience's fancy. David, being a fan...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday announced the names of three candidates for the Assembly elections, declaring candidates for all 147 Assembly seats in the state. With the announcement of the ninth list of candidates, the BJD has changed its Deogarh Assembly candidate by replacing Arundhati Kumari Devi with Romancha Ranjan...

Mumbai: Actress and politician Hema Malini penned a heartwarming note as she and her star husband Dharmendra completed 44 years of marital bliss Thursday. Hema took to X and shared a video made by a fan featuring pictures of the couple. "Our wedding anniversary today! 44 years of togetherness, two beautiful girls, lovely grandchildren surrounding us and...