Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower Wednesday after three days of rally, dragged down by selling pressure in HDFC Bank and unabated foreign fund outflows. Halting its three-day rally, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 117.58 points or 0.16 per cent to settle at 72,987.03. During the day, it lost 281.95 points or 0.38 per...

Kyiv: The Ukrainian army Wednesday said that it has been forced to withdraw soldiers from some of its positions in the north-eastern Ukrainian region that has been the target of a new Russian offensive in recent days. "As a result of combat and offensive actions by the enemy, our units carried out a manoeuvre at certain sections...

Jaipur: A senior vigilance officer at Hindustan Copper Limited died after a lift collapsed at the Kolihan mine in Rajasthan's Neem Ka thana district, said officials, adding that 14 trapped people have been rescued. Fifteen employees, including vigilance officers and workers of Hindustan Copper Ltd, were trapped at 1,875 ft in a mine at Kolihan near Khetri...

New Delhi: Amid the high-decibel campaign and fierce competition between BJP and the INDIA bloc to woo new voters, the free ration to the country’s 80 crore citizens has become a new rallying point for the latter. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday, said that the...

Kanpur: Seven schools including two run by the government, received bomb threat emails which were found to be a ‘hoax', officials said Wednesday. "Most schools reported the threat emails to police Tuesday after it came to their knowledge, as the schools were closed on Sunday and Monday," Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Harish Chandra said....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to entertain a plea of a 20-year-old unmarried woman seeking termination of her over 27-week pregnancy, saying the foetus in the womb also has a fundamental right to live. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai passed the order while hearing the woman's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's...

Balasore: Lok Sabha Speaker and senior BJP leader Om Birla Wednesday claimed that the saffron party will come to power in Odisha as the people of the state want a change of government. Addressing a meeting in Balasore, Birla claimed that the people of Odisha are fed up with the "misrule" of the present Biju Janata Dal...

Johannesburg: South Africa pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada has returned home from the Indian Premier League due to a lower limb soft tissue infection, the country's cricket board said Wednesday. Rabada represented Punjab Kings in the IPL, taking 11 wickets in as many games. Punjab have already been eliminated from the IPL play-offs race and will play their...

A video featuring RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat speaking at a meeting is circulating on social media platforms (here, here, and here), with the claim that he admitted that the RSS is against reservation and cannot openly express this stance. In the video, we can hear Mohan Bhagwat saying, “Sangh vaale baahar se to baaten achchhee karenge, andar jaakar kahenge aarakshan...

Claim Kangana Ranaut has problems with every actor except Narendra Modi, says veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. Fact Newschecker first ran a keyword search for the viral quote, which did not lead us to any credible news reports or records of such a statement by the actor. A further search led us to the earliest instance of this...