Madrid: Already-confirmed La Liga champions Real Madrid ended a perfect week when they won 4-0 away against Granada. Madrid travelled to the south of Spain after qualifying for the UEFA Champions League final with a 2-1 home win over Bayern Munich Wednesday. Carlo Ancelotti made many changes to his side, but after a difficult opening 35 minutes,...

Koraput: The ruling Biju Janata Dal, BJP and Congress candidates in Odisha's Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat are trying to woo the Bengali migrant settlers as their votes can sway the electoral fortune in the constituency. The Bengali community is largely comprised of scheduled caste people who migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the 1960s and 1970s...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address public meetings in West Bengal and Bihar Sunday. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to hold four public meetings in West Bengal -- Barrackpur at 11:30am, Hooghly at 1pm, Arambagh at 2:30pm, and Howrah at 4pm. From West Bengal, the Prime Minister will visit Bihar and hold a roadshow in...

Indore: Taking a dig at the Congress over its Indore Lok Sabha seat candidate withdrawing from the fray at the last moment, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said it was not his party's fault if the "bridegroom fled before the wedding". The Congress received a jolt in Indore after its candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew...

Tel Aviv: The chief of the American spy agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns has offered intel on Hamas military head Yahya Sinwar in exchange for Israel halting its ground invasion in the Rafah region. Sinwar, who has been on Israel's hit list ever since the war broke out October 7 with Hamas, is reportedly hiding...

Berlin: Mainz scored three goals in a frenetic first half to stun Borussia Dortmund 3-0 in Bundesliga's 33rd round. Mainz started highly motivated against the Champions League finalist, knowing that a win would lift them out of the relegation zone Saturday night. The hosts pressed Dortmund onto the back foot as Nadiem Amiri rattled the crossbar in...

Tihidi: Unable to bear his daughter’s move to get married against his wish, a 51- year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train on Bhadrak-Dhamra railway track near Kandapur village under Tihidi police station limits in Bhadrak district late Friday night, police said. The deceased was identified as Hemanta Kumar Rout, a resident...

Baliapal/Hatadihi: Three persons including a woman died in lightning strikes during nor’wester rains at separate places in Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts Saturday. In the first incident, Binati, 40, wife of Amulya Kumar Prusty from Sahuchaka village of Kasafala panchayat under Singla police limits in Balasore was struck by lightning strike while she had gone to field...

Basudevpur: Tension prevailed in Basudevpur following the death of a 5-year-old boy who was run over by a pick-up van at Bandhamunda Chhak near Mandari bridge on Basudevpur-Dhamra road in Bhadrak district Saturday. The deceased child was identified as Saroj Mallick, son of Kanhu Mallick from Bandhamunda village. According to reports, the pick-up van was going from...

Arvind Kejriwal has been released for a few days to campaign, after which he has to return to jail. He has not been convicted of course, and is in jail merely because the BJP opposes his bail. The judges observed that Kejriwal was “the Chief Minister of Delhi and a leader of one of the national parties....