New Delhi: India's core monsoon zone covering most of the rain-fed agriculture areas in the country are predicted to receive above-normal rainfall this season, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday. Below-normal monsoon rainfall is expected in northeast India, normal in northwest, and above-normal in central and south peninsular regions of the country, Director General of IMD...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar will approach the High Court after a city court rejected his bail plea in Swati Maliwal 'assault' case, AAP said Monday. A court here Monday dismissed the bail plea of Kumar who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at the CM's residence...

Khurda: BJP workers held a protest outside the sub-collector office in Odisha's Khurda district Monday, demanding unconditional release of the saffron camp's candidate Prashant Jagdev who was arrested on the charge of vandalising an EVM during the May 25 polling. They also threatened to stage a blockade on the national highway and call for a bandh in...

Mumbai: Sensex scaled the 76,000 level for the first time while Nifty hit a new lifetime peak before closing marginally down in highly volatile trade Monday as investors booked profits in the last 30 minutes of trade. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed lower by 19.89 points or 0.03 per cent lower at 75,390.50. Intra-day, the barometer climbed...

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star Virat Kohli said he is happy with the way he performed for his side after bagging the Orange Cap for the IPL 2024 season. Kohli finished the tournament as the highest run-getter with 741 runs in 15 matches including a century and five fifties. He scored at an average of...

Kolkata: Nearly 15,000 houses in 24 blocks and 79 municipal wards, mostly in the southern coastal areas of West Bengal, were affected by Cyclone Remal, a senior official of the state government said Monday. At least 2,140 trees were uprooted in different parts of the state which also witnessed the falling of 337 electric poles, he added....

New Delhi: Samsung Monday launched a new smartphone under its Galaxy F series -- F55 5G, with a 50MP camera in India. The Galaxy F55 5G will be available in three storage variants -- 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB, and 12GB+256GB on Flipkart, Samsung.com, and at select retail stores at a starting price of Rs 26,999. The device comes in...

Chennai: "You guys watch, I will also be lifting the World Cup," an ecstatic Rinku Singh said after clinching the IPL with Kolkata Knight Riders here, looking forward to the T20 showpiece in the Americas where he will be among the reserves for Team India. Kolkata Knight Riders won their third IPL title by trouncing former champions...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 412 'crorepati' candidates are contesting the Odisha Assembly elections which are being held from May 13 to June 1. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,283 out of 1,285 candidates, who are contesting for the 147 MLA seats in Odisha. Assembly elections in...

New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) Monday announced a 23-member senior women's squad for the two international friendly matches against Uzbekistan to be played in Tashkent May 31 and June 4. Starting off with 30 probables, the Blue Tigresses trained at Sreenidi Deccan FC's home ground in Hyderabad for two weeks, before head coach Langam...