Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday asserted that he is in very good health and campaigning in the elections for the Lok Sabha and Assembly all over the state. His statement followed comments of BJP president JP Nadda and other party leaders that Patnaik should be given rest in the wake of his...

New Delhi: Over 11 crore voters will decide the fate of 889 candidates contesting in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections across 58 seats. Polling for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu and Kashmir will also be held Saturday. The election there was postponed from phase three to six due to logistical issues owing to adverse...

London: The prospect of an India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) has been kicked into the long grass after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak surprised many this week with a snap summer poll July 4, exactly a month after India's election results June 4. While political analysts and strategic experts have expressed confidence that very little should change...

Tel Aviv (Israel): The bodies of three more hostages killed on October 7 were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel's army said Friday, as the top United Nations court prepares to rule on whether Israel must halt its military operations and withdraw from the enclave. The bodies of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum, and Orion Hernandez Radoux were found...

Fact-Check The Verdict: False The man in the clip is Amandeep Singh Boparai, president of Yuva Jatt Sabha, an organization working for welfare of Jatt community in Jammu & Kashmir. Claim ID e5569844 What’s the claim?  A video depicting a large crowd chasing and attacking a man in a yellow turban is circulating widely on social media....

New Delhi: At least 21 international organisations have written to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and requested the Supreme Court to speedily resolve the pending case filed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, investigating Adani Group firms for alleged overvaluation of Indonesian coal imports. The letter comes after a report by the London-based Financial Times, citing documents from...

New Delhi: India needs to impose a 2 per cent tax on net wealth exceeding Rs 10 crore and a 33 per cent inheritance tax to deal with the problem of rising inequality in the country, a new research paper co-authored by economist Thomas Piketty has suggested. The paper titled 'Proposals For a Wealth Tax Package to...

Los Angeles: Jennifer Lopez and Atlas co-star Simu Liu shut down a reporter at a press event for the film in Mexico City after he asked the actor whether rumours about her divorce with Ben Affleck were true. There have been reports that the actors, who rekindled their romance in 2021 after 20 years, are facing marital...

Bengaluru: Premier India batter Virat Kohli has paid tribute to Dinesh Karthik after his retirement at the end of RCB's IPL campaign, describing the veteran wicketkeeper-batter as a wise and honest person who lifted his spirits during a phase of struggle in the league's 2022 season. The 38-year-old, who joined Royal Challengers Bengaluru from Kolkata Knight Riders...

Kolkata: The West Bengal CID arrested one person from the state's Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for his alleged involvement in the "murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said Friday. The man, a butcher by profession, has admitted during interrogation that he had helped the other accused in chopping the victim's body...