New Delhi: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has decided to implement Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in all its forthcoming examinations in order to verify candidates' identity on a voluntary basis, officials said Sunday. They said the new measure will come into force for recruitment tests conducted from next month onwards. The SSC is one of the largest recruitment...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Communist leader and former CPI Odisha secretary Dibakar Nayak died here Sunday, party sources said. He was 72. Nayak, who was ailing for some time, breathed his last at the CPI state headquarters Bhagvati Bhavan in the Kharvel Nagar area in the city, they said. Leaders from different political parties including BJD coordination committee chairman...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia Sunday of creating a false appearance of honouring an Easter ceasefire, saying Moscow continued to launch attacks overnight after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a unilateral temporary truce in Ukraine. “As of Easter morning, we can say that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of a...

New Delhi: The Congress Sunday described the BJP disassociating itself from the criticism of the Supreme Court by its MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma as "damage control" and asked why no action had been taken against the two. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the distancing of the "outgoing BJP president" from the "atrocious...

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has lambasted Delhi airport as his flight was delayed and diverted to Jaipur before landing in the national capital early Sunday morning. Delhi airport operator DIAL regretted the inconvenience caused to him and said there are temporary capacity constraints due to runway upgradation and easterly winds. "Delhi airport...

A delightful moment of celebration was captured on camera as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was seen dancing with his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, to the popular track 'Angaro Ka Ambar Sa' from the film Pushpa 2: The Rule. The joyous moment took place during the engagement ceremony of their daughter,...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host a dinner for US Vice President J D Vance and Indian-origin Second Lady Usha Monday evening after holding talks with the American leader on a range of key issues, including trade, tariffs, regional security and ways to expand the overall bilateral engagement. The US Vice President, his wife Usha...

New Delhi: The BJP Saturday disassociated itself with the criticism of the Supreme Court by its MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma, with party president J P Nadda rejecting the comments as their personal views. He also affirmed the ruling party's respect for the judiciary as an inseparable part of democracy. "The BJP has nothing to do...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved a proposal for the creation of another battalion of Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF) in the state, an official said. Majhi approved the proposal Saturday. A total of 1,040 posts have also been created for this new battalion, the official said. The state already has one battalion of OISF...

Sanaa: At least three people were killed and four others wounded in fresh US airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa, its outskirts, and other provinces. The US military launched 21 airstrikes on Sanaa and its western outskirts, killing two people and wounding two others in the Al-Nahda neighbourhood, northern Sanaa. A third one was wounded in a cemetery...