Mumbai: Hindi film industry actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra is hopping on the “What were you like in the 90s” bandwagon. The actress took to her Instagram and shared a video of herself from a cruise Thursday.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Shilpa Shetty Kundra (@theshilpashetty) She wrote on the video, “Mom,...

New Delhi: NASA astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission are carrying their personal iPhones into deep space for the first time, a shift in how the US space agency equips its crews for human spaceflight beyond Earth's orbit. The four-member crew -- Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen...

Mumbai: Hindi film star Ranbir Kapoor's first look as Lord Rama from producer Namit Malhotra's Ramayana, one of the most ambitious cinematic events in the history of Indian cinema, was unveiled Thursday. The makers released a two-minute-38-second teaser titled 'Rama' on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, offering audiences their first glimpse into Lord Rama's world, from the...

Raipur/Kanker: The sustained campaign against Left-Wing Extremism in Chhattisgarh received another boost as the wave of Naxalite surrenders continued in Kanker district. Ramko Mandavi, the personal security guard of the most-wanted Naxalite leader Rupi, surrendered before security forces Thursday, . Officials said the search operation to nab Rupi is still underway in the dense forests of the...

Bhubaneswar: Enforcement of Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC) checks will be intensified across Odisha from Thursday. The relaxation granted for PUCC verification ended April 1. From April 2, vehicles without a valid pollution certificate face fines of up to Rs 10,000. Around 1.8 million vehicles in the state are yet to obtain a valid PUCC, according to...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday stressed the need to continuously update the civil services to meet the changing times to achieve the goal of 'Viksit Bharat'. In a video message at the launch of 'Sadhana Saptah', he said that the country's governance should improve the ease of living and quality of life for citizens daily....

Florida: NASA's Artemis II Moon mission lifted off from the US state of Florida, carrying four astronauts on the first crewed flight around the Moon in more than 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion spacecraft on top, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 6:35 p.m. (Eastern Time) Wednesday. It is NASA's first...

Washington: The United States has removed sanctions on Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, according to an update posted on the website of the US Treasury Department. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Wednesday (Local time) said Rodriguez had been removed from its sanctions list, without providing further details on the decision, reports Xinhua news...

Bhubaneswar: Meteorological Department has issued a heat and humidity warning for Odisha, with thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and winds of 30–40 kmph likely in five districts Thursday. Such conditions are expected to persist until April 4. A yellow warning for heat has been issued for Ganjam, Gajapati and Puri districts, while Nuapada and Nabarangpur are under a...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Thursday arrested an undertrial prisoner (UTP), who escaped from Choudwar Circle Jail in Cuttack during last year's Durga Puja celebrations, an officer said. In a statement, Odisha DGP Y B Khurania said, "The second UTP, namely Raja Sahani, who had escaped from Choudwar Jail October 3, 2025, has been arrested from Rishikesh in Uttarakhand."...