Srinagar: A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Tuesday carried out searches in the forest area in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its probe into the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi, officials said. They said the NIA sleuths, assisted by police and CRPF, brought along two of the...

Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved nearly $1.2 billion in new financing for Pakistan, giving the country a critical infusion of support as it struggles to maintain macroeconomic stability amid severe flooding, rising inflation, and persistent fiscal pressures. According to an official release, the IMF Executive Board completed the second review of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha is set for a high-stakes debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and wider electoral reforms today, following a prolonged impasse that stalled proceedings. The breakthrough came after intense negotiations between the government and the Opposition, culminating in an all-party agreement on Tuesday to bring the matter to the floor...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was felicitated at a meeting of all MPs of the ruling NDA Tuesday for the coalition's massive victory in the recent Bihar elections. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and J P Nadda, who is also the BJP president, were among those present at the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting held at...

Mumbai: IndiGo cancelled around 180 flights from Bengaluru and Hyderabad Tuesday, as the disruption in the crisis-hit airline prolonged for the eighth consecutive day, sources said. "IndiGo is not operating 58 flights to and from Hyderabad Tuesday. Of these, 14 are arrivals and 44 departures," the sources said, adding that the number of cancellations at Bengaluru Airport...

Malkangiri/Korukonda: The administration Monday suspended internet services in Malkangiri district and clamped prohibitory orders in two villages following a clash between two groups over the killing of a tribal woman, whose headless body was recovered from a river. Both sides wrote to the district administration demanding the arrest of the killer, while the police said security has...

Baripada/Kuliana: In A Plus II student sustained critical injuries Monday afternoon after he was stabbed by another student, apparently in a violent fallout ofa  love triangle on the premises of Baba Balia College (BB College) at Baiganbadia under Kuliana police limits in Mayurbhanj district, police said. The victim was identified as Prahllad Bindhani, 17, a native of...

Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, have developed an innovative, nature-based wastewater treatment system aimed at revitalising India’s traditional ‘dhobi ghats’ while protecting urban water bodies from severe pollution. The research team, led by Prof. Kasturi Dutta, Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, along with Divyani Kumari (PhD) and...

Bhuban: A 35-year-old man from Kanakhai village under Balibo panchayat in Bhuban police limits of Dhenkanal district died after allegedly consuming spurious (fake) liquor, according to a complaint filed with police. The deceased, identified as Ramakant Dehuri, reportedly fell ill and collapsed while cutting paddy in a field Sunday. When he did not respond, co-workers alerted his...

Berhampur: With enforcement agencies stepping up vigil, drug peddlers have resorted to inventive ploys to escape detection. Two persons were arrested Monday while trying to smuggle cannabis in cricket bats in Berhampur. The Berhampur Government Railway Police (GRP), in coordination with the Railway Protection Force (RPF), nabbed two drug peddlers, who were natives of Sagarpara under Murshidabad...