Sambalpur: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly abducted and strangled by her boyfriend in Odisha's Sambalpur district, police said Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Sarita Sa, a resident of Kusumi Mahulaguda village in Mahulapali police station area. She worked at a beauty parlour in Kuchinda town and was in a relationship with the accused. The accused...

New Delhi: National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued an advisory to NEET-UG 2026 candidates and their parents, warning them not to submit fake or AI-generated OMR sheets when raising complaints about score discrepancies. The warning comes after the NTA reviewed several complaints regarding differences between candidates' expected and declared NEET 2026 scores. During the verification process, the...

New Delhi: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi Sunday said the Opposition has sought discussions during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament on the "theft" of donations at Ram Temple, ethanol blending, student issues and the situation in Manipur, at the all-party meeting convened by the government. Speaking after attending the meeting, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most valued firms jumped Rs 1.54 lakh crore last week, with IT major TCS emerging as the biggest winner, in line with a positive trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 582.06 points, or 0.75 per cent, and the NSE Nifty went up...

New Delhi: Facebook suffered a widespread outage Sunday, leaving users across several countries unable to access their accounts or use key features, according to outage-tracking platform Downdetector. Downdetector recorded a sharp rise in reports at around 10:39 a.m. ET, with complaints surging to 3,555 from just five minutes earlier. Users reported being unable to log into their...

New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a probe into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ayodhya Ram temple, saying lakhs of devotees who donated their hard-earned money with faith are feeling "betrayed by the theft". The opposition leaders in both houses of Parliament said the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Sunday agreed to hear on an urgent basis a petition by activist Sonam Wangchuk's wife seeking permission to shift him from Safdarjung Hospital to a private facility. The petition by Gitanjali J Angmo is expected to be heard by Justice Mini Pushkarna at 2:30 pm. Earlier, Angmo has said she has...

Sambalpur: Hirakud Dam authorities Sunday opened four sluice gates to release floodwater after the reservoir level rose due to heavy inflows from the upper catchment following continuous rainfall. According to sources, three gates on the left spillway and one on the right spillway have been opened as part of the year's second phase of floodwater discharge. At...

Puri: Pilgrims in this seaside temple town made a beeline for a darshan of Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities at the Gundicha Temple Sunday, a day after they were brought to the shrine in a culmination of the first phase of Rath Yatra. The chariots of the three deities reached their destination of Gundicha Temple  Friday...

New Delhi: The entire Opposition Sunday staged a symbolic walk out from the all-party meeting convened here ahead of Parliament's Monsoon Session to protest against the invitation extended to rebel TMC MPs. The Opposition also protested against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's decisions on the rebel TMC lawmakers, allowing them separate seats in the House and merger...