Chandigarh: The AAP Sunday claimed that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was detained for three hours at the Delhi airport upon his return from Paris and fined Rs 50,000, with officials citing "tremendous pressure from above". The party did not say why Mann was detained or fined. Punjab AAP media in-charge Baltej Pannu linked the incident to...

Raipur: India crushed Zimbabwe by 92 runs in the third and final match here Tuesday to sweep the T20 series 3-0. After posting massive 216 for seven, India restricted Zimbabwe to 124/7. Sharne Mayers top-scored for the visitors with 60 off 49 balls with four boundaries and as many sixes. Nandani Sharma took 3/18 from her four...

Mumbai/New Delhi:  India and the US moved to expand energy and defence cooperation Tuesday despite ongoing friction in their relations, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged New Delhi to scale up energy trade and increase the purchase of American technologies and systems. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar hosted Rubio for wide-ranging talks shortly after the top...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Tuesday demanded immediate release of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, and said their judicial custody must be urgently reviewed. Das and Ranka were taken into custody October 13 after they allegedly climbed over a locked gate to enter Delhi's Jantar Mantar, which had earlier been denotified as...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Tuesday thanked the organisers of a Ramlila in Delhi for "free publicity" after they announced plans to burn a 30-foot cockroach effigy alongside that of demon king Ravan. The event organisers, however, said the cockroach effigy symbolises filth and seeks to promote cleanliness under the Swachh Bharat and...

Puri: Odisha Police Tuesday arrested a 40-year-old man from Jharkhand's Jamshedpur almost two months after he allegedly killed his mother and buried the body in the kitchen floor of their rented house here, an official said. Searching for the accused, police combed Odisha and also visited Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The woman's body was recovered August...

Raipur: Shafali Verma (69) and Harmanpreet Kaur (91 not out) blazed their way to rapid half-centuries as India posted a massive 216/7 against Zimbabwe in their third and final T20 here Tuesday. Shafali set the tone with a 37-ball 69 at the top of the line-up for India, striking five sixes and six fours to lead the...

Thuamul Rampur: Vijaya Dashami and the traditional Lakhmara festival were celebrated with religious fervour and in a peaceful manner at Thuamul Rampur in Odisha’s Kalahandi district Tuesday, marking the conclusion of the nine-day rituals dedicated to Goddess Manikeswari. The festival was held two days after Maha Ashtami. The nine-day worship concluded with the observance of Vijaya Dashami...

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a major organisational reshuffle in its youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), appointing new national office-bearers to key positions, including seven national vice-presidents, three general secretaries and seven national secretaries. The appointments, made under the directive of BJP National President Nitin Nabin, will take effect immediately. According...

Mumbai: A new angle has emerged in the firing at Hindi film actor Tiger Shroff's car, with preliminary interrogation of the arrested accused reportedly revealing that the actor was not their original target and that they had initially planned to attack another prominent personality in Hindi film industry. Mumbai Police sources said the accused had travelled to...