New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Monday confirmed that 158 Indian nationals were rescued from Nepal after devastating floods hit the Himalayan nation last week. The Ministry stated that as of 9 p.m. Monday, a total of 158 Indian nationals have been rescued, and the forensics team and Tunnel rescue teams are continuing the rescue...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das Monday asked suspended MLA Sofia Firdous to resign if she differs from Congress ideology. Das said this a day after Barabati-Cuttack MLA Sofia Firdous's father and former MLA Mohammed Moquim announced that his daughter will contest the 2029 elections on Odisha Janata Congress (OJC) ticket. The OJC...

Bishkek: Calling for an immediate end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to move from "endless war towards end of war", asserting that a peaceful resolution of the conflict is humanity's shared priority. In a meeting with Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in...

Puri: As the inventory work of the Puri Jagannath Temple's 'Ratna Bhandar' resumed after the annual Rath Yatra, a senior official Monday said that the jewellery and valuables stored inside the treasury so far matched the 1978 list of inventory. The inventory process is being conducted strictly adhering to the state government-approved Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) under...

Battar (Nepal): As the flood swallowed everything below them, Shiva Giri and six others could do little but climb. They watched houses, settlements and structures disappear as they fled uphill from the Mailung Hydropower Project in Rasuwa. Several of Giri's colleagues were swept away, as was his cousin, he told the Nepal News website. Cut off from...

Kathmandu: The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 939 Monday, with bodies continuing to be recovered, while around 4,000 people are still missing, authorities said. More than 10,000 people have been rescued so far, as search teams struggle to reach those still stranded amid intermittent rain, swollen rivers and damaged roads and...

Delhi: A three-year-old girl was sexu ally assaulted allegedly by the bus driver of a private school in outer-north Delhi’s Bawana area, police said Monday. According to the police, the incident came to light August 19 after the child’s family noticed in juries to her private parts. When questioned, the child, a nursery student, told her mother...

New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by a driver and conductor inside a moving sleeper bus before being abandoned near Kashmere Gate in Old Delhi on the night of August 4. Both accused have been arrested. The survivor, a Class XI student from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, had left home following an argument with her mother...

Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commission (SEC) will launch a special pilot survey in three wards under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) from September 3 to rectify discrepancies in electoral rolls ahead of the panchayat and urban local body elections in the state, official sources said Monday. The door-to-door pilot survey, which will begin September 3 and conclude...

New Delhi: Lionel Messi Monday announced his retirement from international football, bringing an end to a 20-year Argentina career that included a World Cup triumph, two Copa América titles and a record 207 appearances for his country, saying the decision had been on his mind since the World Cup final defeat to Spain before the death of...