Bhubaneswar: A vehicle hit a fish trader, knocking him unconscious, before a four-wheeler dragged him for three kilometres on a highway in Odisha's Bhubaneswar, killing him on the spot Sunday, police said. Another fish trader was also injured after being hit by the first vehicle, a senior officer said. "A vehicle struck the two fish traders on...

New Delhi: Following the Centre's assurance that cases against the NEET paper leak protesters would be withdrawn, Delhi Police sources Sunday said it would take further action only after receiving official communication and guidelines from the competent authority. The source said 15 FIRs have been registered so far at different police stations in the New Delhi district...

Jagatsinghpur: All government and private schools, higher secondary schools and Anganwadi centres in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district will remain closed Monday (July 27) as authorities brace for heavy to very heavy rainfall, officials said. The order applies to all government, government-aided and privately managed elementary, secondary and higher secondary schools, besides Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas (OAVs), Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs)...

New Delhi: Municipal workers Sunday painted over the graffiti-covered walls around Jantar Mantar, erasing the visual imprint of the student-led protest that forced the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Till Saturday evening, the white boundary wall of the Imperial Hotel lining Tolstoy Marg had ceased to be just another stretch of Lutyens' Delhi. It had...

Mumbai: Music composer Amaal Mallik, who earlier indirectly targeted fellow music composer Tanishk Bagchi, shared another post with veiled comments against the latter. On Sunday, Amaal took to his X, formerly Twitter, and penned a long post in which he spoke about taking the trash out of his timeline but ensured that he isn’t deleting his tweets...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc parties are set to press for an urgent discussion in Parliament on the alleged use of excessive force against students protesting over the NEET paper leak, with Rahul Gandhi writing to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking accountability and TMC's Sagarika Ghose moving a notice for the suspension of the day's business to take...

Los Angeles: English film industry actress Jennifer Garner has shared that she was asked not to send her kids to soccer practice owing to her fame. The 54-year-old actress appeared on the ‘Shut Up Evan’ podcast, and spoke about the overwhelming attention she and her then-husband Ben Affleck received whenever they stepped out in public. The actress...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of nine of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 2.74 lakh crore last week, in tandem with a bearish trend in equities, with HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit. Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 2,091.68 points, or 2.67 per cent, and the NSE Nifty declined 566.85 points,...

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Siddaramaiah, who recently resigned from the CM's post, has declared that he will not contest the 2028 Karnataka Assembly elections, effectively signalling his retirement from electoral politics. Siddaramaiah further stated, "Politics has become highly polluted. Honest politics is struggling to survive. It is in this backdrop that...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday greeted Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on the 61st anniversary of the country's independence, and expressed Beijing's desire to advance a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Male. In his message, Xi noted that China and the Maldives share a long history of friendly exchanges. The two countries established diplomatic relations over 54...