Chennai: A businessman Friday approached the Madras High Court to direct the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to immediately conduct a detailed, thorough and fair probe pertaining to the background and details of Yogesh Sharma alias Saurav Das, the National Co-Convenor of Cockroach Janata Party and his parents. In his petition, Ganesh Kumar said that allegedly Das'...

Sambalpur: The carcass of a 12 to 14-year-old elephant was recovered from an agricultural field in Chhamunda section of Padiabahal forest range in Sambalpur district Friday. Electrocution from solar fencing wire is suspected to have caused the death, forest officials said. Padiabahal forest range officer Sunil Khilari and other personnel recovered the carcass before launching an investigation....

New Delhi: Jio Platforms Friday reported a 13.7 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 8,389 crore for the September 2026 quarter, driven by subscriber gains, higher realisations per user and healthy growth in digital services. The digital and telecom company's consolidated revenue from operations rose 11.4 per cent to Rs 40,475 crore during the...

New Delhi: Tata Motors has acquired an 89.42 per cent stake in Italian commercial vehicle maker Iveco Group, making it an indirect subsidiary of the Indian automaker following completion of the initial settlement of its tender offer. In a joint statement Friday, the companies said TML CV Holdings B.V., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors, acquired...

Mumbai: Noel Tata has written to Tata Sons to take up a business reorganisation plan presented by him to avert listing of the conglomerate's holding company, and Shapoorji Pallonji group's part-exit to raise Rs 25,000 crore at the next board meet scheduled for November 26. Noel, who chairs Tata Trusts, has sent two separate letters to Tata...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition parties in Odisha Friday slammed the BJP for "failing" to make adequate preparation to deal with cyclone 'Arnab' despite forecasts of heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of the state. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, Opposition Chief Whip Pramila Mallik said that had the state government taken preventive measures in advance, damages caused by...

Brahmapur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday conducted an aerial survey of the affected areas of Ganjam and Gajapati districts of the state to assess the flood situation and review rescue and relief operations. Heavy downpour caused by the cyclonic storm Arnab has left several villages waterlogged and thousands of people stranded in Ganjam and Gajapati...

New Delhi: Population census will be conducted across India, except in poll-going and snow-bound regions, from January 25 to February 28, 2027, the Census Commissioner announced Friday. According to an official notification, the reference date for the census shall be 00:00 hours of March 1, 2027. In all states and Union territories, except Manipur (till further declaration),...

Baripada: A court in Odisha Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a 22-year-old disabled woman in Mayurbhanj district in 2025. Ad hoc Additional District-cum-Fast Track Special Court Judge S K Nayak also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on the convict, and failure to pay the amount would result in his sentence being increased...

Washington: Elon Musk has given $446 million to influence the 2026 US midterm elections, the most by any donor in modern American history, as the 50 biggest contributors pour about $2.8 billion into the race, according to a Washington Post tracker based on Federal Election Commission (FEC) data. The Brennan Center for Justice puts Musk’s giving at...