Rising Brahmani waters trap nearly 300 students at Kendrapada school
Kendrapada: Students of Kulasahi residential school in Odisha’s Kendrapada district were stranded Sunday as floodwaters of Brahmani River overflowed its banks and surrounded the school. According to reports, rescue operations have been initiated to reach the school and evacuate the...
Kalahandi Army officer selected for Sena Medal for gallantry
Bhawanipatna: Army Major Sudhansu Pani of Kalahandi has been selected for the Sena Medal (Gallantry) for his role in ‘Operation Guddar’ against a senior Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir in September 2025. Pani is the only personnel from Odisha...
1st Test: Rain delays start of Day 2 play in Galle
Galle: Heavy rain has delayed the scheduled start of play on day two of the opening Test between India and Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium Sunday. The entire ground was brought under covers from early morning hours as...
Odisha fully prepared to protect lives in flood-hit areas; over 95,000 evacuated: Minister
Bhubaneswar: With the flood situation persisting in several parts of Odisha, the state government has intensified rescue, evacuation, relief and restoration operations and evacuated more than 95,000 people to safer locations, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said. Reviewing...
Odisha BJP files police complaint against BJD MP Sulata Deo over social media post
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling BJP Saturday lodged a police complaint against BJD MP Sulata Deo, accusing her of posting objectionable content on social media targeting party national president Nitin Nabin. A BJP delegation led by party spokesperson Satarupa Mishra submitted a...
Odisha Weather: Fresh low-pressure area in Bay of Bengal, IMD issues red warning
Bhubaneswar: The Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday issued a 'red warning' for extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha as a fresh low-pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It advised fishermen not to venture into the sea along and off the West Bengal and...
Read moreDetailsAbhishek Banerjee blames BJP, media for Asish Banerjee’s suicide
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, Sunday issued a social media post blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the media for the suicide of Asish Banerjee, the former West Bengal Minister and ex-Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly. Referring to the suicide note of the deceased leader, which was recovered this morning along with his body, Abhishek Banerjee claimed that the...
Read moreDetailsUkraine launches hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least 6
Moscow: Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones increasingly targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has also increasingly pummeled giant Wildberries depots, burning billions of dollars' worth of merchandise belonging to the Russian online retail giant and...
Read moreDetailsCong should apologise for ‘insulting’ Vande Mataram on Independence Day: Amit Shah
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday accused the Congress of insulting the national song 'Vande Mataram' and demanded that the party apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote the song. Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters, party leader Sonia Gandhi asked Vande Mataram to be stopped midway through the song. The home minister alleged...
Read moreDetailsFDA notice to Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn & Tiger Shroff over Vimal Elaichi ad
Mumbai: Maharashtra FDA has issued a show-cause notice to actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their advertisement for Vimal Elaichi, claiming it prima facie amounts to "indirect or surrogate" promotion of prohibited pan masala and tobacco-related products. The use of the expression "VIMAL Elaichi" in the advertisement appeared to create an association with the Vimal Pan Masala brand and could mislead consumers while indirectly promoting the prohibited...
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Abhishek Banerjee blames BJP, media for Asish Banerjee’s suicide
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, Sunday issued a social media post blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the media for the suicide of Asish Banerjee, the former West Bengal Minister and ex-Deputy Speaker of the state Assembly. Referring to the suicide note of the deceased leader,...
Rising Brahmani waters trap nearly 300 students at Kendrapada school
Kendrapada: Students of Kulasahi residential school in Odisha’s Kendrapada district were stranded Sunday as floodwaters of Brahmani River overflowed its banks and surrounded the school. According to reports, rescue operations have been initiated to reach the school and evacuate the stranded students. The situation has raised concerns over the safety of the children as floodwaters continue to...
Ukraine launches hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least 6
Moscow: Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia this year, with long-range missiles and swarms of drones increasingly targeting military industries and energy facilities. It has also increasingly pummeled giant Wildberries depots, burning...
Market outlook: These likely to be major driving factors for market movement this week
New Delhi: Trading activity in the stock market this week will depend on the developments surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, the US-Iran standoff and crude oil, analysts said. With the quarterly earnings season now over, investors would also monitor the trading activity of foreign investors, experts added. "Developments surrounding the Strait of Hormuz and the trajectory of...
CJP demands immediate arrest after WB volunteer’s father dies following ‘assault’
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Sunday demanded the immediate arrest of those responsible for the alleged assault that led to the death of Janab Mafik, the father of CJP volunteer Shaik Abdul Hafeez, in West Bengal. The 25-year-old Hafeez was allegedly attacked after inspecting a government school as part of the CJP's "School Thik Karo" campaign....
Cong should apologise for ‘insulting’ Vande Mataram on Independence Day: Amit Shah
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday accused the Congress of insulting the national song 'Vande Mataram' and demanded that the party apologise to the people and to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay who wrote the song. Addressing a public meeting in Chittorgarh, Shah alleged that during the Independence Day programme at the Congress headquarters, party leader Sonia Gandhi...
Mcap of five of top-10 most valued firms erodes by Rs 1 lakh cr; TCS takes biggest hit
New Delhi: The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 1 lakh crore last week, with IT bellwether TCS taking the biggest hit, amid a bearish trend in domestic equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 489.92 points, or 0.62 per cent, and the NSE Nifty dipped 204.65 points,...
Real-life, reel-life wives unite as Mirzapur comes to Melbourne
Mumbai: Actor Pankaj Tripathi brought a touch of Mirzapur to Melbourne as he posed with his real-life wife, Mridula Tripathi, and his reel-life wife, Rasika Dugal. The actor was in Melbourne as part of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2026. Rasika Dugal, who played Beena Tripathi, wife of Pankaj’s character Akhandanand “Kaleen” Bhaiya in the...
Guinness World Record set at Indian I-Day celebration in New York tri-state area
New York: India's 80th Independence Day was marked across the New York tri-state area with a host of events, including a "special celebration" in New Jersey where a world record was set and a parade in Queens joined by New York City's Indian-origin mayor Zohran Mamdani. A Guinness World Record for the "Largest Flagpole Number" was set...
FDA notice to Shah Rukh, Ajay Devgn & Tiger Shroff over Vimal Elaichi ad
Mumbai: Maharashtra FDA has issued a show-cause notice to actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their advertisement for Vimal Elaichi, claiming it prima facie amounts to "indirect or surrogate" promotion of prohibited pan masala and tobacco-related products. The use of the expression "VIMAL Elaichi" in the advertisement appeared to create an association with...
