Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the 2002 murder case of a journalist, sect head's lawyer Jitender Khurana said Saturday. The court acquitted the Dera chief more than seven years after he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. "The court has acquitted him in...

Dubai: Explosions sent up clouds of dark smoke in the Iranian capital city early Saturday, and Tehran retaliated by firing missiles at Israel as the United States warned of a forthcoming bombing campaign that officials said would be the most intense yet in the weeklong conflict. There was no foreseeable end to the fighting. US President Donald...

Khajuripada: One person was killed and two others were critically injured after two motorcycles collided head-on near Muskil Rasta Chhak under Khajuripada police station limits in Kandhamal district Friday. The deceased was identified as Kamadev Behera of Bandhasahi village in Khajuripada. The injured are Charan Behera, a junior engineer working with the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation...

Koraput: Railway police recovered the body of a young man from the Hirakhand Express at Koraput railway station Friday. The deceased has been identified as Manish Das of Nayabazar in the Kantilo area of Cuttack district. Police have launched an investigation into the incident. According to sources, Das was working for a private company in Tikiri area...

Rourkela: The body of a young woman was recovered under suspicious circumstances near a school in Rourkela Friday morning, raising suspicion of murder. Police recovered the body from bushes near an upper primary school at Saw Mill Chhak under the Brahmanitarang police station limits. The woman is believed to be around 25 years old, but her identity...

New Delhi: Top government sources on Saturday allayed fears that current global energy situation can become a crisis for India, saying that the country currently holds over 250 million barrels (around 4,000 crore litres) of crude and petroleum products, providing about 7-8 weeks of buffer across the supply chain. These stocks are not held in a single...

Sundargarh: An undertrial prisoner (UTP) lodged in the Sundargarh District Jail died while undergoing treatment at the Sundargarh Government Medical College and Hospital Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Saroj Rout, 27, alias Bana of Barpali village under Hemgir police station limits. Sundargarh Town police seized the body Friday morning and registered an unnatural death case...

Angul: The decomposed body of a woman who had been missing for nearly 40 days was found hanging from a tree in a forested area under Angul district Friday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Supriya Naik, wife of Suren Naik from Talasahi in Talagad village under Bantala police limits. According to police sources, Supriya...

Bargarh: In a bizarre turn of events amid a stir over mismanagement in paddy procurement, about 15 bags of paddy left at the Bargarh Collectorate as part of a farmers’ protest allegedly disappeared overnight, sparking outrage among cultivators. Farmers said the paddy bags, stacked on the Collectorate premises Thursday night during a demonstration over delayed procurement, were...

New Delhi: The prices of domestic LPG and commercial cylinders were hiked by a steep Rs 60 and Rs 114.5, respectively, amid rising energy costs linked to the West Asia conflict. Non-subsidised LPG, the one that common household users other than the Ujjwala beneficiaries use in their kitchens, will now cost Rs 913 per 14.2-kg cylinder in...