Bhadrak: A Class VIII student was injured after a ceiling fan fell inside a classroom at a school in Odisha's Bhadrak district Saturday, sources said. The incident took place at Pravakar Mohanty High School in Piripur under Bhandaripokhari police limits. The injured student, identified as Om Prakash Behera, sustained injuries to his nose after being struck by...

Chennai: Fast bowler Prasidh Krishna claimed his maiden five‑wicket haul in ODIs as India bowled out Afghanistan for 218 in the third and final match of the series here at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Saturday, despite a fighting maiden century from skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi. India struck early after Afghanistan elected to bat first by reducing the visitors...

Mumbai: Tollywood couple Ram Charan and Upasana Kamineni Konidela revealed their daughter Klin Kaara's face on her 3rd birthday. Before this, the parents had only shown a glimpse of their little one in public and on social media. This is the first time they have unveiled their daughter's full face. On Saturday, Ram Charan and Upasana uploaded...

Bhubaneswar: Seeking better transparency in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the BJD Saturday urged Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to introduce an SMS acknowledgement for electors immediately after the digitisation of enumeration forms through the BLO App. The party made three suggestions to the CEO through a memorandum submitted by a BJD delegation....

New Delhi: Delhi Police has denied permission to Cockroach Janta Party to continue its protest at Jantar Mantar, even as party founder Abhijeet Dipke asserting that he will not move from the site until the Education Minister resigns. Police have asked CJP supporters to vacate the site where a large number of students and others have been...

Bhubaneswar: A government engineer was arrested in Odisha a day after raids at multiple locations led to the detection of assets worth crores of rupees, including 49 high-value plots, three farmhouses and nearly 1 kg of gold jewellery, officials said. Satyanarayan Sethy, the assistant executive engineer (AEE) posted at Kotpada block in Koraput district, was arrested in...

Rairangpur: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday said India has always spread peace in the world because issues can only be resolved through mutual discussion, not war. "Whenever the world reeled under war-like conflicts and uncertainties, India spread the message of peace... Issues can be resolved through mutual discussion, not through war," she said, while addressing a public gathering...

New Delhi: A student from Nagpur in Maharashtra was allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi for Sunday's NEET UG 2026 re-examination by the National Testing Agency, prompting his parents to raise the issue with the NTA and seek a correction. The NTA responded to the controversy, stating that its "web-activity records indicate that the city change...

New Delhi: India diversified its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports during the recent West Asia conflict, significantly increasing purchases from the United States, Iran and several other countries to reduce its dependence on the Gulf region. According to a report by Crisil, India’s LPG import profile underwent a notable shift as geopolitical tensions disrupted supplies from West...

Tyre:  Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon Saturday killed at least seven people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement. The persistent fighting threatened an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East. Lebanon's National News Agency said the strikes hit the southern town of Nabatiyeh...