Balasore: The railway police have rescued 27 people, including 19 minors, from Soro railway station in Balasore district, as the authorities suspect they were being trafficked, police said Sunday. The incident happened Saturday evening when the group came in a bus from Kaptipada and its adjoining areas in Mayurbhanj district and reached Soro station to take a...

Dharamsala: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode on fluent half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer, along with a decisive opening spell from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, to thrash Punjab Kings by 23 runs and seal a playoff berth in the IPL in Dharamsala Sunday. Kohli (58 off 37 balls), Iyer (73 not out off 40 balls) and Devdutt Padikkal...

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match in New Delhi Sunday. Tripurana Vijay makes his debut for DC. For RR also, Ravi Singh makes his debut, replacing Ravindra Jadeja due to "workload management" as per captain Riyan Parag. The Teams: Rajasthan...

Bhubaneswar: The body of a 34-year-old man who had been missing for two days was recovered from a stone quarry in Odisha's Nayagarh district Sunday, police said. The man's family has lodged a complaint with the local police, alleging murd*r. Based on the complaint, two suspects have been detained for questioning, officials said. Pratap Kumar Pattashani, a...

Kolkata: A protest against the recent bulldozer action in Kolkata's Tiljala turned violent Sunday as demonstrators threw stones at police personnel in the Park Circus area, injuring at least three of them and damaging several vehicles, officials said. Bulldozers rolled into Kolkata's Tiljala last Wednesday as part of the West Bengal government's demolition drive against illegal structures...

Gandhinagar: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Sunday said that India’s design sector needed opportunities similar to the Indian Premier League (IPL) model in cricket to ensure talented young people could pursue design as a viable profession without hesitation. Speaking at the inauguration of the Incubation and Innovation Centre at the National Institute of Design (NID)...

Kolkata: A large number of Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) were found scattered in a field in West Bengal's Birbhum district Sunday, while over a hundred Aadhaar cards and other documents were recovered from a TMC office in Bidhannagar, triggering political sparring and prompting police investigations in both incidents. The first incident came to light in Kirnahar...

Kandla: A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, officials said Sunday. The Marshall Islands-flagged MV SYMI started its journey from Qatar and docked at the port in Kandla around 11.30 pm Saturday after...

New Delhi: India is closely monitoring Sri Lanka's decision to offer foreign investors control of an airport near the China-controlled Hambantota port, as it could present a rare opening for Indian firms seeking strategic footholds in the Indian Ocean, people familiar with the matter said Sunday. The Sri Lankan government has already called for expressions of interest...

Tangi(Cuttack): An FIR was lodged against actor and BJP leader Arindam Roy and BJP leader Abhaya Barik at Tangi police station Sunday over allegations of “threatening and misbehaving” with Assistant Block Development Officer (ABDO) Shashwat Jena during a Panchayat Committee meeting. The complaint was filed by Tangi Block chairperson Minakshi Das. Das along with BJD leaders and...