Hyderabad: Actor-couple Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda hosted a grand reception for family, friends and industry colleagues. The two stars tied the knot February 26 in a private ceremony at a luxury hotel on the outskirts of Udaipur. The reception, held at hotel Taj Krishna on Wednesday evening, was attended by a host of celebrities, including Allu...

Dubai: Iran's foreign minister said Thursday that America "will come to bitterly regret (the) precedent it has set" after a US submarine sank an Iranian frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka. The comment by Abbas Araghchi represents the first Iranian government acknowledged of the sinking of the IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean. Araghchi made the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar called on Finnish President Alexander Stubb Thursday and discussed bilateral ties ahead of the visiting leader's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The EAM also expressed hope that the Finnish President's meeting with the Prime Minister later in the day would further strengthen ties between the two nations. In...

Patna: JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar Thursday announced that he will be contesting the Rajya Sabha polls, bringing the curtain down on his tenure as the longest-serving CM of Bihar. Kumar, who has been the CM since 2005, said the new government that will be formed in the state will have his full cooperation and guidance. "For more...

Kolkata: The progress in poll preparations in two Bangladesh-bordering districts in West Bengal for the forthcoming Assembly polls has not been satisfactory so far, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has communicated to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). These two districts are South 24 Parganas in South Bengal and Cooch Behar in North Bengal....

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday paid tribute to former Odisha Chief Minister Biju Patnaik on the occasion of his 110th birth anniversary, recalling his contribution and commitment to the development and progress of the state. Taking to X, the Prime Minister remembered the late leader’s dedication to Odisha and acknowledged his role in shaping...

Mumbai: The Indian equity markets gained moderately in early trade Thursday, tracking gains in Asian peers despite rising tensions in the Middle East. As of 9.30 am, Sensex gained 246 points, or 0.31 per cent, to reach 79,362, and Nifty added 84 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 24,565. Main broad-cap indices performed in line with the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Odisha in the evening for a two-day visit, officials said. Shah is scheduled to land in Bhubaneswar from New Delhi by an independent Air Force aircraft. Friday morning, he will attend the CISF Foundation Day programme in Munduli, Cuttack. In the afternoon, Shah will perform the foundation-laying ceremony...

New Delhi: The Congress Thursday renominated Abhishek Singhvi and Phulo Devi Netam, two of its sitting MPs, from Telangana and Chhattisgarh for the Rajya Sabha election. The party also nominated party leader Karamvir Singh Boudh from Haryana and Anurag Sharma from Himachal Pradesh for the biennial elections to be held March 16. Sharma, considered to be close...

United Nations: As a victim of terrorism, most recently in Pahalgam, India has pledged to promote the UN’s counter-terrorism strategy for a global fight against the scourge. “We add our voice in stressing the importance of the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) as a central instrument for multilateral cooperation,” Raghoo Puri, a first secretary at India’s UN...