New Delhi: Vijender Singh criticised the Punjab government for celebrating sprinter Gurindervir Singh’s achievements only after his record-breaking success, saying athletes need support during their struggles rather than after they win medals and recognition. Referring to Gurindervir’s recent interview, the Olympic medallist claimed the runner himself had admitted that he neither received access to a national-level stadium...

Bhopal: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday intensified its probe into the alleged suspicious death case of model-turned-actress Twisha Sharma by meeting her family members at the Army Cantonment area in Bhopal after conducting an extensive inspection of the crime scene at the accused Samarth Singh’s residence. The CBI team, which formally took over the investigation...

Bhubaneswar: The main accused in the lynching of GRP constable Soumya Ranjan Swain was arrested by the Odisha Police's Crime Branch, a statement said Tuesday. Binod Kumar Behera (48) of Satya Nagar in Bhubaneswar was arrested from Indupur in Kendrapara district Monday night based on specific intelligence inputs gathered during the investigation, it said. Behera had been...

Mumbai: Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower in a volatile trade Tuesday following a spike in crude oil prices amid reports of fresh US military operations in southern Iran. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 479.26 points, or 0.63 per cent, to settle at 76,009.70. During the day, it tanked 579.28 points, or 0.75 per cent,...

Patna: A 35-year-old man died after collapsing on a roadside while returning home from work in Odisha’s Keonjhar district, with locals suspecting heatstroke as the cause of death. The deceased was identified as Buddhadev Dehuri, son of Ramachandra Dehuri of Khilaripat Nuagaon village under Tendara panchayat in Saharapada block. According to reports, Buddhadev was returning home Monday...

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 47 paise to close at 95.73 (provisional) against the US dollar Tuesday, on renewed geopolitical tensions in West Asia and a rise in crude oil prices. Forex traders said a strong US dollar and weak domestic markets also pressured the rupee. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 95.43 against...

New Delhi: IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti Tuesday said a four-member team from the institute and IIT Kanpur has begun examining the recent glitches in the CBSE portal, including payment failures and allegations related to answer sheet uploads. In an exclusive interview with PTI, Kamakoti said the team started examining the issue Monday evening, and the primary...

Islamabad: Pakistan and China agreed to "unswervingly safeguard" and develop their bilateral relations by working closely to build a shared future, according to a joint statement issued Tuesday. The statement came at the end of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's official visit to China from May 23-26 at the invitation of Premier Li Qiang. The two sides signed...

Mumbai: Two persons, including an office boy, have been arrested for allegedly stealing 66 hard disks containing crucial film and web series data from filmmakers Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's production house in Bandra here, police said Tuesday. The theft came to light Monday after Mehjabeen Shaikh, an executive assistant at Tiger Baby Digital LLP, lodged a...

New Delhi: Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali clarified his remark on Hindi film actor Deepika Padukone after saying she maintained a "good girl" image onscreen, earlier in her career, and said his words were made in a light-hearted manner. Ali, who has directed the actor in Love Aaj Kal (2009) and Tamasha (2015), recently recalled working with Padukone in...