New Delhi: The BJP has announced a nationwide protest Monday against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's "indecent and offensive" remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kharge sparked a controversy Sunday with his "Modi ka baap bhi jayega" remark in response to an audience member's comment that "the prime minister would not go anywhere", during an event in Delhi...

Bhubaneswar: The state government Sunday intensified preparedness for Cyclone Arnab across five vulnerable southern districts, deploying 24 Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) teams and six National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast a possible landfall between southern Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh October 28. Leave for district-level officers and staff...

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul has criticised former Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud's approach to judicial appointments, alleging that he was "too deferential to the government". In his forthcoming memoir 'Without Fear or Favour', Justice Kaul, while recounting a collegium meeting to fill six Supreme Court vacancies, says five names had...

Vadodara: Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a scintillating 126, while all-rounder Deepti Sharma struck an unbeaten 106 as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 121 runs in the second women's ODI Sunday. India piled up 328 for 6 and then bowled out Zimbabwe for 207 in 48.5 overs. After opener Pratika Rawal followed up her first match century with a polished...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Cyclone Arnab's potential impact, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), a joint venture of Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, has activated a comprehensive disaster management and preparedness plan to safeguard power distribution infrastructure and minimise electricity supply disruptions across central Odisha. The company has implemented its Business Continuity and Disaster Management Plan...

Patna: A major uproar erupted at a Congress event in Bihar's capital Patna Sunday, when party President Mallikarjun Kharge lost his cool and made an objectionable remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prompting fierce counter from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Kharge's controversial comment came in response to a person in the crowd, who was heard shouting...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said wars were no longer being fought only through conventional means but also by targeting economies, and underscored the need to protect India's banking system from "cyber terrorists". Addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Reserve Bank of India's Rs 169-crore data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute here, he said the facilities...

Ramnagar: In a veiled attack on the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Sunday said programmes to inculcate nationalism among students should be held every year to keep them away from the influence of "vices like cockroaches". Adhikari said a three-day elocution, quiz and debate programme should be organised every year in all...

Vadodara: Harmanpreet Kaur made a high quality 126 off 121 balls and Deepti Sharma also scored a brisk hundred (106 not out), anchoring India to 328 for six in the second Women's ODI against Zimbabwe Sunday. Harmanpreet regaled a sizable crowd with her sublime play on the off-side. Her copybook cover drives and cut shots were a...

New Delhi: Hindi film industry superstar Anil Kapoor got emotional as he remembered his late friend and actor Satish Kaushik after coming across his lookalike on his latest show "India Ke Top 1%". Kapoor met Kaushik's lookalike named Gagan and went on to recall his bond with the actor. The videos have been circulating online. "My bond...