Kataka: Odisha police Thursday arrested five people for their alleged involvement in the rape of a woman in Odisha's Kataka district when she was out with her friend on a drive. The incident happened in the Nischintakoili police station area Tuesday night, the police said. The woman was out with her male friend and heading towards Kendrapada...

New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Thursday, drawing curtains on a stormy Monsoon session which saw relentless protests by the opposition over police action on agitating students and alleged theft of Ram temple donations, and passage of several key bills without debate. As soon as the House met for the day, all six stanzas of...

Colombo: Nine Indian fishermen were arrested and their trawler seized by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing in the island nation's waters, authorities said Thursday. The fishermen were arrested near Urumalei Point in Talaimannar Wednesday night, the Navy said. According to a Navy release, the trawler had allegedly crossed the International Maritime Boundary...

United Nations: A terrorism monitoring team of the Security Council has declared the deadly Red Fort suicide car bombing that killed 11 people the work of Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), which it warned is spreading its tentacles across the region. The report by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team on terrorism to the Security...

Thiruvananthapuram: Former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s claim of having little knowledge of the controversial Messi deal is facing fresh questions after official records revealed that his government had actively intervened on behalf of the private sponsor, even as the present government is embarking on a foolproof analysis on this issue and the way forward. The latest disclosure...

Kolkata: Nadia district court in West Bengal has ordered a police probe against Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee and 29 others in connection with a case of illegal land grabbing in Nadia and its adjacent Murshidabad district. Among others named in the case are the Trinamool Congress legislator...

New Delhi: A Parliamentary Panel has recommended expeditious introduction of a calibrated Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on high-value transactions to ensure the financial sustainability of the payments ecosystem and reduce the burden on the exchequer. The Standing Committee on Finance, in its report tabled Wednesday, also recommended that the Department of Financial Services, under the Ministry of...

Chennai: Malayalam star Dulquer Salmaan, who plays the lead in director Nahas Hidhayath's eagery awaited action entertainer I'm Game, Thursday announced that the film's release had now been pushed to September 3. For the unaware, the film was originally scheduled to hit screens worldwide August 20 this year. In his statement announcing the postponement of the film's...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die Thursday, ending the stormy Monsoon Session that witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments. Earlier, the Lok Sabha was also adjourned sine die. Deviating from the normal pre-lunch schedule, the Upper House dispensed with the Zero Hour and the Question Hour and took up the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, which...

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed Odisha for the last 24 hours as the low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has become "well marked", the IMD said Thursday. The IMD has issued a 'red warning' (take action) of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across Odisha. The national weather agency in its morning message said, "The well-marked low-pressure...