Los Angeles: Music legends have offered condolences to the late singer Dolly Parton after her demise at the age of 80 Tuesday. Singer-songwriter Beyonce shared a heartfelt note for Dolly Parton on her website. She wrote, “Dolly, you were the barometer. The north star. Bold and brilliant. Talented and tenacious. You taught so many lessons on how...

Puri: Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati has demanded a complete ban on the animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath, scheduled for release August 28. Saraswati, who is also the permanent chairman of the Mukti Mandap Pandit Sabha of the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, wrote to Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, chairperson of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee...

New Delhi: A Delhi court has convicted alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a sitting Supreme Court judge to influence a special judge for bail in a corruption case in 2017, describing the act as a "direct affront" to the independence and sanctity of the judicial process. Chief Judicial Magistrate Harshita Mishra held Chandrasekhar guilty of offences...

Ranchi: The LJP (Ram Vilas) has appointed its lone Jharkhand MLA Janardan Paswan as president of the state unit, said a statement issued Wednesday. Paswan represents the Chatra constituency in the Jharkhand assembly. I thank the party's national president Chirag Paswan for the new responsibility. For me, this is not merely a position, but a significant responsibility...

Chandigarh: The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) Wednesday urged the US administration to ensure a fair and individual review of cases amid reports that it is considering revoking up to 200,000 B1 and B2 visas issued to foreign nationals who later applied for asylum. NAPA executive director Satnam Singh Chahal made the appeal while releasing copies of...

Beijing: China has test-fired a stealth anti-ship cruise missile, bearing a black coating to evade radars, a media report said Wednesday. The missile, identified as a new variant of the YJ-18A with a black radar-absorbing finish, would improve penetration and visual camouflage over deep water, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted military experts as saying....

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday attacked the Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of adopting "double standards" over his recent "smash the patriarchy" remark and claimed that the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in Pune was organised to "cover-up the misogynistic remarks" made by Congress leaders against Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni. Addressing...

Colombo: Pasindu Sooriyabandara blocked Indian bowlers for a whole session to make a defiant unbeaten 90, carrying Sri Lanka to 199 for three in their second innings at tea on day four of the second and final Test here Wednesday. Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva (4) is giving company to Sooriyabandara at the break, and the home side...

Kathmandu: At least 105 Indians are among the nearly 400 persons missing after the devastating flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district bordering Tibet Wednesday. A sudden, massive flood swept through two central Nepal districts bordering Tibet, killing four people, causing extensive devastation at settlements along the river and damaging at least a dozen hydropower projects early Wednesday....

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA)  Wednesday announced that the final answer keys and results of 84 subjects of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) and two other major examinations, will be released this week. In a post on X, the NTA said: "The final answer keys and results for UGC-NET (84 Subjects), CSIR-NET and...