New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Wednesday said he would appear before a committee of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) regarding the withholding of the group's X account. According to reports, the MeitY had earlier asked Dipke to appear in person at its headquarters on Wednesday for a hearing on the...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has constituted a high-level fact-finding team to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a farmer in Odisha's Nuapada district. The team will be headed by Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Assembly Prasanna Acharya and is scheduled to meet the family members of the deceased farmer Wednesday. The move comes...

Pune: CCTV footage showing a hooded man, later identified as Chetan Chaudhary, trailing Ketan Agarwal and his fiancee Siya Goyal at Lohagad Fort near Pune alerted cops probing the businessman's death, police said Wednesday. Police found it unusual that the man was wearing a hoodie despite the temperature being around 33 degrees Celsius, and his overall suspicious...

New Delhi: India's ethanol blending programme remains "safe, consumer-friendly, and economically beneficial", the government said, dismissing concerns that the use of E20 fuel could affect the validity of vehicle insurance policies. The oil ministry in a statement said claims linking E20 fuel use to insurance invalidation had been clarified with relevant stakeholders and were found to be...

New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in a cluster of temporary tin-sheds for labourers near Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi in the early hours of Wednesday, gutting around 200 structures, an official of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said. The DFS received a call at 3.02 am informing about fire in an electric panel near the...

Houston: Cristiano Ronaldo had a simple but strong message as the final whistle sounded after Portugal's big win at the World Cup Tuesday. "I'm back," he said directly into the television camera. "I'm back." Ronaldo became the first player to score in six different World Cup tournaments by getting two goals in Portugal's 5-0 win over Uzbekistan,...

New Delhi: A 11-year-old girl sleeping beside her family on a pavement in south Delhi was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered by a cab driver in the early hours of June 22, police said Tuesday. The accused, under the influence of marijuana, allegedly took the child to an isolated stretch near the Faridabad-Gurugram border, sexually assaulted her,...

Mumbai: Mumbaikars woke up to heavy overnight rains on Wednesday, which disrupted suburban train services, inundated low-lying areas and caused hardship to commuters. Parts of the metropolis received more than 200 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8 am, officials said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast moderate to heavy showers accompanied by...

Nuapada: The alleged suic*de of a farmer reportedly distressed over delays in paddy procurement sparked a four-hour blockade on National Highway 353 in Nuapada district, with farmers and family members demanding compensation and action against officials held responsible for the crisis. Nepal Majhi, 45, of Jadamunda village under Komna block, allegedly consumed pesticide Monday and died later...

Bhubaneswar: The need to preserve state’s rich dance heritage while encouraging innovation in Odissi was highlighted at a national seminar organised by the Orissa Dance Academy as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations Tuesday. Titled Bahirangam: Beyond the Body, the seminar at the GKCM Odissi Research Centre brought together eminent gurus, scholars, critics and practitioners from across...