Bhubaneswar: Former minister and Biju Janata Dal vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra escaped unhurt after a cement-laden truck collided with his car near Kamaladeipur Chhak on the Narsinghpur main road in Cuttack district Thursday. The truck struck the side and rear of Mishra’s car, damaging the vehicle. Mishra, however, escaped unhurt. Police reached the spot after being alerted...

Geneva: A collection of soccer fan groups from around the world launched a petition Thursday calling for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA president after he tried to sell future World Cup profits to private investors. The petition with the hashtag InfantinOut also calls for "FIFA to be rebuilt so that the current debacle can never happen...

Kyiv: Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack that lasted for hours and killed at least 14 people, officials said Thursday. Moscow's forces have in recent months intensified their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, exploiting Ukraine's chronic shortage of US-made Patriot air defence...

Dhaka: The possibility of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to India next month for BRICS Summit remains slim unless an appropriate environment based on mutual trust is created, along with a dignified invitation from New Delhi, his Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has said. He said Dhaka is in no hurry to arrange a top-level visit...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Thursday warned of strict action against auto-rickshaw drivers allegedly involved in violence during a protest by app-based drivers of Ola, Uber and Rapido in Bhubaneswar, including cancellation of driving licences and recovery of losses caused by the unrest. Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said the government would not spare those found...

Mumbai: Playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan, who recently appeared on ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, called it a full-circle moment. The singer took to the hot seat along with CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi, and shared her experience of sharing the platform with the Hindi film industry legend Amitabh Bachchan. For Sunidhi Chauhan, stepping onto the Kaun Banega Crorepati set was...

Seoul: South Korea said North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off the North's east coast, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's military as saying the launch happened on Thursday. The reported launch happened a day after the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shrugged off US President Donald Trump's decision to scale...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday held that police cannot investigate offences under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act. The PCPNDT Act was enacted with the intent to prohibit the use of prenatal diagnostic techniques for determination of the sex of the foetus. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh held that...

New Delhi: Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar Thursday wrote a letter from jail to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-minister Satyender Jain, threatening to expose three more "key scams". "Dear Kejriwal Ji, Satyender Ji, and Proxy Party, one more tick in the box, to expose your corruptions. Gone right, the expose of 21-22 has been vindicated;...

New Delhi: Former Congress MP, Sajjan Kumar, who was serving life imprisonment in connection with cases arising from the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, died Thursday at a Delhi hospital. He was 80. Kumar, lodged in Tihar Jail, was taken to Safdarjung Hospital after his health deteriorated. Doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. The former Congress leader had...