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Dhaka: At least 17 members of a wedding party travelling on a boat were killed Wednesday during a massive lightning strike in Bangladesh's Chapainawabganj district, some 302 km northwest of capital Dhaka, a senior official said. Sakib Al Rabbi, head of Chapainawabganj's Shibganj sub-district administration,...

New Delhi: The Arvind Kejriwal government Tuesday approved a 66 per cent hike in the salaries and allowances of Delhi MLAs. The move was proposed by the Centre. However, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government expressed discontent that they were still among the lowest-paid legislators in...

Mumbai: B-town personalities including Manoj Bajpayee and Randeep Hooda have mourned the death of three-time National Award-winning actress Surekha Sikri, popular in recent years as Dadisa in the TV series Balika Vadhu. Surekha passed away in the city following a cardiac arrest on Friday. She...

Bhubaneswar, July 11: The pandemic-induced restrictions have forced the people to spend more time inside their houses. A few of them have turned this extraordinary situation into an opportunity to do creative as well as unique things. Mohanty had started collecting stamps, notes and other...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the gruesome murder of a married woman in broad daylight in Bhimtangi area of Capital city Monday shook the conscience of citizens, grapevines have it that the ghastly act is the fallout of a failed love affair. If sources are to be...

New Delhi: The government allocated Monday an additional Rs 19,041 crore to provide broadband connectivity in all villages under the BharatNet project. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had August 15, 2020 announced that all villages will be connected with broadband in 1,000 days. Additional Rs 19,041...

Southampton: New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has said the World Test Championship (WTC) triumph over India will take at least a couple of weeks to sink in. Tim Southee believes that he is still living in a dream. New Zealand defeated World No.1 India by...

New Delhi: In the recently concluded Tamil Nadu State Assembly elections, 88 out of 144 winners facing criminal charges won the polls against their runner-up having clean background, reveals the analysis of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Tamil Nadu Election Watch (TEW). The report...

Bhubaneswar: A bleak future stares at those work in Odia music industry with the theatres and auditoriums remaining shut for nearly two years. Deaths of eminent musicians like Amarendra Mohanty, Santiraj Khosla and Tapu Mishra due to Covid-19 has only worsened the situation. In such...

Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung's upcoming foldable smartphone -- Galaxy Z Flip3-- has entered mass production, the media reported. A new report by FrontPageTech claims that Samsung has ordered the production of 50,000-70,000 units of Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 a day...