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New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Thursday unanimously authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J P Nadda to select the coalition's candidate for the Vice Presidential election, scheduled for September 9. The decision was taken during a meeting of the NDA parliamentary...

Los Angeles: Two people were killed and six others wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Los Angeles, the US state of California, local authorities said. The incident occurred around 1am (0800 GMT) Monday, near 14th Place and Griffith Avenue, where several parties were underway,...

New Delhi: Actors Abhishek Banerjee, Aparshakti Khurana and Varun Sharma are set to feature in the upcoming film, titled "Side Heroes", from Imtiaz Ali. Written by Siddarth Sen and Pankaj Matta, the film is directed by Ssanjay Tripaathy. Slated to release in 2026, the film...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday urged farmers to diversify into crops other than paddy to take advantage of government schemes. He said that over 34 lakh of them received the 20th instalment of financial assistance under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme....

Koraput: A young couple was allegedly tied to a wooden plough and paraded through their village in Odisha's Koraput district Sunday for marrying within the same clan, police said. The incident took place at Nadimeitiki village within Narayanpatna block in the tribal-dominated district. According to...

Shimla: One person was reportedly killed and at least nine people went missing in multiple cloudbursts overnight in Karsog division of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, officials said Tuesday. The cloudbursts triggered flash floods that washed away many houses. At least 41 people have been rescued...

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s persistent demand that ECI provide machine-readable digital copies of the voter lists for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and subsequent Vidhan Sabha elections appears to be legally untenable, said constitutional experts and sources...

Mumbai: The mortal remains of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad last week, were brought to Mumbai Tuesday for his last rites, officials said. The casket carrying the remains of Sabharwal reached Mumbai airport by a flight in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has postponed the reopening of schools for the 2025 academic session to June 20, instead of the previously scheduled June 18, due to high temperatures and the transition into the monsoon season. The decision was conveyed in a letter from the...

Ahmedabad: Newly-crowned IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have received Rs 20 crore for winning the 18th edition of the league while runners-up Punjab Kings got richer by Rs 12.5 crore. RCB lifted their maiden title in the world's biggest T20 league by getting the better...