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Mumbai: Actress Samantha Akkineni says there was a time when getting trolled on social media started hurting her mental stability and making her rush to wrong decisions. Now she knows what to expect from trolls and does not take it to her heart. In a live interview by Rajeev Masand on Twitter, Samantha, who is […]

Lucknow: Amid talks of taking an ordinance rout to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Babri Masjid Action Committee Thursday said it would challenge any such move in the Supreme Court. “After the statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there seems to be no possibility of promulgating an ordinance by the Centre. But, if […]

Mumbai: Working with director Shoojit Sircar in “Sardar Udham Singh” was like a dream come true, said actor Vicky Kaushal while interacting with the media on the sidelines of the first edition of Grazia Millennial Awards, here on Wednesday. In the film Vicky will be seen as Udham Singh, who assassinated Michael O’ Dwyer, former […]

Bhubaneswar: The admission process into Plus III courses in various degree and autonomous colleges in Odisha for the academic session 2019-20 will begin from June 24. As per the notification issued by Department of Higher Education, the students can download the Common Application Form (CAF) for admission from the official website www.samsodisha.gov.in from 11 AM […]

New Delhi: Eighteen days after its An-32 transport aircraft went down in Arunachal Pradesh, the IAF on Thursday recovered six bodies and seven mortal remains of the air warriors from the crash site. According to officials, the IAF has made all arrangements to airlift the bodies and mortal remains of the personnel by helicopters from […]

Rayagada: Police today claimed to solve the mystery behind the death of a +2 student of Rayagada College by arresting five persons including three juveniles in connection with the murder case. Senior police officials informed that the student of Rayagada Autonomous College, M. Suresh Kumar was murdered over a ‘triangular love affair’. Of the five […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday landed in a fresh controversy for not paying attention to President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament. Gandhi was busy browsing through his phone for over 20 minutes when Kovind was addressing the first joint sitting of the 17th Lok […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday hosted a dinner for all members of parliament, which did not see the presence of prominent leaders like Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav. MPs from the Trinamool Congress, left parties like the CPI(M) and CPI, the Bahujan Samaj Party and the RJD abstained from the dinner. […]

London: The International Cricket Council (ICC) and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Thursday welcomed the decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to nominate women’s cricket for inclusion at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. The decision, which needs to be ratified by the CGF members, follows a comprehensive bidding process, where […]

Mumbai: Jet Airways Thursday became the first domestic airliner to go into bankruptcy as the NCLT admitted an insolvency petition filed by State Bank on behalf of 26 lenders, sending its share price soaring a whopping 150 percent after having plumbed life-lows for many days. While SBI made a claim of Rs 967 crore from […]

New Delhi: India on Thursday said there was no official word from the US on a “source-based” media report about capping of the H1B visas, of which Indians are a major beneficiary. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar also said that India will take a decision, which is “guided by our economic and security considerations”, […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The Lok Sabha recently was witness to a spectacle that does not augur well for democracy in the country. The House saw a virtual slogan shouting contest between treasury and opposition benches as the newly elected MPs took oath. Quite a few of these MPs signed off with slogans expressing loyalty […]

Patna/New Delhi: Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister C.P. Thakur on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bihar’s Muzaffapur, where at least 118 children have died due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). In a letter to Modi, Thakur, who is currently a Rajya Sabha member, highlighted that the every year, the AES […]

New Delhi: To ensure that the academic records of students enrolled in the technical institutions are available online, AICTE has directed them to join the National Academic Depository (NAD) platform by September. The NAD is a central government initiative to provide all academic credentials of an individual online. At present, many academic institutions and boards, […]

New Delhi: A man was arrested on Thursday for killing a woman and critically injuring her husband after blaming them for his sacking from his job, a police officer said. The incident occurred early on Thursday in the Nizamuddin JJ Colony and police were informed by a local resident. “On reaching the spot, they found […]