News from India

New Delhi: The Delhi University will hold its entrance exams for postgraduate, MPhil, PhD and nine undergraduate courses from June 30 to July 6, officials said Thursday. This year, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will be conducting the entrance exams for the first time. There are 11 undergraduate courses, for which entrance exams will be […]

Keonjhar :  Two brothers were allegedly hacked to death by a man following a heated argument in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Thursday, a police officer said here. The accused, identified as Udhab Nayak, has been arrested and a probe has been initiated in the case, he said. Udhab had reportedly visited the brothers in an […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the Modi government has already implemented the 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) of the general category across all colleges and universities, including private institutions, from the 2019-20 academic year; Odisha government is yet to implement the quota in State-run educational institutions. Premier institutions in Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: Favourites India demolished hapless Russia 10-0 in their opening match of the FIH Series Finals hockey tournament to start their 2020 Olympics qualification campaign on a rousing note here Thursday. Dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh (32nd, 48th) and striker Akashdeep Singh (41st, 55th minutes) scored a brace each for India, while Nilkanata Sharma (13th), Simranjeet Singh […]

Kolkata: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of inciting violence in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that no victory march of the saffron party would be allowed in the state henceforth and asked the police to take strong action against the violators. “I have information that the BJP has created disturbances […]

Los Angeles: Singer Rihanna has been named as the “World’s Richest Female Musician” by the Forbes magazine with an estimated fortune of $600 million with the bulk of that coming from her Fenty beauty range. She’s overtaken Madonna and Beyonce, who previously topped the list, the BBC reported. You could be forgiven for forgetting Rihanna even […]

Las Vegas: India is a key growth market for Alexa’s global team at Amazon and witnessing the potential, the team is working on to introduce more regional language capabilities in the voice-based assistant that has stormed the living rooms in the country. Though the smart speaker is a relatively young product in India, voice assistants like […]

Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan and actress Alia Bhatt-starrer “Inshallah” will release on Eid next year. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial, an epic romance drama, is a co-production between Salman Khan Films and Bhansali Productions Private Limited (BPPL). Announcing the film’s release date, Prerna Singh, CEO of BPPL, said in a statement: “We at Bhansali Productions […]

Srinagar: Four militants have been killed in an overnight gunfight between security forces and holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police sources said. While one of the militants was killed on Thursday, two others were brought down after the encounter resumed at dawn. Their bodies along with a large cache of weapons […]

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has invited application from eligible candidates for recruitment to the post of Technical Assistant. As per a notification issued by the ISRO, candidates with a first class diploma in Electrical engineering from a recognized institute, university or board are eligible to apply for the post. Candidate possessing BTech are also […]

London: Former Pakistan quick Shoaib Akhar said MS Dhoni is faster than a computer when it comes to cricketing acumen. “Dhoni is faster than a computer. Whatever a computer can say about playing on a certain wicket, I believe that MS Dhoni can do it faster,” said the former Pakistan pacer in his YouTube channel. Dhoni […]

London: Afghanistan opener Mohammad Shahzad has been ruled out of the ongoing World Cup following a knee injury. Wicket-keeper batsman Ikram Ali Khil has been called in as Shahzad’s replacement and it has been approved by the Event Technical Committee. Shahzad had retired hurt after suffering a knee injury in the warm-up fixture against Pakistan. […]

Mumbai: The key Indian equity indices turned to negative territory minutes on Friday after opening higher, with the Sensex trading over around 140 points lower. Analysts say the fall comes due to the concerns of liquidity crisis as DHFL earlier this week defaulted on a commercial paper. Further, a lesser-than-expected rate cut also weakened the investor […]

Kathmandu: One person was killed and 99 others were injured after a massive storm hit several villages in Nepal’s Kailali and Kanchanpur districts, authorities said on Friday. The storm hit several areas in the two adjoining districts at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, according to the National Emergency Operations Centre. Roads have been blocked as trees and […]

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is conducting the Combined Graduate level (Tier-I) Examination 2018 for approximately 25.87 lakh candidates at 362 venues in 132 cities across the country between June 4, 2019 and June 13, 2019. For those candidates who were unable to attend the examination due to technical issues, the Commission will intimidate them […]