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BARIPADA/PURI: At least three people were killed and three others injured as Nor’westers battered Odisha’s Mayurbhanj and Puri districts, police reported on Saturday.Strong winds accompanied by thunderstorms struck Baripada, the headquarters of Mayurbhanj district, around 11 pm on Friday, an officer said.“Two people were killed, and three others were injured. The deceased were travelling on…

PES University suspended an adjunct faculty member, Muralidhar Deshpande, after a video surfaced showing him allegedly insulting a minority student BENGALURU: A video of a faculty insulting a student from a minority community in PES University went viral on Friday, prompting the university to suspend the faculty. Muralidhar Deshpande, an adjunct faculty with the private…

New Delhi: A 15-year-old Boeing 737 with about 170 people on board operating IndiGo flight 6E 579 from Vizag to Delhi made a safe emergency landing at IGIA on Saturday morning after suffering an engine failure. IndiGo has wet leased (hired with operating crew) the aircraft (TC-COR) from Corendon Airlines of Turkey. The emergency was…

The Pakistan Super League 2026 is set to get underway, and the spotlight is firmly on Pakistan star batter Babar Azam, who will lead Peshawar Zalmi this season. Whether it’s practice sessions or nets, Babar remains the centre of attention, with cameras following his every move and fans cheering him on. However, an ad shoot…

US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that Iran’s leadership had collapsed and its military severely weakened by extensive US operations, while asserting that Tehran was “begging” to negotiate, in remarks at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami. Speaking at the summit, Trump referred to the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei…

At least 12 American soldiers were injured after an Iranian missile and drone strike on a key US military facility in Saudi Arabia. This marks one of the most significant escalations in the ongoing conflict in the Gulf region.The attack took place at the Prince Sultan Air Base, a major hub for US operations in…

Nearly four years after introducing its most extreme security feature, Apple says Lockdown Mode has yet to be successfully breached. As per a report by Tech Crunch, no iPhone has been breached even by sophisticated government-grade spyware.The company confirmed it has not observed a single case where an iPhone or other Apple device running Lockdown…

Five Indian nationals were injured in UAE on Saturday after debris fell following the interception of a ballistic missile near the Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD).According to Abu Dhabi media office the incident occurred in the vicinity of KEZAD after air defence systems successfully intercepted the incoming missile, leading to falling debris in the…

Satellite image of obsolete Chinese J-6 fighters converted into drones and stationed at airbase in Fujian province China has reportedly converted around 200 of its outdated supersonic Shenyang J-6 fighter aircraft into attack drones and deployed them across six air bases near the Taiwan Strait, according to a study by the US-based Mitchell Institute for…

Noida International Airport Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive at Uttar Pradesh on Saturday (March 28, 2026), where he is expected to inaugurate the long-awaited Phase I of the highly anticipated Noida International Airport at Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.As per the official press release by PIB, the Prime…

Yograj Singh (Image credit: Instagram) NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer and father of Yuvraj Singh, Yograj Singh, on Friday made a stunning statement, saying that women in the household or wives often influence players when it comes to retirement and career decisions.Yograj, known for speaking his mind, said in an interview with InsideSport: “Ladies of…

Tiger Woods (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: A major controversy erupted around golf legend Tiger Woods on Saturday after he was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence when his Land Rover rolled over on a two-lane road near his Jupiter Island home in Florida on Friday. Woods was lodged in the Martin…

Travel has a tendency to alter your perspective on large things: landscapes, cultures, history. Yet, more often than not, it is small, mundane things that stay with you. Things you did not plan for, did not read about in depth, but things you find yourself noticing over and over. They seep into your daily life…

US president Donald Trump on Friday winkingly referred to the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil shipping route and a key choke point in the Iran war, as “Strait of Hormuz.”While speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Miami Trump said, “Iran has to ‘open up the Strait of Trump, I mean, Hormuz,’” Trump said…

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor NEW DELHI: Defence and security cooperation represents the most strategically significant area of collaboration in India-US ties, said US ambassador to India Sergio Gor underlining the importance of the deepening defence ties with a new 10-year framework and enhanced defence industrial cooperation, science and technology collaboration, and operational coordination.In…

NEW DELHI: The petroleum ministry on Friday increased the allocation of commercial LPG to states by 20% to meet additional demand from industrial units such as steel, automobile, textile and chemicals.With this increase, the total allocation of commercial LPG has now reached 70% of pre-conflict levels.In a letter to chief secretaries of states and UTs,…

Ranveer Singh starrer ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’ has been the talk of the town right from the word go. The initial box office figures also showed that the movie has lived up to the hype. With a record-breaking premiere collection, followed by an impressive weekend opening, beating giants like ‘Pushpa 2,’ ‘Dhurandhar 2’ created history at…

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said a group of foreigners — including one American citizen and six Ukrainians — arrested recently by NIA from Kolkata, Lucknow and Delhi did not pose any threat to India, but were trying to use the country as a transit point to Myanmar for terror training.“They were…

India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Former India cricketer Yograj Singh has stirred a fresh debate around longevity and relevance in Indian cricket, taking a sharp dig at Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma amid growing conversations around age and retirement.With both Kohli and Rohit now active only in one format after stepping away…

NEW DELHI: Pilots flying VVIPs, including Z-plus category SPG protectees, Lok Sabha speaker, Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson, cabinet ministers, Chief Justice of India, CMs and governors have now been empowered to put their foot down and refuse to fly if it is not safe to do so for any reason.Following the death of Maharashtra deputy…