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PATNA: JD(U)’s newly elected MLA Vibha Devi struggled to read out her oath during the first session of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha on Monday. Devi, who won from the Nawada constituency and is the wife of former MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, paused midway and sought help from a fellow legislator to dictate the lines to…
Photo credit: X/@cricket_odisha NEW DELHI: The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has given the first ticket for the India–South Africa T20 match on December 9 to Lord Jagannath, seeking blessings for the smooth organisation of the fixture.OCA secretary Sanjay Behera, along with other members of the association, visited the Shree Jagannath temple in Puri on Sunday…
Brother of Haryana man murdered in UK urges MEA to help transfer body to India CHANDIGARH: A 30-year-old Indian student from Haryana was stabbed to death in a street attack in Worcester, United Kingdom, prompting his family to appeal to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for urgent help in bringing his body back to…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally asked President Isaac Herzog to grant him a pardon while his corruption trial remains underway, his office confirmed on Sunday, reported AP.Netanyahu’s office said the request had been submitted to the legal department of the president’s office. In its response, Herzog’s office described it as “an extraordinary request…
Sri Lanka declared a state of emergency on Saturday and sought international assistance as the death toll from Cyclone Ditwah’s rains and floods climbed to 132, with 176 people still missing.The extreme weather system has destroyed more than 15,000 homes and forced 78,000 people into state-run temporary shelters, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said, as…
Maoist MMC zonal committee offers to lay down arms by January 1 RAIPUR: In yet another significant turn in central India’s Maoist landscape, the Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh–Chhattisgarh (MMC) Special Zonal Committee of the CPI (Maoist) has said its cadres are prepared to give up arms and join the mainstream by January 1, 2026, if the three…
Ranbir Kapoor is juggling two big projects, and both of them are set to hit cinemas in 2026. On one hand, he has Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part epic ‘Ramayana’, planned for Diwali 2026 and 2027. On the other, he has Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much-awaited drama ‘Love And War’, which, according to reports, Ranbir now wants to…
SC orders audit of India’s private and deemed universities The Supreme Court has unexpectedly widened a student’s grievance into a nationwide scrutiny of how private, non-government and deemed-to-be universities across India are founded, financed and governed. According to a Live Law report, the order directs the Centre, every state and Union Territory, and the University…
NEW DELHI: Admissions into the newly established Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence in Jammu and Kashmir has sparked a political row after 42 Muslim students were selected in a batch of 50.The Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal protested, with the BJP demanding cancellation of admission list and questioning…
Jharkhand’s health minister Irfan Ansari (File photo) Jharkhand’s health minister Irfan Ansari is under fire over his alleged call to people to lock up booth-level officers when they visit homes during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. Opposition parties in the state have condemned the remark and demanded his removal, while Election Commission has…
