Buxar (Bihar): At least four passengers died and 70 others injured when six coaches of the Delhi-Kamakhya North East Express derailed near the Raghunathpur station in Bihar’s Buxar district on Wednesday night, officials said. The derailment occurred at 9:53 pm and at least two AC III Tier coaches had toppled over while four other coaches jumped…
New Delhi: Rohit Sharma oozed class and elegance en route to a record-breaking hundred, leading India to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Afghanistan in the ODI World Cup here on Wednesday. Hasmatullah Shahidi’s dogged 80 and the young Azmatullah Omarazai’s gutsy 62 took Afghanistan to 272 for eight after opting to bat. On a batting…
New Delhi: With just over a month to go for its 54th edition, the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Wednesday announced the opening of media delegate registrations for the gala. The festival, scheduled to be held from November 20 to 28 in Goa, promises to showcase the finest in contemporary and classic cinema…
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered issuing notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a bail petition filed by DMK Minister V Senthil Balaji. who was arrested by the agency in connection with a money laundering case in June. Justice G Jayachandran, before whom the bail petition filed by Balaji came up for hearing,…
New Delhi: The UGC has made it mandatory for universities and higher education institutions to disclose on their websites details of fee structure and refund policy, hostel facilities, scholarships, rankings and accreditation, according to top officials. The move comes after the higher education regulator observed that the websites of several universities lack not only in…
Mathura/Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday claimed that there is chaos among opposition parties ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and said the opposition remembers castes during polls while remaining inactive otherwise. Adityanath made the remarks amid a growing demand by the opposition parties for a nationwide “caste census”. “During elections,…
New Delhi: Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene editing techniques to limit the spread of bird flu in chickens. The researchers were able to restrict, but not completely block, the avian influenza virus from infecting the birds by precisely altering a small section of their DNA. According to the study published in the…
New Delhi: As the war between Israel and Hamas grows intense, the Indian Embassy in Israel has set up a 24-hour helpline desk for the citizens stranded there and has asked them to follow the security advisories. In a post on X, the Indian Embassy in Israel has stated that it has been working constantly…
New Delhi: Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Shahid Latif, believed to be the mastermind of the 2016 attack on an Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, was gunned down on Wednesday by unidentified assailants in a mosque in Daska town of Pakistan’s Sialkot district, officials said. Latif, alias Bilal, a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, is…
Washington: India has a high debt like that of China but the risks associated with it are not as great as that of its northern neighbour, a senior official from the International Monetary Fund has said, advising India in the medium term to have an ambitious fiscal consolidation plan that brings down deficits. “The current debt…
