ROURKELA: A 22-year-old hockey player fatally struck another player, also 22, on the head with a hockey stick after he refused to hand over his stick in a village in Odisha’s Sundargarh district Thursday evening, prompting police to arrest him Saturday, reports Malay Ray.The accused, Bipin Dungdung, from Deobahal Karampada village, and other players were…
Chennai: From its 1,076-km coastline and misty hill stations like Ooty and Yercaud to heritage landmarks such as the Thanjavur Big Temple, Mamallapuram Shore Temple and the Keeladi Museum, Tamil Nadu has been showcasing its tourism wealth with remarkable results. The sector clocked a five-fold revenue jump as TTDC’s earnings rose from 49.11 crore in…
Ex-CEC Rajiv Kumar (File photo) MUMBAI: Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that former CEC Rajiv Kumar has ‘disappeared’, much like former vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar, who, according to Raut, has not been seen since his resignation on July 21, reports Chaitanya Marpakwar.“When Rahul Gandhi began raising questions about EC, Rajiv Kumar should have…
Photo/Agencies US President Donald Trump on Sunday said there had been “big progress on Russia,” without giving details. In a brief post on his social media platform, Trump wrote: “BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA. STAY TUNED!”The remark comes a day after his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, where both leaders discussed the Ukraine…
NEW DELHI: Touching a raw nerve among the deprived communities and champions of social justice, a key parliamentary panel said the “Not Found Suitable (NFS)” tag should not be used to deny SC and ST teachers opportunities in appointments and promotions, acknowledging the prevalence of the controversial practice while urging “better judgment” in recruitment of…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has shared a perspective on the future of artificial intelligence (AI), emphasising that the current form factors of smartphones and computers are ill-suited for the true potential of AI. In an episode of Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s popular “People by WTF” podcast, Altman highlighted the need for new, ambiently aware hardware…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar addresses a press conference on Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR), at the National Media Centre in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta) NEW DELHI: Stating that EC has uploaded the list of 65 lakh voters deleted from Bihar’s draft electoral roll within 56…
Representataive image (AI) A 22-year-old Indian man has alleged that he was subjected to racial harassment by a group of teenagers while waiting at a bus stop in Ireland. Sharing his experience in a Reddit post, the man claimed the teenagers made multiple rounds in a car and hurled racist slurs at him.The incident reportedly…
Dharmasthala mass burial case MANGALURU/BENGALURU: A BJP delegation visited Dharmasthala temple in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district Sunday and expressed solidarity with the temple authorities amid what it called a “smear campaign” against Shri Manjunatha Swamy temple following claims by an anonymous person that he was forced to bury thousands of bodies in the Dharmasthala area….
NEW DELHI: The Centre has requested the Supreme Court to refer a petition filed by the Punjab govt seeking the court’s intervention in two bills – one amending the Sikh Gurdwaras Act and the other Punjab Police Act – to the five-judge bench which is scheduled to hear Presidential Reference on SC’s jurisdiction to fix…
