Balasore: Arrested BJD leader Soumyashankar Chakra, also known as Raja Chakra, was sent to judicial custody until March 19 by the Balasore High Court, officials said Friday. According to reports, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has not yet filed a remand petition against Chakra, and his lawyer, Raghunath Pradhan, has not applied for bail. Earlier, authorities arrested...

Ottawa: Canada has taken official steps by requesting consultations with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to dispute US import duties on steel and aluminum products from Canada, according to a statement issued by the trade organization. The request was circulated to WTO members Thursday, said the statement. Canada argued that US measures, which ceased its exemption and...

Monkeys living in forests often stay in groups and sometimes trespass into human settlements in search of food. When monkeys come in groups, people usually avoid confronting them, but when a monkey is seen alone, some individuals try to harass it in various ways. At times, people throw stones at them for fun, causing injuries to these...

New Delhi: India has rejected Pakistan's allegations that New Delhi is behind the ethnic violence raging in the neighbouring country, saying it should look inwards instead of shifting blame for its own problems and that the world knows where the epicentre of global terrorism lies. In response to media queries on the remarks made by the Pakistan...

New Delhi: India all-rounder Axar Patel was Friday appointed captain of Delhi Capitals for upcoming IPL on expected lines pipping another senior player KL Rahul, who has joined the team this season. Currently team's longest serving player, having played six seasons for Delhi since 2019, the 31-year-old was DC's top retention for INR 16.50 crore ahead of...

Lahore: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) domestic flight landed on the Lahore airport with one of its wheels missing, an official said Friday. However, no untoward accident was reported due to the Thursday morning incident, the official said. One of the rear wheels of PIA flight PK-306, which left from Karachi for Lahore, was missing when it...

New Delhi: A set of six properties,  including some considered serially, such as Ashokan Edict Sites and Chausath Yogini Temples spread across multiple states -- have been added to India's tentative list by the UNESCO's World Heritage Centre. These sites were added to the list March 7, the Permanent Delegation of India to UNESCO said in a...

Taipei: Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called Friday for an end to US sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue. The talks are the latest attempt to broach the matter, coming after US President Donald Trump wrote to Iran's supreme leader in an attempt to...

Singapore: A 29-year-old injured Indian national is in a stable condition and has been discharged from a Singapore hospital following an incident of illegal boarding by unknown suspects of a chemical tanker in the Singapore Strait, a media report said Friday. Officers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) boarded the vessel February 28 at 8.20 am and...

Kolkata: Abdul Hai, the retired assistant inspector who was earlier attached to the security control organisation of Kolkata Police and was arrested this year in connection with the fake passport racket in West Bengal, had cleared police verifications for at least 52 applications for fake passports reportedly against payment of cash. The details of the involvement of...