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KORAPUT: A major mishap was averted at Ashok Talkies in the district headquarters town of Rayagada on Friday evening after a minor fire broke out during the screening of Rebel Star Prabhas’s much-awaited film The Raja Saab, triggering brief panic among moviegoers.The incident occurred during the evening show when fans were celebrating the film’s release...

India Talks Diversity, But Most Companies Employ Less Than 1% People With Disabilities India’s corporate sector speaks fluently about diversity. Annual reports are dotted with pledges, panels debate inclusion, and leadership statements regularly invoke equity. Yet, step inside most offices and one truth becomes unavoidable: people with disabilities are largely missing from the workforce. Not...

File photo: Union home minister Amit Shah (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party’s support base in Kerala is steadily expanding and expressed confidence that the BJP will form the government in the state in the upcoming Assembly elections this year.Addressing a gathering of newly...

India, New Zealand players, and match officials before the first ODI cricket match of series between India and New Zealand, at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Gujarat. (PTI Photo) Ties between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have come under strain after IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders...

California’s lawmakers are advancing the Billionaire Tax Act which could impose a one-time 5% levy on residents worth over $1 billion. If the measure secures enough signatures, it will appear on the November 2026 ballot. If the California wealth tax gets approved then a tax would apply retroactively to residents as of January 1, 2026....

NEW DELHI: Congress student wing NSUI staged protests on Sunday against the VB-GRAMG scheme in several parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow and Varanasi, with protesters raising slogans against the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In Lucknow, NSUI workers demonstrated against the scheme and were detained by security personnel, visuals shared by ANI showed. Police...

Sanjay Manjrekar Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar on Sunday praised fast bowler Harshit Rana, calling him an important addition to India’s bowling attack.“Harshit Rana is one of the finds of the Indian team as far as the bowling is concerned,” Manjrekar said. Shubman Gill press conference: Breaks silence on T20 World Cup snub, and more...

File photo “What’s the point of all I achieved?” Those raw words from MC Mary Kom – a six-time world boxing champion and Olympic bronze medalist – cut deep. The 43-year-old boxing legend opened up to PTI in a recent interview and spoke about one of the darkest chapters of her life: A painful divorce...

Nationwide protests challenging Iran’s leadership entered their third week on Sunday, with demonstrators once again flooding the streets of Tehran and Mashhad, the country’s two largest cities.The unrest has turned increasingly violent, with at least 116 people killed so far, according to rights groups monitoring the situation. Khamenei In BIG TROUBLE: Iran Riots Video Viral...

PUNE: Pune police have begun an inquiry after former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar alleged that a domestic worker sedated her and her parents before stealing valuables from their home, officials said on Sunday.Khedkar contacted the police late on Saturday night to report the alleged incident at the family’s bungalow on Baner Road, according to the...