Bhubaneswar, 17/11: In a major development, Popular Odia playback singer Humane Sagar passed away on Monday evening at the age of 34, leaving fans and the Odia music industry in shock.   The singer reportedly died due to multi-organ dysfunction syndrome.   Sagar was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar emergency department on October 14 at 1.10…

Dhaka, 17/11:Bangladesh urged India on Monday to extradite former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former interior minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal after both were sentenced to death for their role in the crackdown against a student uprising last year.

New Delhi, 17/11: Poll-bound Assam will have ‘Special Revision’ of electoral rolls instead of the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with the Election Commission on Monday saying that the house-to-house verification of voters will start from Saturdayand the final electoral rolls will be published on February 10 next year

New Delhi, 17/11: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to issue a blanket ban on construction in Delhi and the National Capital Region in view of worsening air quality index, saying it is necessary to balance the environmental concerns with development. Hearing a matter related with air pollution in the national capital, a bench headed…

Patna, 17/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday chaired a Cabinet meeting, the last of the outgoing government, and recommended dissolution of the 17th Vidhan Sabha with effect from November 19. Later he met Governor Arif Mohammad Khan at the Raj Bhawan and briefed him about the Cabinet recommendation and his decision to resign…

Dhaka, 17/11: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was on Monday sentenced to death by Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) after being tried in absentia over alleged crimes against humanity committed during last year’s student-led agitation that led to the fall of her Awami League government.

Telengana, 17/11: Over 40 feared dead after a bus travelling from Mecca to Madinah collided with a diesel tanker in Saudi Arabia on early Monday. Many of them were reportedly from Hyderabad. Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy took note of the incident and directed Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao and DGP B Shivadhar Reddy…

Dhaka, 17/11:Security has been tightened across Bangladesh ahead of a tribunal verdict on Monday in a case against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, with the police in the capital Dhaka issuing shoot-at-sight order against violent protesters. Hasina, who has been living in India since August 2024, is being tried in absentia over alleged crimes against…

New Delhi,16/11: The Army has considered inducting women cadres into the Territorial Army battalions as a pilot project, with their recruitment to be initially limited to a few battalions, sources said on Sunday. The move is aimed at gradually opening up more opportunities for women in the force.