Melbourne: A 42-year-old Indian-origin man has died days after an Australian police officer allegedly knelt on his neck during an attempted arrest, a media report said Sunday. Gaurav Kundi, 42, from Modbury North in Adelaide, died surrounded by his family Thursday after he was hospitalised for an unrecoverable brain injury, 7News Australia reported. Police attempted []

New Delhi: The global out-of-school population is now estimated to be 272 million, over 21 million more than the last estimate, according to UNESCOs Global Education Monitoring Team (GEM). The team, in its latest report, has pointed out that by 2025, countries will be off-track by 75 million relative to their national targets. Two reasons []

Bhubaneswar: At least seven people have been injured after a passenger bus, in which they were travelling, overturned on the National Highway (NH) 16 in Odishas Khurdadistrict Sunday afternoon, police said. The bus was traveling from Bhubaneswar to Aska in Ganjam district with more than 40 passengers when it overturned near Pitapalli, they said. According []

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Sunday asked External Affairs Minister A Jaishankar to make arrangements for evacuation of students of the Union Territory from Iran as Tel Aviv-Tehran conflict intensified. In an X post, JKPCC president Tariq Hameed Karra wrote, Urgent action needed by @DrSJaishankar to evacuate J&K students studying in Iran []

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience widespread thunderstorm activity and heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next five days as favourable conditions push the southwest monsoon further into the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. The forecast, valid from June 15 to 19, includes warnings for thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, gusty winds []

Bhubaneswar:Amid a rising number of diarrhoea cases across multiple districts, Odisha government Sunday issued an alert to all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and directed them to take swift preventive and response measures. The Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department released an urgent advisory instructing ULBs and district officials to step up monitoring, sanitise water sources, []

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Sunday criticised the BJP-led state government for its lax approach in handling the cholera outbreak. Taking to his official X handle, Patnaik wrote, The state governments light-handedness in the face of cholera spreading in Odisha is shocking and []

New Delhi: Indian startups continued to attract investor interest as 20 startups raised around $184.75 million in funding this week. The deals included five growth-stage and 14 early-stage startups, while one startup chose not to disclose its funding details. Seed funding dominated the funding types this week, with several startups raising capital in their early []

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 1,65,501.49 crore last week, with HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit, in-line with a bearish trend in domestic equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark tanked 1,070.39 points or 1.30 per cent. While Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys []

Dehradun: Helicopter services on the Chardham yatra route were suspended for two days Sunday in the wake of the crash of a chopper returning from Kedarnath. Seven people, including the pilot, were killed in the helicopter crash Sunday morning. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who held an emergency meeting with senior officials to discuss the []

Ahmedabad: The mortal remains of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani have been identified through a DNA test, officials said Sunday, as investigations into the June 12 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad intensified. Various central and state government agencies, led by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), were at the crash site here for []

Dubai: Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Irans nuclear programme, which could provide an off-ramp, were called off. The region braced for a protracted conflict after []

Mumbai: Actress Neena Gupta, who has collaborated for the first time with Anurag Basu for the upcoming film Metro In Dino, recollected an incident when she was ready to give her shot on the films set but was asked to return to her van. The actress spoke with IANS in the run-up to the films []

Ahmedabad: In the ongoing search and recovery operation following the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, three more bodies were found, including that of a young woman believed to be a flight crew member. The body was discovered trapped in the tail section of the aircraft, which had crashed into the BJ Medical College mess area, []

Bargarh: Residents of Sridham area in Bargarh town woke up to a power outage Saturday morning, only to discover that thieves had targeted their local transformer, draining it of oil and stealing its copper windings. According to power officials, the theft occurred late Friday night. When power failed to return by morning, residents alerted the []

Thiruvananthapuram: A UK Royal Air Force F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport after reportedly running low on fuel during a routine mission over the Indian Ocean. According to airport and defence sources, the fifth-generation stealth aircraft was operating from a British aircraft carrier deployed in the Indian Ocean region []

Rudraprayag: All seven people on board, including a 23-month-old infant and the pilot, lost their lives when a helicopter en route from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi crashed early Sunday morning in the Gaurikund area of Uttarakhands Rudraprayag district. The chopper went down in a densely forested region near Gauri Mai Khark during its short 10-minute []

In a hair-raising viral video thats taking the internet by storm, a man was seen in a nail-biting scuffle with a pack of aggressive street dogs on a deserted road just past midnight, and only a well-timed rescue saved him from what could have been a gruesome outcome. The chilling footage, reportedly captured by a []

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Sunday chaired a high-level meeting in the wake of the helicopter crash in Kedarnath valley that left seven people dead. Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan, Tourism and Civil Aviation Secretary Sachin Kurve, Disaster Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman, Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) []

Nuapada: Two youths sustained critical injuries in a bear attack Saturday inside the Sunabeda wildlife sanctuary near Soseing village under Komna police limits in Nuapada district. The victims were identified as Dipachan Majhi, 37, and Amul Majhi, 28, both residents of Soseing village. According to sources, the two had gone into the nearby Dalampala forest []

Bhubaneswar: IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Saturday stated that Odisha is likely to receive widespread monsoon rains within the next two to three days. He said a cyclonic circulation expected to form over the Bay of Bengal will create favourable conditions for the southwest monsoon to progress into central and eastern India, increasing rainfall activity []

Bhubaneswar: To advance the use of modern biotechnological tools in aquaculture, the Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA), in partnership with the Asian Fisheries Society Indian Branch (AFSIB), held a workshop-cum-brainstorming session on Current Status & Development of a Roadmap on Genome Editing for Aquaculture Species in India here Saturday. The event brought together leading []

Bhubaneswar: Elders must not be seen as a burden, said Bharati Chakra, Head of HelpAge India (Odisha), as she called for school-based sensitisation programmes and youth-involved care centres to strengthen intergenerational ties. Her remarks came during the release of HelpAge Indias landmark report, Understanding Intergenerational Dynamics and Perceptions on Ageing, ahead of World Elder Abuse []

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch (CB) has made significant progress in the Rs 1.08-crore digital arrest scam with the arrest of two more fraudsters from Gujarat, bringing the total number of arrests in the case to six, official sources said Saturday. According to CB sources, the investigation team analysed transaction records and other digital evidence. Based []

Puri: A differently-abled woman was allegedly raped by a 56-year-old man under Balanga police limits here, an official said, Saturday. According to Balanga IIC Dibyaranjan Panda, the alleged incident took place late Friday night. Most of the family members of the victim had gone to attend a wedding late Friday night. Taking advantage of the []

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On 12 June, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and lasting ceasefire in Gaza. It spoke of ending Israels use of starvation as a weapon of war. A total of 149 nations voted in favour, with America and Israel opposing. India abstained from voting, repeating a pattern it has []

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government will assign grief counsellors to families of the Ahmedabad air crash victims to deal with mental trauma, a senior official said Saturday. Addressing a news conference, Alok Pandey, Relief Commissioner and Revenue Secretary of Gujarat said 230 teams have been formed to coordinate with families of the victims. In order to []

New Delhi: After a meeting Saturday, the Apex Council of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that the 2025/26 domestic will begin with the Duleep Trophy August 28 and conclude with the Senior Womens Inter-Zonal Multi-Day Trophy April 3, 2026. As per changes announced by the Apex Council, the Duleep Trophy []

Dubai: An Israeli drone has struck a refinery in Irans South Pars gas field Saturday, semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported. If confirmed, it would mark the first Israeli attack on Irans oil and natural gas industry. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the attack. Such sites do have air defence systems around them, which Israel has []

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said. During the conversation, Putin briefed Trump on his recent talks with the leaders of Iran and Israel and reiterated Russias proposal []

Imphal: Manipur Police have seized a huge quantity of highly-addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 22 crore and arrested a truck driver, officials said here Saturday. A senior official said that the Manipur Police intercepted a truck at New Keithelmanbi Police picket in Imphal West District Friday night and found huge amounts of drugs []

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to participate in a Triranga Yatra and hold a roadshow before attending an event marking the first anniversary of the BJPs maiden government in Odisha June 20, a senior minister said. Though Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhis government completed one year in office June 12, the administration is []

Bhubaneswar: The authorities of the Jagannath temple in Puri have urged the ASI to complete repair work in the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of the shrine in Puri during the coming Rath Yatra festival, when the deities will be in another temple for nine days. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the custodian of the 12th-century []

Male: India Saturday noted with satisfaction that the $400 million currency swap between Male and New Delhi helped boost Maldives foreign exchange (FX) reserves. The comments by the Indian High Commission in Maldives came after global credit rating agency Fitch on Thursday affirmed the archipelagic countrys sovereign rating at CC, among other reasons due to []

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Mumbai: Air India Saturday announced that it will provide an interim payment of Rs 25 lakh to the families of the deceased and survivors of the Ahmedabad plane crash. This interim payment is in addition to the Rs 1 crore compensation already announced by the parent company, Tata Sons, Air India said in a statement. []

New Delhi: The fire onboard a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel that occurred June 9 following a container explosion off the Kerala coast has now been largely contained and efforts are underway for boundary cooling to avoid any flare-up, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) officials said Saturday. A spokesperson of the ICG said that a total of 11 []

New Delhi: The Aviation Ministry Saturday said that the last words of the ill-fated Air India flight AI-171 radioed by the cockpit crew were a desperate Mayday, Mayday, moments before the London-bound aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad which led to the deaths of 241 people. The tragic crash occurred merely 36 seconds []

Bhopal: In a significant breakthrough in the ongoing anti-LWE operations, security forces in Madhya Pradeshs Balaghat district neutralised four insurgents during a fierce encounter in the dense forests of the Pachama Dadar range under Rupjhar police station area. Speaking to IANS, a senior police officer member of anti-Maoist operations forces confirmed the development []

New Delhi: Air Indias ill-fated Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner that crashed soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport June 12 underwent comprehensive maintenance checks in June 2023 and was due for the next scheduled comprehensive checks in December this year, according to airline officials. The plane en route to London Gatwick crashed into the residential quarters of []

London: South Africa won the World Test Championship against titleholder Australia by five wickets after knocking off the last 69 runs required on the fourth morning of the final Saturday. The Proteas achieved their first major cricket title in 27 years, sparking celebrations at Lords. They moved from a portentous 213-2 overnight to 282-5, the []

Jerusalem: Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned Iran that Tehran will burn if it continues firing missiles at Israel as tensions escalated between the two nations. His comments came after Iran launched retaliatory strikes on Israel following Israels attack on Irans nuclear, missile and military complex. The Iranian dictator is turning the citizens of Iran []

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday greeted the people of Odisha as the three-day Raja festival began across the state. The state welcomes the Raja festival every year as a mark of respect for womanhood, fertility, and the rhythms of Mother []

Jerusalem: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Saturday accused the Iranian media of spreading lies while terming reports about the downing of two Israeli F-35 fighter jets as fake news. Iran Saturday claimed that the air defence force of its army has successfully shot down and destroyed two Israeli F-35 fighter jets and a large number []

Ahmedabad: Authorities of the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital have so far identified six victims on the basis of the DNA samples and initiated the process to hand over the bodies to the relatives, officials said Saturday. Earlier, eight victims, who were identified by their relatives and did not need DNA profiling as their bodies were not []

Ahmedabad: The death toll in the Air India plane tragedy touched 270 Saturday, with doctors saying that this many bodies have been brought to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital from the crash site so far. Officials said the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service (AFES) recovered a corpse and some human body parts in the last 24 []

Jaipur: Amid the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, several countries have suspended international flights due to heightened security concerns. This disruption has left many Indian citizens stranded abroad, including 61 people from Rajasthan, which also includes Mangalam Group Chairman N.K. Gupta and his wife. The stranded people were part of a delegation attending a []

People often visit scenic forest-adjacent areas for picnics to enjoy the beauty of nature. But such locations sometimes come with the risk of unexpected encounters with wild animals. Imagine going for a picnic near a forest and suddenly coming face to face with a massive elephant; your first instinct would likely be to run for []

Berhampur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday arrested a senior official of EPFO Regional Office in Berhampur while he was accepting a bribe, an official said. The accused official worked at the Regional Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Office in Berhampur as a senior social security assistant. A CBI statement said that the CBI []