Veteran actor and filmmaker Sarabjeet Singh alias ‘Gufi’ Paintal Gufi was 78 and best remembered for his role as the cunning ‘Shakuni Mama’ in the mega-teleserial by the late BR Chopra, ‘Mahabharat’ (1988- 1990) which was died.

 Just three days after the triple train tragedy in Balasore, a goods train of a private company derailed in Bargarh district, officials said Monday.

Asserting that none of the protesting wrestlers have backed down, Olympic medallists Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia Monday said they will continue their fight for justice and rubbished reports of their withdrawal from the protest as attempts to sabotage the movement.

A court in Varanasi Monday awarded life sentence to gangster politician Mukhtar Ansari for the murder of a Congress leader’s brother, Awadhesh Rai, more than 30 years ago.

The Government Medical College & Hospital, Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district has been rechristened as ‘Saheed Rendo Majhi Medical College and Hospital’ in the honour of the great freedom fighter of the western Odisha district.

Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena said his government has no intention to hide the deaths in the Balasore train crash and the entire rescue operation was being conducted in full public view. Reacting to allegations that the death toll was being manipulated, he said Odisha believes in transparency.

Facing an uphill task of preserving the bodies of those killed in the Balasore train accident, AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has procured at least five deep freezer containers from Paradip Port to prevent further decay of the mortal remains of the deceased.

The Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SoA) Deemed to be University jumped to 26th ranking while Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) jumped to 29th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), 2023, which was released by the Union Education ministry Monday.

Over 200 Indian fishermen, who were in Pakistan jails, returned to their homeland in Vadodara Sunday night.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras retained the top spot among institutes in the country for the fifth consecutive year, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru was adjudged the best university and research institution, according to the Ministry of Education's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalised after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan, police said Monday.

Moscow said Monday it had thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the south of Ukraine’s Donetsk region but Russia’s main mercenary leader said Russian forces had lost ground around Bakhmut further north.

Ashok Gehlot government's big-ticket promise - cooking gas cylinders at ₹ 500 - came into effect today, barely six months away from the assembly elections in Rajasthan.

India can reduce its pollution by over 40 per cent by not using fossil fuels like petrol and diesel, while the country imports crude oil worth ₹ 16 lakh crore every year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has seized ₹ 2.74 crore worth assets of a Kolkata-based business family which allegedly held a Swiss bank account and whose name figured in the Panama Papers leak.

The state's Budget will be tabled on July 7, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday.

Embattled Adani Group Monday said it has repaid loans aggregating $2.65 billion to complete a prepayment programme to cut overall leverage in an attempt to win back investor trust post a damning report of a US short seller.

The government has mopped up Rs 4,185 crore through a three per cent stake sale in state-run Coal India. The holding of the government has come down to 63.13 per cent in the coal producer after the offer-forsale (OFS), CIL said in a stock exchange filing.

 Star Australia batter Steve Smith Monday expressed his concerns over the future of the five-day game ahead of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India beginning here Wednesday.

India's top wrestlers - Sakshee Malikkh, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia - have denied reports that they have withdrawn from the protest.