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KM III Barcelona catches fire in North Sulawesi waters, one dies

Jakarta, July 20 -- KM III Barcelona, a passenger vessel serving Talaud-Manado route, caught fire in Talise waters off Minahasa Utara District, North Sulawesi, on Sunday afternoon, causing a pregnant ... Read More


Ind Vs Eng 4th Test: Harbhajan Singh urges team to drop this player for Kuldeep Yadav

Bhubaneswar, July 20 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1744796709.jpg As India trails 1-2 in the five-match Test series against England, the spotlight is now ... Read More


New Zealand Annual Inflation Climbs 2.7% In Q2

India, July 20 -- Consumer prices in New Zealand were up 2.7 percent on year in the second quarter of 2025, Statistics New Zealand said on Monday - up from 2.5 percent in the three months prior but sh... Read More


MGM China confirms Hong Kong actor Jacky Heung's HK$.1.4m casino debt fully repaid

HONG KONG, July 20 -- Hong Kong actor Jacky Heung has settled a gambling debt that recently landed him in legal trouble with a Macau casino operator, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. On Wedn... Read More


South Africa and Ghana advance to semis at women's Africa Cup of Nations

France, July 20 -- Defending champions South Africa and Ghana advanced to Tuesday's semi-finals at the women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco following penalty shoot-out victories over Senegal and A... Read More


Amended Liquor Law: Excise dept seizes 35 vehicles, begins confiscation

Kolkata, July 20 -- The Excise department has initiated confiscation proceedings for 154 vehicles and seized 35 of them till May 31, 2025, following the amendment of the Bengal Excise Act, 1909, which... Read More


Bengal boosts education spend, sees surge in schools & univs

Kolkata, July 20 -- The state government has significantly ramped up investments in education infrastructure-both at the school level and in higher education-by establishing new colleges and universit... Read More


RPF seizes over 51 kg of ganja at Bidhan Nagar Road Station; 4 held

Kolkata, July 20 -- The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division seized 51.21 kilograms of suspected ganja and arrested four individuals, including a woman, at Bidhan Nagar... Read More


PMLA can't trump BNSS provisions: High Court in 'money laundering case'

Kolkata, July 20 -- The Calcutta High Court has quashed a Special Court's cognisance order in a money laundering case, ruling that it violated the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, by no... Read More


School teacher convicted for sexual assault of minor tribal girls

BALURGHAT, July 20 -- A South Dinajpur court has convicted a school teacher for sexually assaulting four minor tribal girls inside a school under Kumarganj Police Station in 2018. The incident, which ... Read More