Bhopal, June 5 (IANS) At least three people were killed, and 15 others injured after two private buses collided head-on near the Sehatganj toll plaza in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Friday, police said. The accident occurred on the Bhopal–Raisen Road, near the Umravganj police station. The collision involved buses belonging to Shakti Bus Service and Kalpana Travels.Police identified the deceased as Nitesh Vyas (28) of Panda Tekapar village in Sultanganj, Makhan Singh Lodhi (29) of Pac…

New Chandigarh, June 5 (IANS) Less than a week after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 ended, Shubman Gill’s India are gearing up to return to traditional cricket when they host Afghanistan in a one-off Test at the New PCA Stadium in New Chandigarh starting on Saturday.Although this match does not count towards the World Test Championship cycle, India has stated they will treat it as seriously as any other Test.This match is India’s first Test since their series against South Africa in Novemb…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke revealed that he was involved in a serious road accident when he was heading to the airport after the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 final in Ahmedabad. He described it as a “frightening experience” but was able to escape with a few bruises.Clarke, who was part of the commentary panel for the recently concluded IPL 2026, revealed he was travelling as a passenger in the vehicle when it collided with a semi-trailer, leaving the fro…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The reforms, rewards and resilience seen in the RBI MPC decisions can result in potential capital flows of $40 billion, which can pull back the rupee to 92-93 level against US dollar, an SBI Research report said on Friday, adding that it expects rate pause in RBI’s August policy.“We believe RBI will continue to look through inflation prints before taking a considerate call of a potential rate hike. We continue to believe that growth considerations could trump a more …

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) After Karnataka Minister Ramalinga Reddy resigned from the Cabinet on Friday citing portfolio dissatisfaction, BJP leaders hit out at the ruling Congress. Referring to the crisis, they alleged that the state might be heading towards an early election following “government collapse”.Minister for Water Resources Ramalinga Reddy announced his decision to resign from the Karnataka Cabinet, alleging that Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar had gone back on his promise regarding th…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Union Education Ministry on Friday dismissed allegations of data breach in Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) results, deprecating attempts to undermine public trust in the examination conducted by IIT Roorkee for more than 1.79 lakh students. In a message on social media platform X, the Ministry said, “There have been several misleading and factually incorrect reports regarding data breach and privacy violations with respect to students who took JEE (Advanced) ex…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The results of the recently concluded Assembly elections have redefined the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political space, with the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, expected to begin later in July, likely to unfold against a dramatically transformed political landscape.Since the ambitious Opposition platform, with an acronym INDIA, was formed ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the bloc has witnessed repeated strains and realignments, beginning with the ear…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to a man booked under the stringent provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after noting that he has spent nearly two years in custody and there is no likelihood of the trial concluding in the near future. A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Aravind Kumar allowed the appeal filed by Bapan Haldar and set aside the Calcutta High Court order, which had rejected his plea for regular bail. Haldar, arr…

Kochi, June 5 (IANS) The 2017 actress assault case has taken a new turn as the survivor of the sexual assault has approached the Kerala High Court seeking a fresh investigation into the alleged leak of the memory card, a crucial piece of evidence in the case, alleging that there were deliberate attempts to sabotage the trial.The case relates to the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a Malayalam film actress on February 17, 2017, while she was travelling from Thrissur to Kochi.The prosecutio…

New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Rejecting Pakistan’s criticism of two river projects, India on Friday reiterated its consistent stance on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), saying that the agreement remains in abeyance until Pakistan completely stops cross-border terrorism. The reaction from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came after Pakistan said India was seeking to “weaponise water” by advancing the Chenab-Beas Link Tunnel Project and plans to flush silt from the Salal Dam reservoir.”We have suspended…