Bhubaneswar,  In a bizarre incident, a doctor beat up a young patient at Dharamgarh Sub-Divisional Hospital in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Tuesday.

A video of this incident went viral on social media.

According to locals, a patient of Dharamgarh locality had gone to the

Bengaluru,  The Karnataka High Court's special bench on Tuesday dismissed petitions filed by students seeking direction for permission to wear hijab in classrooms.

The court said, "Wearing of hijab was not an essential part of Islam."

"The prescription of uniform is cons

New Delhi,  Amid a call for leadership change in the party, Congress General Secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has called a meeting of party leaders on Tuesday to find out the reasons for the defeat.

The Congress could only get just over 2 per cent votes and two seats in the Utta

Lucknow, Despite the pre-election narrative about upper castes being upset with the BJP, an analysis of the election data shows that within the upper castes, the highest number of MLAs are from the BJP alliance.

The alliance has 117 such MLAs whereas the SP alliance has only 11.

The BSP, Congress an

New Delhi,  The Ukrainian authorities have asked to suspend sending of French volunteers to the country after a Russian strike on the Yavoriv military training ground in the Lviv region, as a result of which up to 180 foreign mercenaries were killed.

"According to our information, one of the main or

Kiev,  The Russian military, which has occupied the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, intends to dispose of mines that did not explode at the nuclear power plant, just near power unit No. 1, Ukraines nuclear company said.

The National Nuclear Energy Generating Company or 'Energoatom' said, "

Moscow,  Russia does not rule out taking "full control" of Ukraine's major cities, the Kremlin has said.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, "The Russian armed forces do not reject taking 'full control' of Ukraine's major cities to ensure maximum security for citizens.

New Delhi,   Europe now faces a deficit in sunflower oil because exports from Ukraine have stopped, with the available stocks projected to last between 4 and 6 weeks, the EU vegetable oil industry association has warned.

"Beyond that period, it is likely that [the] lack of avai