New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security Thursday to discuss the outbreak of fresh hostilities in West Asia, sources said. The sources said the West Asia conflict and its impact on trade and supply of petroleum products was discussed in the meeting. India has voiced deep concern over the...

Chandigarh: The high-octane campaign in Haryana for the October 5 assembly polls came to an end Thursday evening as the BJP hopes to buck anti-incumbency to retain power for a third consecutive term and the Congress eyes a comeback after a decade-long hiatus. More than two crore voters, including 8,821 centurions, are eligible to exercise their franchise...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Thursday approved conferring classical language status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "This is a historical decision and it goes very well with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government's philosophy of...

New Delhi: If sexual acts by a man with his own wife is made punishable as "rape", it may severely impact the conjugal relationship and lead to serious disturbances in the institution of marriage, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. Opposing the criminalisation of marital rape, which is sought by many petitioners before the apex court,...

Bhubaneswar: Alleging that Odisha Raj Bhavan is being used as a 'war room' for the upcoming Jharkhand elections, the Opposition BJD Thursday sought clarification from Governor Raghubar Das on whether he was in the race for the chief minister post in the neighbouring state. The BJD's reaction came in the wake of recent visits by Assam Chief...

Decoration works underway in various puja pandals of Bhubaneswar ahead of Dussehra . Drain water flows on CRPF Square-Baramunda stretch in Bhubaneswar

Hyderabad: Former Indian cricket captain and Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin Thursday failed to appear before the ED in a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities in the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), official sources said. The 61-year-old former MP was asked to depose before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at its office here on Fateh Maidan Road...

New Delhi: India Thursday trashed a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and described it as a ‘biased’ organisation with a ‘political agenda’. In a strong reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the USCIRF should utilise its time more productively on addressing human rights issues in the United States. The report...

Bhubaneswar: The first state-sponsored leopard census conducted in Odisha has revealed the presence of 696 leopards in different forest areas of the state, officials said. The census report of the Odisha Forest Department was released during an event to celebrate the State Wildlife Week here Thursday. Commenting on the ‘All Odisha Leopard Estimation', Principal Chief Conservator of...

Bhubaneswar: A number of job seekers Thursday staged a demonstration outside the residence of the Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj in Bhubaneswar to protest against alleged irregularities in the recruitment of people for various posts. Hundreds of job seekers also staged demonstrations in different parts of the state over the same demand. The agitators alleged large-scale irregularities...