Kutra: A man climbed a high-voltage electricity pole and threatened to endanger his life after his girlfriend allegedly refused to marry him, triggering a tense, hours-long standoff in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said. The incident took place in Budakata area under Kutra block, where the man climbed the power pole at around 10 pm Sunday and began...

Aul(Kendrapara): A worker died of suspected suffocation while cleaning a well, and two others who tried to rescue him were critically injured in Odisha's Kendrapara Tuesday. The deceased worker was identified as Parikhita Singh of Demal village. The two others who attempted to rescue him were identified as Chittaranjan Samal and his son, Ramesh Samal, of Manpur....

Patna:  A Patna court Tuesday granted interim relief to popular educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, by staying his arrest in connection with the recent coaching centre firing case. The District Judge's court pronounced its order Tuesday after reserving its verdict on Khan Sir's anticipatory bail plea following a hearing Monday. While the court has...

Bargarh: The Odisha government has suspended three engineers of the Water Resources Department for alleged gross misconduct and dereliction in duty during the execution of an irrigation project in Bargarh district, officials said Tuesday. As per an order issued by the department, Madan Mohan Sethy, Superintending Engineer of the Bargarh irrigation division, Raj Kumar Mishra, Assistant Executive...

United Nations: India has launched a scathing attack on Pakistan at the UN, condemning its "trade and transit terrorism" and military airstrikes against Afghanistan. India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, delivered a sharp attack against Pakistan in the UN Security Council during its meeting on the 'Situation in Afghanistan' Monday. "Pakistan's campaign of military...

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha government has suspended an assistant revenue inspector for allegedly demanding a bribe for the issuance of caste certificates to students, an official said. The suspended inspector was posted at Sadar-IV RI Circle under Sadar Tahasil of Sambalpur. He was accused of demanding Rs 3,000 each from applicants for issuing caste certificates required for admissions in...

New Delhi: Twenty-four Indian crew members of a Palau-flagged merchant tanker have been rescued in coordination with Omani authorities, following a "missile attack" on the vessel off the coast of Oman, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said Tuesday. On June 8, the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), Mumbai, of the ICG received information about a missile attack...

Washington: A federal judge Monday ruled that the USD 100,000 fee imposed by US President Donald Trump for H-1B applications was unlawful as it did not have the approval of Congress. "...the Court finds that the Policy imposes a tax on H-1B petitions without the requisite delegation by Congress," US District Court judge Leo Sorokin in Boston,...

Dubai: The pilots of a helicopter that crashed around the Strait of Hormuz are "fine," US President Donald Trump said late Monday. Trump made the comments to journalists after watching the NBA Finals in New York while at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The New York Times first reported that a US Army Apache attack helicopter went...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Parents’ Federation (Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasangha) Monday staged an indefinite hunger strike outside the office of the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha, demanding a judicial inquiry into alleged irregularities in the evaluation of Plus-II examination answer scripts. The association expressed serious concerns over alleged discrepancies in the CHSE evaluation process, claiming that thousands...