Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari chaired the first cabinet meeting Monday and said his government has granted transfer of land to the BSF for erecting a fence along the Bangladesh border and approved immediate implementation of the Census exercise in the state. The meeting, attended by the five ministers sworn in so far, also decided...

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area formed over the southwest Bay of Bengal off north Sri Lanka coast Monday is likely to intensify during the next 48 hours and lead to light to moderate rainfall in parts of Odisha over the next six days, the IMD said. In its morning bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the system...

Beijing: US President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced Monday. This will be the first visit to China by a US president in almost nine years. Trump himself was the last US president to visit...

Shimla: Six tourists from Gujarat were killed while four others sustained serious injuries as the car they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge at Chamba district's Kakira in the wee hours of Monday, police said. The Toyota Innova vehicle, overloaded with 10 people onboard, was on its way from Manali to Dalhousie when the incident...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's proposal to end the months-long war as "totally unacceptable" without sharing details, even as a key Republican leader urged him to consider the "military option". Trump received the Iranian proposal Sunday amid hopes that it could lead to a breakthrough to end the war with Iran that began February...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks calling for measures to be taken by citizens to overcome the challenges posed by the West Asia conflict, saying that the "compromised PM" is no longer capable of running the country. The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said the...

Gir Somnath: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Somnath Monday to a rousing welcome, as large numbers of people gathered for the event, cheering and greeting him with enthusiasm. PM Modi held a roadshow upon his arrival in the city to participate in the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav, marking 75 years since the inauguration of the restored Somnath...

Kolkata: The three sharpshooters who were arrested in Uttar Pradesh in the Chandranath Rath assassination case will be presented at a district court at Barasat in North 24 Parganas district Monday. The three were arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police, which is probing the murder case. Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant...

Bhubaneswar: Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay’s announcement of providing 200 units of free electricity has triggered a wider political and economic debate across the nation, with Odisha’s electricity and welfare policies coming under increasing scrutiny. Vijay, immediately after taking office as CM, declared that eligible households would receive 200 units of electricity free of cost. Earlier,...

Dhamnagar: Police and child welfare officials launched an investigation Sunday after allegations surfaced that a four-year-old girl was sold for Rs 15,000 in Dhamnagar area of Bhadrak district, triggering widespread concern. According to officials and local sources, a migrant family comprising a couple, their two daughters and a son, originally from Kalei village, had been residing for...