Cape Canaveral: A SpaceX rocket that launched a pair of lunar landers undoubtedly slammed into the moon as predicted Wednesday after drifting off course for the past year, scientists reported. Although the 5,400-mph (8,700-kph) collision had yet to be officially confirmed, space tracking experts said it was inevitable that the leftover rocket segment plowed into the moon....

New Delhi: National Green Tribunal has sought a response from the Centre and others in a matter regarding the alleged diversion and allotment of protected forest land for non-forestry purposes in Nicobar district. The tribunal also stayed police action against a forest officer who had reportedly flagged such allotment. The Kolkata Eastern Zonal Bench of the NGT,...

Kataka: A dispute between inmates of a hostel in Ravenshaw University and a deputy warden escalated into a political row with teachers and local Kataka Sadar MLA Prakash Sethi trading misconduct charges against each other. Earlier, inmates of the varsity's East Hostel had launched an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the resignation of deputy warden Rabiul Ansari. The...

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Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Wednesday opposed an alleged move to establish a nuclear power plant in Odisha and accused the state's BJP government of compromising with public safety for the sake of corporate interests. The BJD's opposition came days after a representative of a private company met Odisha's deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo, who is also in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo Wednesday said the state aims for a transition from decades of conventional power generation to a leading hub for clean power, green fuels, and a low-carbon industry. Singh Deo was speaking at the 5th edition of E3: Energise, Empower, East, the Eastern Region's flagship showcase for the power and...

New Delhi: The government is making a fresh attempt for the passage of a Constitution Amendment Bill to implement 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and redraw the Lok Sabha constituencies to increase their number to 816 in the ongoing Monsoon session by reaching out to principal opposition party Congress and NDA allies....

Brahmapur: A three-member committee constituted by the Odisha government Wednesday began its investigation into the alleged circulation of medical postgraduate (PG) examination question paper in the state, officials said. The committee members officers of the Health and Family Welfare Department including Additional Secretary Bijay Kumar Dash, Special Secretary (Medical Services) Bijay Kumar Mishra and Joint Director of...

Bhubaneswar: After large-scale errors were noticed in textbooks of the Odisha government schools, mistakes were allegedly “detected in the National Anthem and state song in the Odia textbook for Class-I students in English medium private institutes”. Though the schools are run privately, the state government supplies the Odia language textbooks for the students. The School and Mass...

New Delhi: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday declared that she is determined to return home in December, pledging to face the risk of arrest or a death sentence, in order to "restore democracy and justice" to the country. Hasina said this at a virtual press conference in her first public media interaction since fleeing to...