Washington: In ancient mythology, the phoenix was a miraculous bird with a cyclical pattern of life and death, perishing in flames only to rise again from the ashes. Astronomers have now found a world that rightly can be called a phoenix planet. Researchers said this exoplanet, as planets beyond our solar system are called, appears to have...

Kataka: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed a total cost of Rs2 lakh on the Chief Secretary of Odisha and seven other state officials for repeatedly failing to ensure representation in a case concerning alleged excess and illegal sand mining in Angul district. The Eastern Zone Bench of the NGT, comprising Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, judicial...

PRASANJIT SAHU, OP Bhubaneswar: A Test Identification (TI) parade of accused Sridhar Panda, arrested in connection with Nayapalli rape case, was conducted at Jharpada Jail Wednesday, DCP Saravana Vivek M said. The DCP said the investigation would be completed at the earliest and the chargesheet would be submitted within 15-20 days. He also said police would seek...

Buenos Aires: Argentina is confronting a once-unimaginable reality: a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. Tuesday, 39-year-old Messi bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 126 goals, two Copa America titles and a World Cup championship, scoring a penalty and setting up Argentina’s other two goals for a 3-0 victory over Benin. What was otherwise...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs will stage a bigger protest on the ground Thursday against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, opposition leaders said Wednesday, after they were stopped from reaching Jantar Mantar during a coordinated mobilisation involving the members of Parliament of several parties. The decision to hold another protest was discussed among the parties Wednesday,...

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New Delhi: IndiaWednesday condemned a string of attacks targeting four commercial vessels in the Black Sea over the past two days that left two of the 33 Indian nationals on board injured. New Delhi renewed its call for dialogue and diplomacy to de-escalate tensions and restore regional peace, emphasising that attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers must...

Sofia:  Bulgaria's president said Wednesday that Russia's war in Ukraine has led to a significant deterioration in security in the Black Sea region. President Iliana Yotova spoke to reporters after an emergency meeting of the country's Security Council following drone attacks on ships off Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. While she didn't directly blame Russia for those strikes...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and several other INDIA bloc leaders, who were detained by Delhi Police Wednesday during their march towards Jantar Mantar to protest against the Election Commission and demand the dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, were released shortly after 8 p.m.,...

Berhampur: Three men from Keralam were among four people arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district Wednesday while they were allegedly transporting Rs 38 lakh worth of ganja to the southern state by road, excise officials said. The arrested persons were identified as Akhil Thomas (31), Febin Biju (27) and Vinod L (45) from Keralam, and Nandan Nayak (21),...