New Delhi/Port of Spain: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Sunday concluded his visit to Trinidad and Tobago with an interaction with the Indian community, underscoring India’s deep historical and cultural bonds with the Indo-Trinidadian population and reaffirming New Delhi’s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties. In a post on social media platform X, Jaishankar said, “Concluded my visit...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Planning and Statistics D. Sudhakar passed away in the early hours of Sunday at KIMS Hospital in Bengaluru, where he had been undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past month. Hospital authorities confirmed his death in an official statement, stating that Minister Sudhakar passed away at 3.15 a.m. In the...

Jharsuguda: Police have busted an illegal factory producing counterfeit diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) in Jharsuguda district, arresting seven people and seizing a large quantity of manufacturing materials, officials said Saturday. Acting on intelligence under Operation Netra, a special police team led by a DSP raided the factory premises in Siriabagicha area under Sadar police limits. Jharsuguda Superintendent...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch (CB) has arrested a man from Andhra Pradesh (AP) in connection with a massive multi-state job scam that allegedly duped thousands across multiple states, the investigating agency said Saturday. The accused, identified as Kalluri Tirupati of West Godavari district in AP, was apprehended and produced before the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government is considering setting up seven women fast-track courts and five special cyber courts to ensure speedy disposal of cases, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan said Saturday. Participating in a workshop titled ‘Demographic Change and Legal System: Preparing for the Emerging Human Futures’, organised jointly by the Law department and the United Nations Population Fund...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Environmental Society (OES) working president Jayakrushna Panigrahi, in a letter addressed to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday, expressed concern over the ‘unrestrained’ extraction of groundwater in Odisha and seeks his urgent intervention to strengthen regulation and monitoring of groundwater withdrawal amid growing concerns over climate change and global warming. The organisation stated that...

Paralakhemundi: Fresh reports of forced intrusion by Andhra Pradesh officials have surfaced once again in Gangabada panchayat under Rayagada block in Gajapati district, reigniting tensions along the border. In response to the situation, Rayagada tehsil officials and the nodal officer for census operations in Gajapati district visited Manikapatana village Saturday and held discussions with residents. Gangabada panchayat,...

Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C. Joseph Vijay will take oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Sunday, along with nine ministers, after his party secured the support of 120 MLAs, crossing the majority mark of 118 in the 234-member Assembly. According to a release issued by the Lok Bhavan, Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has...

By Keshab Das By around the late 19th century, there was a growing concern that due to its appended status, Odisha lagged far behind most other territories under direct British administration especially in terms of technological and industrial progress. Despite this realisation there was hardly any mention of any strategy of industrial or business development in the...

Bhubaneswar: Five people were killed and 31 injured in separate road accidents in Odisha, police said Saturday. Three persons were killed and one injured when a truck hit two motorcycles and a scooter on National Highway-16 passing through Bhubaneswar Saturday evening, the police said. The accident took place on the overbridge near Fire Station Chhak when four...