Bhubaneswar: To offer real-time, reliable and accessible railway services to pilgrims who plan to attend the Rath Yatra in Puri, East Coast Railway (ECoR) Tuesday launched a dedicated mobile application named ‘ECoR Yatra'. The Android-based mobile app, available on Google Play Store, provides a comprehensive digital guide to all rail-related services and passenger amenities during the festival,...

Bhubaneswar: A fact-finding team of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Tuesday alleged that women are not safe in Odisha, including Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's home district Keonjhar. Several incidents of crime against women were reported in the state in recent times, the team added. The five-member all-women team of AICC led by general secretary Deepa...

Lauren Gottlieb, who rose to fame with Remo D’Souza’s 2013 film ABCD (Any Body Can Dance), recently tied the knot with her partner Tobias Jones in a dreamy wedding ceremony in Italy June 11. The couple headed to Bali for their honeymoon, and the new bride has now shared some sultry photos from their romantic getaway. Sharing...

New Delhi: With the US issuing an advisory for its citizens travelling to India, the Congress Tuesday claimed that it "maligns" the country and demanded that the government should register its protest as well as take a stern view of this at the highest level. The opposition party also claimed that the Narendra Modi government's foreign policy...

Leeds: Players from India and England wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence in the memory of former spinner Dilip Doshi before start of day five of the first Test here Tuesday. Doshi, a former India spinner who took 113 wickets in 33 Tests, died of a cardiac arrest in London Monday. He was 77. "Both...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has detected multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works, and repeated defects in multiple cases during its surveillance at major airports, an exercise carried out in less than two weeks after the Air India plane crash. Without disclosing names of the airlines, airports and other entities in relation to the...

Baisinga: Two 16-kV electric transformers were stolen from Hatipatuka and Patlipura villages in Mayurbhanj district late Monday night, leading to widespread power outages and public anger. According to a source, the thefts took place near Panchapalli High School in Hatipatuka and near Patlipura village, both under the jurisdiction of the Baisinga police station. Despite regular vehicular movement...

A video of Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah is going viral on social media, showing a temple priest blessing him, but with a twist that prompted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to intervene. The video, now widely shared online, has triggered a wave of humorous reactions, with many users bursting into laughter after...

Beijing: NSA Ajit Doval Tuesday called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to hold perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of cross-border terror to account, widely seen as a demand to act against Pakistan-backed terrorism. In his address at a conclave of top security officials of the SCO, Doval said India is "deeply concerned" about the continued threat from...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Tuesday said negotiations for the proposed free trade agreements with the US and European Union (EU) are progressing at a fast pace and would be concluded soon. All efforts are being made to boost exports to achieve the ambitious target of USD 2 trillion by 2030. India has already signed free...