Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said the Centre's approval of advance release of Rs 500 crore under the SDRF (State Disaster Response Fund) to Odisha will help support the relief and rehabilitation of the flood-affected people in the state. The Centre has approved Rs 500 crore as advance release of the second instalment of its...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved the advance release of Rs 500 crore to Odisha as second instalment from the Central share of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to support the state affected by floods during the ongoing southwest monsoon of 2026. It is a part of the Rs 2,117.85 crore assistance package released to...

Glasgow: Indian para sports athletes scripted history in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games as they equaled the haul of all the previous editions put together, winning seven medals, including one gold and silver on Saturday. The 28-member Indian para sports contingent ended their campaign with seven medals -- 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. On Sunday, Indians...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke Saturday said he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his next video message will apologise to women protesters for the alleged police excesses during the July 20 march to Parliament. Dipke was responding to Modi's video message released Friday, in which he had said he wanted to forgive...

Kolkata: The alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative arrested by the West Bengal STF had planned to target Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and carry out sabotage at the recent students' protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar by wearing a police uniform, a senior officer of the unit said in Kolkata Saturday. The accused, identified as Mohammed Hamim Mondal, was arrested from...

Baripada: Three persons were killed after their motorcycle fell into a roadside gorge in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Saturday, police said. The incident took place near Kuamara village under Khunta police station area in the district. The three persons died on the spot, police said. The deceased were identified as Sahadev Singh, Shakti Singh and Raghu Singh of...

Brahmapur: The third theory paper of the postgraduate (MD/MS) examination-2026, was Saturday conducted by the Odisha University of Health Sciences (OUHS) at the MKCG Medical College centre in Brahmapur amid tight security, officials said. A total of 154 students appeared in the three-hour exam, which started at 10 am. The security was tightened in the centre following...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP and opposition BJD Saturday had a heated exchange of words over the Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi claimed that the conflict would be resolved within three months. CM Majhi had made the claim after attending a tripartite meeting chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister CR...

New Delhi: Stepping up his campaign against the use of E20 petrol, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday announced that he would march to the Prime Minister's residence August 4 to submit a petition containing two lakh signatures collected through an online campaign. Addressing a "National Town Hall Against E20" at the Constitution Club of India here, Kejriwal...

Jammu: At least two residential houses and as many shops were damaged, while two cars were swept away after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the Chatroo area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district early Saturday, officials said. Persistent rain has also disrupted normal life across the Chenab valley, prompting authorities to close schools in Kishtwar, Doda...