Bargarh: Bargarh district has reason to celebrate after three of its youngsters cleared the Odisha Civil Services Examination conducted by the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC). Leading the trio is Sourav Mittal of Ganesh Nagar, who secured an impressive 35th rank. Joining him on the merit list are Abhilash Dash, who cracked the exam in his very...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held a series of high-level bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session here, engaging with top officials, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and UNGA President Annalena Baerbock. Jaishankar met with UN Secretary-General Guterres on Saturday and discussed a wide range of issues, including...

Soro: Two houses were looted Friday night at Biripada village under Tentei panchayat in Soro police station limits of Balasore district, a source said. In one incident, four miscreants allegedly tied up a pregnant woman and three of her family members before assaulting them and decamping with gold ornaments worth over Rs 50,000 and Rs 14,000 in...

Leh: Curfew remained in force in this violence-hit town for the fifth consecutive day Sunday, with Lt Governor Kavinder Gupta set to hold a security review meeting to take a call on the relaxation in the restrictions, officials said. The curfew was imposed Wednesday evening following widespread protests during a shutdown called by the Leh Apex Body...

Karur: Actor-turned-politician and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay Sunday announced an ex gratia of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of those killed and Rs two lakh to those injured in the catastrophic stampede in Karur. The tragedy, which occurred during Vijay’s high-decibel election campaign at Velusamypuram, claimed 39 lives, including nine children and 16...

Bhubaneswar:  The BJP  Saturday slammed the Congress after its spokesperson Sonali Sahoo made "unsavoury remarks" about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Odisha, stating that the people of the state would not forgive it. Addressing a press conference, BJP Mahila Morcha's state president Aiswarya Biswal said such a comment was not acceptable in a civilised society. "It...

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the United States is the main obstacle to reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, as UN sanctions lifted under the pact were set to be reimposed later in the day. Speaking at Tehran airport after returning from the UN General Assembly in New York, Pezeshkian said France, Britain, and Germany, who...

Chennai:  Actor-turned-politician Vijay, whose electrifying campaign tour had been drawing record crowds across Tamil Nadu for the past week, is facing fierce backlash after a stampede at his rally in Karur left 39 people dead and injured dozens. The tragedy struck Saturday evening at Velusamypuram, where thousands had waited for hours in sweltering heat for the Tamilaga...

New Delhi: 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati, accused of sexually harassing several women students, has forged visiting cards for BRICS and the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), police found during interrogation. On one of the accused's visiting cards, he identified himself as a BRICS Commission Member and had written "Special Envoy from India". In the UN visiting...

Karur: The Karur Town police have registered a case against Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s (TVK) Karur West district secretary V.P. Mathiyazhagan in connection with the stampede at party president and actor Vijay’s rally in Velysamupuram that left 39 people dead and 83 others injured. The incident occurred Saturday. Police said the case was filed under four sections of...