Jajpur: Headmaster of a state government-run school in Odisha's Jajpur district was suspended Tuesday following allegations of subjecting at least ten students to punishment with stinging nettle, officials said. After examining the allegation, the authority suspended Basudev Dehury, the headmaster of Saruabili Upper Primary School under the Sukinda block in the district. According to local education department...

People will give befitting reply to those who derailed bill on women"s quota: Odisha CM Rourkela: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday lambasted the Congress, days after the Centre's bid to implement 33 per cent women's reservation in legislatures in 2029 was derailed in the Lok Sabha, saying people will give a befitting reply to the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he's ready to resume Iran bombardment if talks don't go well. In an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box," Trump was asked directly if he'd resume strikes if there isn't progress in the coming talks in Islamabad. "Well, I expect to be bombing because I think that's a better attitude...

Hyderabad: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and elected to field in their IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad Tuesday. DC made one change from their previous match playing XI, with Nitish Rana coming in for Auqib Nabi. For SRH, Harsh Dubey is back in the playing team. Teams: Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (c), Pathum Nissanka,...

London: The Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, has held a wide range of high-level discussions with military counterparts and ministers on the evolving nature of conflict and countering emerging challenges in the Indo-Pacific in London this week. General Chauhan called on Luke Pollard, UK Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Readiness & Industry, and Seema...

Puri: A committee of presiding officers, set up by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Tuesday reviewed the constitutional and procedural framework governing disqualification of legislators under the anti-defection law, officials said. The deliberations were held during the second meeting of the Committee of Presiding Officers in Puri, they said. The four-member panel, headed by Maharashtra assembly speaker...

Rourkela: Launching projects worth Rs 158 crore at Rourkela in Odisha's Sundergarh, President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday said overall development of the country is possible only through the progress of every section of society, including women and tribals. Murmu, who was in the steel city on a day-long visit, inaugurated the Planetarium and Science Centre, Nirmal Munda Parivesh...

Bhubaneswar: BJD MP Sasmit Patra Tuesday urged the Election Commission of India Tuesday to ensure that the names of voters should not be deleted without a rigorous, documented, and independently verifiable field inquiry. Patra, in a letter to the CEC Gyanesh Kumar, said, It has been administratively acknowledged that approximately 9.8 lakh electors have been identified for...

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday said that the international borders in West Bengal with neighbouring Bangladesh, which had been kept open and unfenced by the Mamata Banerjee-led and Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal government, will be sealed by erecting barbed fencing there within 45 days after the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in the state...

Thrissur: At least six people were killed, and several others were injured following a massive explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathicode, Thrissur, in Kerala during preparations for the Thrissur Pooram, an annual Hindu temple festival being held in the city. A state government official who reached the spot said there were around 40 people who...