Washington: India is taking the allegations regarding the assassination plot of Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the US seriously, the White House has said but refrained from commenting on the FBI probe into the matter and the criminal case filed by the Department of Justice. The remarks by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Monday...

Shivamogga (Karnataka): Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said that the decision of suspending Prajwal Revanna, his nephew and the grandson of former Prime Minister Deve Gowda, has already been taken by his party. The decision was taken by JD(S) after an alleged sex scandal involving his nephew Prajwal Revanna started doing several rounds in...

The ruse of Israel that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) harboured 12 Palestinians working for Hamas that launched the attack on Israel 7 October, 2023, has fallen flat. An independent group of experts headed by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has nailed the lie in its report released recently. The importance of this revelation...

Kendrapara: With the lone chick-producing farm located inside the veterinary hospital here lying closed for the last 12 years, poultry business in Kendrapara district has slipped into the hands of big companies. These big companies, who own or control everything except the farms, call the shots in the poultry business. Poultry meat is sold for around Rs...

Aries: Today, you are raring to go. You should put that adrenaline to good use. This is the time to work and not plan. It's a day you can lift mountains and cross the seas. You can party hard later, says Ganesha. Taurus: Spontaneity, predicts Ganesha, is the need of the hour. Ignore the negative aspects and...

Rourkela: NIT Rourkela Monday felicitated five of its illustrious alumni who made it to the UPSC Civil Services Examination merit list in a packed Bhubaneswar Behera Auditorium on its campus in Odisha’s Rourkela. Five former students of the premier institute have succeeded in the UPSC CSE for 2023, the result of which was declared April 16. The...

Malkangiri: Kalimela police seized 350 kg ganja worth `3 crore and arrested two persons Sunday night while patrolling near Kenduguda village under Kurmanur panchayat in this district. Acting on a tip-off about ganja smuggling in the forest, Kalimela police conducted a raid and arrested two smugglers while they were preparing to smuggle the contraband hidden in sacks...

Keonjhar: The district Excise enforcement squad and mobile unit nabbed five persons along with seizure of five vehicles loaded with huge quantities of Mahua flower worth over `1 crore during a raid at Banpar village under Town police limits in Keonjhar district, Monday. The Excise personnel arrested three drivers and two helpers of the seized vehicles and...

Bhubaneswar: An unidentified armed miscreant unleashed terror for over 30 minutes at the office of the Deputy Director of Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Bhubaneswar Monday. Though no one was injured in the incident, the miscreant fled after causing extensive damage to furniture and computers in the office. According to sources, at around 4pm, the unidentified man,...

Puri: Many senior leaders of various political parties in Odisha Monday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections. Among the heavyweights from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party spokesperson and its candidate for Puri Lok Sabha constituency, Sambit Patra, filed nomination papers at the district collector's office Monday. BJP's nominee...