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New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: As many as 17 cases of COVID-19 variant KP.2 has been detected in Odisha, official data revealed Tuesday. The official data further revealed that as many as 290 cases of KP.2 and 34 cases of KP.1, both sub-lineages of COVID-19 that are...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in money laundering and corruption cases lodged by the ED and the CBI respectively in connection with the alleged liquor scam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who started...

Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday expressed shock and surprise over the Juvenile Justice Board taking a lenient view of the Pune car crash involving a minor boy who fatally knocked down two motorbike-borne IT professionals with his speeding luxury vehicle. Amid an...

New Delhi/ Puri: The Congress Tuesday slammed the BJP over the party's Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra's 'Lord Jagannath' remark and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology over the issue. Patra Monday had said that Odisha's most revered deity "Lord Jagannath is a devotee...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Tuesday visited the Iranian embassy in Delhi and conveyed India's deepest condolences on the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash over the weekend. A one-day state mourning is being observed...

Kolkata: The Election Commission Tuesday censured former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his controversial comment on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and debarred him from campaigning for 24 hours. In the order, the poll panel asked BJP president JP...

Mumbai: India is on the cusp of long-awaited take-off on the back of rising aggregate demand, and non-food spending in rural economy, according to the Reserve Bank of India May Bulletin released Tuesday. The outlook for the global economy is turning fragile as the descent...

Kolkata: Tension gripped the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal Tuesday after an attack on a roadshow by BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty in support of party candidate and fashion designer turned-politician, Agnimitra Paul. The local BJP leadership alleged that the roadshow was...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday framed charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the modesty of women against ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a criminal case filed by female wrestlers. Singh pleaded not guilty to the charges before...

Chennai: Ruling DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin Tuesday took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks that the missing keys of Lord Jagannath's treasury in Odisha have gone to Tamil Nadu, alleging it was an attempt at maligning Tamils for...