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Bhubaneswar: Vishwaroop Ram, one of the exhibitions at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) conclave 2025 here, has mesmerised the Indian diaspora with its unique presentation of the Ramayana. Titled 'Universal Legacy of Ramayana', the exhibition showcases the epic through traditional and contemporary art forms. The...

Bhubaneswar: Fifty-three-year-old Ravi Kumar Singsetti, the US-based CEO of an international firm, expressed happiness over being shortlisted for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, which he will receive in his home state Odisha. Ravi Kumar will receive the award from President Droupadi Murmu on the concluding...

Bengaluru: The court Friday adjourned the hearing in the Renukaswamy murder case till February 25 after recording the presence of accused Kannada superstar Darshan and his partner and actress Pavithra Gowda. While granting them bail, the court asked them to appear before it every month....

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday issued a notice on a plea by the Sambhal's Jama Masjid management committee, and ordered status quo with regard to a private well located near the entrance of the mosque. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Friday chaired the fourth plenary session of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Odisha, titled 'Diaspora Divas: Celebrating Women's Leadership and Influence - Nari Shakti', and remarked that progress is superficial until the human side is addressed. He said...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2025 on 27 people here Friday, an official release said. Murmu will address the valedictory session of the three-day 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebration. She reached the Odisha capital Thursday. The awardees include, among...

New Delhi: The length of India’s National Highway network has surged by 60 per cent in the last 10 years from 91,287 km in 2014 to 146,195 km in 2024, making it the second largest road network in the world, according to the year-end review...

New Delhi: In a big setback to the petitioners demanding marriage equality rights in India, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court Thursday rejected the batch of pleas seeking review of its October 2023 verdict, which had refused to grant any legal recognition to same-sex...

New Delhi: The CBI has registered a fresh case of corruption against former finance minister P Chidambaram's son and Congress MP, Karti Chidambaram, for allegedly giving relief to alcoholic beverage company Diageo Scotland over a ban on the duty-free sale of its whisky, officials said...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday asked its Delhi chief electoral officer to probe the Aam Aadmi Party's complaints against BJP leader Parvesh Verma and allegations of additions and deletions in the electoral roll of the New Delhi Assembly seat. Hours after Delhi Chief Minister...