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New Delhi: Delhi Police's Special Cell Thursday said that it has busted an international drug racket with its links to (Afghanistan's) Kandahar and Kashmir with the arrest of five persons with over 54 kg of heroin valued at Rs 250 crore. Deputy Commissioner of Police,...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when cases of jail inmates testing positive for coronavirus are being reported from different prisons of Odisha, several inmates of Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar were seen indulging in merrymaking in alleged violation of COVID-19 guidelines. The incident came to fore...

Kesinga: Cases of COVID-19 victims being denied a decent cremation are being reported from across the state. A similar case was reported Thursday from Kesinga block in Kalahandi district. A COVID-19 patient breathed his last at Sahajpati village under Belakhandi panchayat in Kesinga block Wednesday...

Cuttack: As many as 67 slum dwellers including 15 women were arrested Thursday morning in connection with an attack on Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) staff and local policemen that had taken place May 11 at Nuapada Balisahi slum area under Madhupatna police limits in Cuttack....

Khaprakhol: COVID-19 situation in villages under Khaprakhol block of Bolangir district is becoming serious by the day, if official data is anything to go by. In villages, not all people are educated enough to keep themselves abreast of the day-to-day developments regarding coronavirus. Those who...

New Delhi: The national capital has reported 10,400 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since April 20, when the city had reported 28,395 cases, health officials said here Thursday. More importantly, Delhi's daily Covid positivity rate has also come down to...

Rabat: Moroccan King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 810 prisoners on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr festival, the Justice Ministry said. Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan will be celebrated Thursday in Morocco, reports Xinhua news agency....

Kathmandu: Amid an ongoing second wave of the pandemic, Nepal is heading towards an India-like Covid disaster as at least 14 infected patients died in hospitals due to lack in oxygen supply. The second wave in Nepal has led to under serious oxygen shortages, as...

Dhaka: A top Hefazat-e-Islam militant has pleaded guilty to his involvement in the violent riots that erupted across Bangladesh during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka in March. Mufti Harun Izhar, education and culture secretary of the Hefazat's now-defunct central committee, made the...

Pattamundai: Bachharanasi, one of major canals of the Brahmani river was a lifeline for thousands of farmers in Pattamundai block of Kendrapara. But the canal has become shallow with its bed getting heavily silted over years. “The mouth of the canal is also choked with...