Odissi dancers perform at Rabindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar   Rain lashes parts of Bhubaneswar, bringing temperature down in the region   On occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, Muslim people offer prayer at a mosque in Puri   Ahead of Rath Yatra, chariot preparation underway in Puri

New Delhi: Prima facie findings into the Kanchanjunga Express accident in West Bengal show that the goods train violated speed restrictions it had to follow given the "defective" automatic signalling system on the section and rammed into the stationary passenger train while "over-speeding", the Railway Board said Monday. Seven passengers and two railway staffers were killed and...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is likely to become the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly as the regional outfit has scheduled its first legislature party meeting Wednesday. This could be Patnaik's first time as LoP in his political career, which began in 1997. Patnaik served as the CM of Odisha five...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will talk to both Meitei and Kuki communities at the earliest so as to bridge the ethnic divide in Manipur. Reviewing the security situation in Manipur here, Shah directed that strict action must be taken as per law against the perpetrators of...

Balasore: Three people were injured and several motorcycles damaged in a clash between two groups in Odisha's Balasore town Monday, following which prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC were imposed, officials said. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke to Balasore's Collector Ashish Thakare, and asked him to take immediate measures to bring the situation under...

New Delhi: India is committed to further strengthen its comprehensive global strategic partnership with the US for global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday after meeting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Earlier, NSA Ajit Doval and Sullivan held wide-ranging talks focusing on the implementation of the ambitious India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET)....

Bhubaneswar: IMD Monday said that hot and humid weather conditions will likely prevail in some Odisha districts until June 19, while thunderstorms are also likely. The weather agency predicted heavy rainfall at a few places June 20 and 21. The conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of the state during...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will keep the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacate the Wayanad seat in Kerala from where his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said Monday. Kharge was speaking to reporters after the Congress' top leadership held discussions on the issue at his residence...

New Delhi: Seven passengers and two railway staffers were killed and 41 more injured in the Kanchanjunga Express accident in West Bengal's Darjeeling district Monday, according to figures released by the railway ministry. In a statement, the ministry said nine people suffered grievous injuries and 32 simple or minor injuries. The "Up line" has been cleared and...

New Delhi: Political scientists Yogendra Yadav and Suhas Palshikar Monday wrote to NCERT objecting to new textbooks carrying their names even after they had disassociated themselves from the revisions and said they will be forced to take legal recourse if these books with their names are not withdrawn immediately. In their letter, Palshikar and Yadav said they...