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Ranchi: Amid the ongoing protest by job aspirants over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Monday announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL exam and all job tests conducted by outsourced agency TDPL since 2014. The decision was taken at a marathon...

New Delhi: BJP Monday overhauled its national team under party president Nitin Nabin, bringing in many new faces and some prominent leaders like former Union minister Smriti Irani as general secretary and former RSS functionary Ram Madhav as vice president. The party, which said it...

Lakhisarai: At least seven people were killed, and more than 12 were injured in a stampede outside the Ashok Dham Temple in Bihar's Lakhisarai district Monday. The incident triggered chaos at the temple premises as a large number of devotees had gathered to offer prayers...

New Delhi: The National Testing Agency on Sunday announced re-test for three papers of the UGC-NET examination -- English, Commerce and Sociology -- following complaints about several errors in these papers. The English paper will be held September 9 from 9 am to 12 noon...

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday issued a 'red warning' for extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Odisha as a fresh low-pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It advised fishermen not to venture into the sea along and...

Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in six districts of Odisha remained grim Saturday as heavy rains triggered by a depression battered the state over the past 24 hours, prompting the government to move more than 95,000 people from low-lying areas to safer locations, officials said. According...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday urged all parties to support the implementation of women's reservation in Parliament and state assemblies without making it a political fight, and called upon the youth to assume leadership roles across society and the economy towards the dream...

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer and Crime Branch Director General Vinaytosh Mishra will take additional charge of Odisha DGP from August 16, following the retirement of incumbent YB Khurania, an official notification said Friday. Mishra was given the additional responsibility following approval from Chief Minister Mohan Charan...

Bhubaneswar/Baleshwar/Baripada: At least five districts of Odisha have been affected by fresh floods following two days of heavy rainfall, prompting the administration to evacuate people from low-lying areas and open relief centres, officials said. Baleshwar, Mayurbhanj, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Kendhujhar districts have been affected by...

Gopeshwar (Uttarakhand): Seven workers died when water gushed inside a tunnel under construction at a hydroelectric project site in Chamoli district, officials said Friday. Search for three missing persons is currently underway, they said. The incident occurred in a tunnel at Mayapur (Pipalkoti), when landslides...