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Varanasi: The licensed pistol of a passenger at the Varanasi airport went off during security screening, leaving a female staff and another person injured Sunday morning. Both the injured have been admitted to a hospital for treatment. A passenger identified as Kamlesh Rai -- a...

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...

Dehradun: Six people died and 14 sustained injuries Thursday after water and debris entered a tunnel under construction at a hydroelectric project site in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, officials said. According to preliminary information shared by the officials, 22 workers were trapped inside the tunnel....

Nanded: Shiromani Akali Dal chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured in a knife attack inside a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded Thursday, police said. A Nihang (member of a martial order of Sikhs) attacked Badal with a kirpan (curved dagger)...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and indicated that Washington intends to retain its hold over the strategic waterway. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL...

New Delhi: A panel set up by Lok Sabha Speaker to probe allegations of discovery of cash at the official premises of Justice Yashwant Varma has concluded that the charges of unexplained cash, disturbing evidence and evasive explanation against him "are proved". In its report...