New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) launched a three-day nationwide protest from Friday to express solidarity with the doctors agitating against the attack on their colleagues in West Bengal and called for a strike June 17 with withdrawal of non-essential health services. The apex...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday greeted people of Odisha on Raja festival. Patnaik, who is currently in New Delhi on a seven-day-long trip, took to micro blogging site Twitter to wish the people of the state. https://twitter.com/Naveen_Odisha/status/1139371688078954496 He wished for happiness and prosperity for...
Bhubaneswar: With the sole objective of improving the quality of higher education across the state, the Odisha government has decided to introduce uniform syllabus for undergraduate courses in all state-run universities from the current academic session (2019-2020). Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo informed reporters...
Dubai: Two oil tankers were hit in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman, shipping firms and industry sources said Thursday, sending oil prices as much as four per cent higher a month after four other tankers were damaged by limpet mines in the same...
New Delhi: In a clear snub to Islamabad, New Delhi Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special plane will bypass Pakistan’s airspace en route to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he is going to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit Thursday. The External Affairs Ministry...
London: The UK High Court Wednesday denied bail to diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is fighting his extradition from Britain to India in the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case. Judge Ingrid Simler at the Royal Courts of...
Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Tuesday said it will allow all television channels to live telecast the Rath Yatra in Puri, instead of its earlier plans for bidding of the broadcast rights. "No television channel will be denied the right to broadcast the...
Patna: Inspired by a Bhojpuri film, a Class 2 student threatened to blow-up the Jai Prajash Narayan International airport in Patna, police Tuesday said. A police team was surprised to find that a threat call to the airport authorities was made by an eight-year-old boy....
Bhubaneswar: Even as three days have passed since southwest monsoon hit Kerala, the India Metrological Department (IMD) is unable to predict its arrival in Odisha. After a week-long delay, the monsoon had hit Kerala last Saturday. However, the local centre of IMD is still clueless...
Bhubaneswar: With more than a month after cyclone Fani caused widespread damage in Puri district, many poor families who lost their houses in the destruction trail are yet to get back to their normal lives as many of those who lost their houses are yet...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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