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Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in Odisha has improved "significantly", with water levels in major rivers steadily declining and no fresh rainfall reported in the Mahanadi catchment, Engineer-in-Chief (Water Resources) Dilip Raut said Monday. "The absence of rainfall in both the upper and lower reaches of...

Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor Monday wrested the Bankipur assembly constituency of Bihar, a BJP bastion which the party had never lost since 1995, in a by-poll that was necessitated after its national president Nitin Nabin vacated the seat. He defeated his nearest...

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's clarification on the withdrawal of FIRs against protesters, saying it expected the Centre and BJP/NDA-ruled states to immediately implement the assurances given to agitating students under the July 25 agreement. The Supreme Court clarified...

While many people closely monitor their heart health, kidney care often takes a back seat. Yet, the kidneys are among the body's hardest-working organs, functioning round the clock to filter waste, regulate blood pressure and maintain the body's fluid and electrolyte balance. Health experts say...

New Delhi: A video purportedly recorded at Jantar Mantar a day before the CJP's 'Sansad Chalo' protest march July 20 has surfaced online, showing senior Delhi Police officers asking the organisers to implement adequate crowd-management measures before the gathering swelled. The viral video captures an...

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Monday passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill amid continuous sloganeering and protests by Opposition members, who demanded the presence of the Home Minister in the Upper House and raised issues related to the recent alleged police atrocity...

New Delhi: Representatives of social media platforms like Google, Meta, YouTube and top officials of the ministries of Home and MeitY Monday appeared before a parliamentary panel on the issue of social media regulation. The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT, headed by...

What was supposed to be a simple late-night parcel delivery turned into a deeply unsettling experience for a Bengaluru woman, reigniting conversations around women's safety, platform accountability and the importance of trusting one's instincts. Aneri Thakkar had booked an Uber parcel delivery to send a...

Sundaragada: A traffic inspector of Odisha Motor Vehicles Department (OMVD) posted at the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Sundaragada was arrested by Odisha Vigilance Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a truck owner, officials said. The accused, identified as Mukesh Kumar...

Mumbai: The three-day meeting of the Reserve Bank of India's rate-setting panel started Monday amid expectations of a status quo on the benchmark repo rate, with the Monetary Policy Committee slated to announce its decision August 5. As global uncertainties and inflation risks persist, most...