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Kendrapada: A 78-year-old woman, swept away by the swollen Brahmani river in Odisha's Jajpur district, was rescued in Kendrapada after floating around 12 hours in floodwaters, officials said. Kasi Dalei, a resident of Kalakhanda village in Jajpur, was carried away by strong river currents around...

New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on the Election Commission, the Congress Sunday said EC's proposed measures related to SIR are an admission that the exercise has been a "disaster" and asserted that the "piecemeal" steps for deleted or at risk voters will do little...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Tourism Department Sunday signed MoUs to facilitate the establishment of homestays and promotion of adventure and heritage tourism in the state. The department signed an MoU with the State Bank of India (SBI) to provide financial support for homestays, in the presence...

Islamabad/Karachi: Pakistani security forces killed 73 terrorists in operations across the restive Balochistan province over the past few days, the army said Sunday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani Army, said the intelligence-based operations were conducted over the past 96...

Bhubaneswar: Silicon Valley-based high-technology firm FarmX has submitted a proposal to the Odisha government to establish an advanced manufacturing and export hub for autonomous electric tractors, AI software, robotics, and intelligent farm systems in the state, a senior minister said Sunday. Odisha's Deputy Chief Minister...

New Delhi: The BJP Sunday said that over one crore duplicate entries and 2.8 crore names of deceased voters were removed from electoral rolls across 31 states and UTs under the SIR exercise, which is "exposing the rot", and those who benefited from dirty rolls...

Bhubaneswar: The five orangutan babies rescued from a forest in Odisha's Baleshwar district earlier this month will be shifted to a larger enclosure at the Nandankanan Zoological Park here soon, a senior forest official said Sunday. The five cubs were shifted to the zoo following...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kuldeep Yadav's sorcery mitigated a maiden 50-over format hundred by Justin Greaves as India restricted the West Indies to an underwhelming 295 for seven in the first ODI Sunday. Greaves (101, 108b) and his opening partner John Campbell (62, 60b) added 135 runs in...

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday cited a sharp decline in diesel consumption and a rapid expansion of railway electrification to highlight changes in Indian Railways since 2014. Speaking at a railway programme in Sabarmati, HM Shah said diesel consumption for railway operations had...

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government Sunday revoked a controversial order that exempted the state's Public (Law and Order) Department from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, following intense pushback from political allies of the ruling TVK and transparency advocates. The administration...