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Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50 per cent US tariffs on USD 20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect. The announcement,...

Ranchi: Amid a 25-day students' agitation over alleged irregularities in Jharkhand recruitment exams, the JMM-led government has cancelled 44 tests conducted by the state PSC and an outsourced agency since 2014. The government has also cancelled the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) Combined Graduate Level...

Kolkata: At least nine people, including a four-year-old child, died and six were injured in an early Wednesday fire at a dingy five-storey building on Mirza Galib Street in central Kolkata that housed several hotels, police said. Five fire tenders were pressed into service to...

Kendrapada: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a fresh Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Superintendent of Police, Jajpur, and the Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Jajpur, in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 19-year-old college student and...

Chhatrapur: Ganjam Police busted a fraud ring that duped unemployed youths of lakhs of rupees under the guise of providing employment. Chhatrapur police arrested Panchanan Panda (42), a native of the Dhusuri area in Bhadrak district, in connection with defrauding a youth of Rs 50,000....

Bhubaneswar: Maoist leader Azad alias D Kesava Rao has been released from Jharpada Jail Tuesday evening after spending around 15 years as undertrial prisoner (UTP) after the Special Court in Paralakhemundi acquitted him of all the charges as he was accused with 48 criminal cases,...

Bhubaneswar: Around 6,000 female National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers will collect nutrition-related data of children enrolled at nearly 23,000 Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) across Odisha under the first phase of the Suposhit Odisha Mission, aimed at contributing to a healthier and better-nourished state, officials said. A...

Jharpokharia: Six students staying at the Saraswati Sishu Mandir hostel in Sarasakana, Mayurbhanj district, fled the hostel by scaling its boundary wall late Monday night, school authorities said. Police launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from the school authorities and have been searching for...

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New York: US President Donald Trump doubled down on his plan to take over the Strait of Hormuz, posting Tuesday a map of the crucial artery for global energy supplies showing it as “New US Territory”. After posting the map on Truth Social a day...