Nayagada: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy and Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Friday tied rakhis on Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's wrist at a function organised to mark the disbursement of the fifth instalment of financial assistance to women beneficiaries under the state's flagship Subhadra...
Stavanger (Norway): King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen in order to marry his school sweetheart, has died. He was 89. The...
New Delhi: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa made history by becoming the first Indian to win the Grand Chess Tour, beating Fabiano Caruana 15-13 in the final in St Louis, the USA. It was a great result for Pragg as he recovered from an early deficit to fight...
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell has busted a Pakistan-based espionage network that used Indian SIM cards, procured through local contacts, to access WhatsApp groups and allegedly gather sensitive information, officials said on Friday. The Special Cell’s Northern Range arrested a Delhi-based couple, Mohammad...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to witness heavy rainfall in several areas Friday, with the Regional Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange warning for Kendujhar and Mayurbhanj and yellow warning for 19 other districts. The weather alert comes amid an active cyclonic...
New Delhi: Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday extended greetings on World Sanskrit Day, highlighting the ancient language's enduring contribution to India's knowledge, philosophy, culture and intellectual traditions. VP Radhakrishnan described Sanskrit as the “timeless language of India's knowledge, philosophy, and...
Mumbai: The benchmark equity indices opened higher Friday, supported by gains in information technology stocks, while investors remained cautious ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Symposium. During early trade, the Sensex was trading 193.02 points, or 0.25 per...
Bhubaneswar: More than 1.03 crore eligible women beneficiaries under Subhadra scheme will receive the fifth instalment Friday. A 1,03,26,162 beneficiaries are eligible to receive Rs 5,000 each through direct benefit transfer (DBT), involving a total transfer of more than Rs 5,160 crore, an official said....
The auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan August 28, 2026 will also mark the tenth Shraddha Barshiki of Shri Govind Tej, a veritable legend of Odia cinema. In this intervening decade, his towering presence is deeply missed as Odisha lost one of the truest artists it...
Bhubaneswar: The Dandakaranya Vikasha Mahamancha (DVM) has urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to immediately halt the reported process of identifying and transferring 106 acres of state government land to Andhra Pradesh (AP) for the proposed Neradi Barrage Project on the Vansadhara River. In a...
Two crucial developments – one in Maharashtra and the other in Gujarat – in quick succession show two opposing sides...
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The BJP and the Congress seem to believe that they are going to reap rich political dividends through their conflicting...
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What was considered India’s demographic dividend is beginning to appear less like an opportunity and more like a warning signal....
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By Aakar Patel Headline from this week: “Pune Police withdraws conversion law provisions from 2 cases after officials find Act...
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