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Bhubaneswar: A day before the agrarian festival of Nuakhai, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday disbursed Rs 1,041 crore to the bank accounts of over 51 lakh farmers as the third instalment under the CM Kisan Yojana. Each beneficiary, mostly small and marginal farmers,...

Chandigarh: Hundreds of villages in Punjab along the swollen Satluj, Beas, and Ravi rivers were flooded Wednesday, severely affecting life and damaging crops after the floodgates of the Bhakra and Pong dams were opened. The inflow into these reservoirs had alarmingly increased due to torrential...

Los Angeles: Grammy-winning singer Taylor Swift and American football tight end Travis Kelce are officially engaged. The couple shared the big news on Instagram with a carousel of photos and wrote as the caption, “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.” The...

Mhow: India's armed forces must be prepared for all kinds of security challenges, including short-duration conflicts to even a five-year war in view of an unpredictable geopolitical environment, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday. In an address at the 'Ran Samvad' at the Army War...

Cuttack: Stating that public safety cannot be compromised for celebration, the Orissa High Court issued a host of directions to ensure smooth conduct of upcoming festivals in Cuttack, beginning with Ganesh Puja August 27. Taking suo motu cognisance of recurring "civic failures", a division bench...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will come up with a Heritage policy for conservation, preservation and beautification of over 3,000 heritage monuments across the state, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said here Tuesday. Parida said this after chairing a meeting organised to discuss conservation and beautification...

New Delhi: Batting maestro Virat Kohli Tuesday thanked his longtime India teammate Cheteshwar Pujara for making his job "easier" in the Test batting line-up with the two forming a robust middle-order pair for nearly a decade. Pujara, 37, called time on his illustrious career on...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD in Odisha Tuesday appointed new presidents of its students' and youth wings. Ipsita Sahu was named the president of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD), according to an office order signed by BJD president Naveen Patnaik. Debesh Acharya was appointed BCJD's...

Berhampur: Three women were allegedly killed in a lightning strike in Odisha's Ganjam district Tuesday, police said. The incident took place in Sarabhimpur in the Chhatrapur police station area in the afternoon, they said. The deceased, identified as Kuni Gouda (49), Nirupama Gouda (40) and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's opposition BJD Tuesday alleged that the BJP government in the state has so far changed the names of 25 schemes of the previous regime, and the new programme announced by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is one of them. The BJD, which ruled...