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New York: As the deadline for tariffs neared, US President Donald Trump imposed the threatened tariff of 25 per cent on India starting Friday as the prolonged negotiations appeared to have stalled. His executive order, issued late Thursday, did not include penalty tariffs on buying...

Kendrapara: With the state government emphasising interstate river-linking projects, voices are growing louder for similar initiatives within Kendrapara district. Local intelligentsia, social activists and political leaders have urged authorities to include the district in the state’s broader river-linking roadmap. The issue assumes significance as the...

Malkangiri: A local court here Thursday sentenced five persons to life imprisonment in connection with a murder over suspected witchcraft and sorcery in 2020. District and Sessions Judge Prasanna Kumar Panda pronounced the verdict after examining the statements recorded by 10 witnesses. Those convicted are...

Patana: A 28-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death in an organised attack by some co-villagers at Ankura Uppar Sahi under Patana police limits of Keonjhar district, police said Thursday. The deceased was identified as Gangadhar Naik, son of Bhaktabandhu Naik. Police registered a case...

Joda: Police Thursday arrested five workers from neighbouring West Bengal on charges of molesting and trying to abduct a woman within the police limits in Keonjhar district. The accused were identified as Farid Sheikh, Sahidul Sheikh, Dildar Hussain, Jamal Sheikh and Saffi Kul Sheikh of...

Rajnagar: Amid a second wave of flooding in the Brahmani River, two doctors played the role of Good Samaritans to rescue a pregnant woman in labour and waded through waist-deep floodwaters to bring her to safety. The doctors are being hailed by the local residents...

Anandapur: Keonjhar district police have arrested 21 persons and seized 213 grams of brown sugar from their possession during a series of raids under various police station areas across Anandapur sub-division in Keonjhar district. Cash worth Rs 8.3 lakh and 12 mobile phones were also...

Jeypore: In a shocking display of superstition prevailing even in the age of science, two young men from a tribal community in Koraput district were declared dead by villagers after they witnessed two crows mating, a sight considered inauspicious by local tradition. The incident took...

Bhubaneswar: A state-level sensitisation-cum-capacity building training on the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, otherwise known as POSH Act, was held at the State Institute for Women and Children here Thursday. The training session was inaugurated by the Women...

ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: In a renewed effort to curb plastic pollution and promote sustainable practices, the state government has reiterated a complete ban on single-use plastic items across all state government offices, autonomous bodies and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). In a directive sent to...