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Mumbai: Tata Sons Ltd's board Thursday approved a fresh five-year term for N Chandrasekaran as executive chairman and set in motion the process to list the group's holding company -- decisions that Tata Trusts said were "illegal". The board's roughly three-hour meeting in Mumbai Thursday...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of junior teachers working in state-run schools staged a demonstration in Bhubaneswar Thursday, demanding regularisation of their jobs. Around 13,000 junior teachers took part in the protest at Mahatma Gandhi Marg, carrying posters and banners and raising slogans in support of their demands....

New Delhi: The government is seeing investment commitments of about USD 11-12 billion under the newly-launched Semicon 2.0 scheme, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said  Thursday. The investment interest spans a wide swathe of the semiconductor ecosystem, including equipment, materials, gases, chemicals, assembly, testing, marking and...

Malkangiri: Fifty-five live turtles were rescued and four people arrested after the Forest Department intercepted an alleged interstate wildlife smuggling operation in Malkangiri district Thrusday. According to sources, the turtles were being transported illegally from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha when authorities intercepted the vehicle during...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday asked the CBSE to consider implementing its policy mandating the study of three languages, including two native Indian languages, for Class 6 students from the next academic session starting 2027. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), represented by...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has formally accepted the resignation of Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena Thursday, completing the process of his exit from the Indian Police Service (IPS). Meena had earlier submitted his resignation citing personal reasons. The Odisha government subsequently forwarded his...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday stepped up its attack on the Odisha government over inflation, alleging that the state's retail inflation at 5.52 per cent in August is significantly higher than the national rate of 4.82 per cent. BJD spokesperson Mihir Ray...

Puri: A joint team of the Puri Municipal Corporation, police and Food and Supplies Department conducted raids at several khaja shops and manufacturing units near the Jagannath Temple, Wednesday. The raids were carried out in areas around the Srimandir, Uttar Parswa Math and Srisetu following...

New Delhi: Odisha government Thursday told Supreme Court that it has rejected the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999. "You take...

New Delhi: A review of available evidence has linked exposure to air pollutants with an increased risk of death by suicide or suicidal thoughts, with particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) posing the greatest risks. The findings, published in the Journal of...