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New Delhi: With just hours left for the scheduled execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya in Yemen, frantic last-minute negotiations are underway to secure a reprieve. Priya is currently lodged in a jail in Yemen, facing the death penalty for the alleged murder of her...

New Delhi: With US President Donald Trump reiterating his claim that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said the same claim keeps getting repeated "22 times in 65 days". Trump Monday reiterated his claim that he stopped the...

Every day, we see something new in the world of viral videos on social media. Sometimes someone's talent surprises us, and sometimes someone's stupidity makes us roll with laughter. But this time, the video is on a different level. It not only features stunts and...

Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterparts from the SCO member nations Tuesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a social media post, Jaishankar said he apprised President Xi about the recent development in India-China bilateral ties. The external affairs minister landed in...

Bhubaneswar: Attacking the ruling BJP in Odisha over the death of the college student who set herself on fire, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Tuesday alleged it was nothing less than an "organised murder by the system". Gandhi alleged that those...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday announced ex gratia of Rs 20 lakh for the family of the college student who died by setting herself on fire over alleged inaction on her sexual harassment complaint. Majhi directed officers concerned to conduct a proper...

Paralakhemundi: Large swathes of agricultural land in Gajapati district’s Kashinagar block are being steadily consumed by the Vamsadhara owing to a change in the course of the river. Despite the presence of three mega irrigation projects along the river intended to facilitate water supply to...

Titilagarh: A female student has alleged mental harassment by a faculty member at Dayanand Anglo-Vedic (DAV) Autonomous College in Titilagarh in Bolangir district. The incident, coming in the wake of a student suicide case in Balasore over sexual harassment, has sparked concern. According to reports,...

Dhenkanal/Keonjhar: Just a day after a female elephant died of electrocution in Sambalpur district, another succumbed after coming in contact with wire fencing illegally connected to a power line at a jungle near Bariharagadi village in Khajuriakata forest section and Hindol forest range in Dhenkanal...

Barbil: The body of a 41-year-old woman, identified as Nirmala Sharma, wife of Neel Prasad Sharma, an assistant manager working with Rungta Mines, was recovered Monday morning from the company’s colony quarters in Barbil area of Keonjhar district. Police sources said the body bore multiple...