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Bhubaneswar: The IMD has forecast heavy rain in 22 districts of Odisha Thursday under the influence of a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal. The weather office has issued a 'red warning' (take action) for Kalahandi and Kandhamal districts, predicting extremely heavy rainfall. Under...

Jaipur: As part of 'Shuddh Aahar – Milawat Par Vaar' (Pure Food – War on Adulteration) campaign being conducted across Rajasthan Thursday by the Food Safety and Drug Control Department, a central team of the department conducted a surprise inspection at a Zepto dark store...

Bhubaneswar: The proposed DNA sampling of five baby orangutans rescued from a forest in Odisha's Baleshwar district has been postponed by at least 10 days as the animals are yet to fully stabilise emotionally in their new surroundings, officials said Thursday. The decision was taken...

Beijing:  At least 20 people were killed when a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship undergoing repairs in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, state media reported Thursday. The blaze started at around 11.15 am at the state-owned Qingdao Beihai shipyard, state...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit India this week to attend the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the foreign ministry announced Thursday. This will be Xi's first visit to India in nearly seven years. At the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President...

Bhadrak: A 42-year-old man was arrested by the Odisha Police from West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district for allegedly cheating several people by promising them government jobs while posing as the personal assistant of state ministers, officials said. Jagannath Bahalia of Chudakuti in Odisha's Bhadrak district...

New Delhi: India’s Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Thursday held discussions with Russia's Industry and Trade Minister Anton Alikhanov on joint manufacturing of civil passenger aircraft to meet India’s demand for regional air connectivity. "With the immense potential of regional connectivity, there is a...

Kolkata: The West Bengal CID Thursday detained TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee's personal assistant Sumit Roy, soon after the Supreme Court refused his anticipatory bail prayer in a land scam case, officials said. Roy was picked up by CID officers from Banerjee's Kalighat residence here in...

New Delhi: Pacer Yash Thakur Thursday replaced injured fast bowler Harshit Rana in India's T20I squads for the Afghanistan series and the Asian Games. Rana, who last played for India on the England tour, had been recovering from a hamstring injury at the BCCI Centre...

Kathmandu: Two Indian nationals have been arrested in Nepal's Jhapa district for allegedly smuggling brown sugar, police said. The accused were arrested from Ward No. 2 of Damak Municipality along with 41.23 grams of brown sugar, the Nepal Police said in a bulletin Wednesday. Brown...