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ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: As the world marks World Population Day 2025 (July 11) with the theme “Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world,” Odisha stands at a crucial point in its demographic journey. With the upcoming...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal Thursday staged a protest here demanding the arrest of BJP MLA Santosh Khatua for allegedly making ‘derogatory’ remarks against senior BJD leader and general secretary Lekhasri Samantsinghar. Led by BJD’s chief whip and senior vice-president Pramila Mallik,...

Mumbai: Comedian turned actor Kapil Sharma’s newly launched Kap's Cafe in Surrey, British Columbia was targeted in a shooting incident Thursday. At least nine shots are believed to have been fired at the premises; however, no injuries were reported in the incident. Khalistani terrorist Harjit...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday urged the Centre to ask all banks at their apex level to open branches in unbanked gram panchayats (GPs) in the state. According to a release issued by the CMO, Majhi made this appeal to the Centre...

Gurugram: State-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was allegedly shot dead by her father Thursday at their Sushant Lok home in Gurugram, police said. The father has been detained, officials said. Why he did so is still being investigated. The father allegedly fired over five bullets...

Kuala Lumpur: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart met Thursday in Malaysia as tensions between the countries rise over Moscow's increasing attacks on Ukraine and whether Russia's leader is serious about a peace deal. Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held...

Beijing: China and Pakistan Thursday agreed on joint media cooperation to counter fake news and enhance collaboration in joint broadcasting projects. Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar met Cao Shumin, Deputy Head of Publicity Department of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), and...

Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh Thursday indicted deposed premier Sheikh Hasina in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity in connection with a deadly crackdown on protesters during the July-August uprising last year. The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) has set August 3...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs Thursday approved the release of Rs 1,066.80 crore to flood and landslide-hit six states - Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Kerala and Uttarakhand. Among the six flood affected states, Assam received Rs 375.60 crore, Rs 29.20 crore was given...

Chennai: In a breakthrough in the decades-old Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case, Tamil Nadu police have arrested 'Tailor' Raja, one of the prime accused who had been absconding for 27 years. He was picked up from Vijayapura district in Karnataka Wednesday by a joint team...