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Beijing: China's massive and expanding ‘Belt and Road’ trade infrastructure project is running into speed bumps as some countries begin to grumble about being buried under Chinese debt. First announced in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the initiative also known as the ‘new Silk Road’...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated the Indian women’s hockey team on winning the silver medal in the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia. The team made it to the final of the Asian Games after a gap of 20 years. In recognition of the achievements of...

Bhubaneswar: Even as fuel price touched all-time high, politics over the issue took centre stage in the state with Union Petroleum Minister Dhramendra Pradhan blaming the US policy for the hike. However, Congress and BJD slammed the Modi government for failing to curb the price...

Bhubaneswar: Police intercepted two drug peddlers and seized brown sugar worth around Rs 2 lakh from them at Baramunda bus stand under Khandagiri police station limits here Friday afternoon. The accused were identified as Jyotirmaya Panda of Old Balasore area and Rajkumar Giri of Tundura...

New Delhi: Adjourning the bail application of a Nigerian national, who allegedly cheated an Odia woman, the Supreme Court Friday directed the petitioner’s counsel to provide the documents to the state counsel for verification. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre and Justice Uday...

Bhubaneswar: Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, BJB Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, inducted its 2018 batch students with a day-long orientation programme held on the campus Friday. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty, principal, BJB Autonomous College, kick started the proceedings by congratulating the students and insisted them to...

Bhubneswar: The 10th Cottonfab Expo 2018 organised by the “Awadh Hathakarga, Hastshilp evam Gramodyag Samiti” kicked off at the Exhibition Ground here Wednesday. This annual exhibition-cum-sale makes for a good family outing as well as shopping. The event was inaugurated by the BJD MP Prasanna...

Bhubaneswar:  A minor girl student ended her life by jumping off the terrace of a three-storey building near Acharya Harihara College in Niladri Vihar under Chandrasekharpur police station limits here late Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Ambika Jena, 17, of Badapadana village in...

Puri: The authorities of Samanta Chandra Sekhara (SCS) Autonomous College have cancelled the admission of 19 students, who were found to have submitted fake disability certificates for gaining admissions into various streams in Plus III. According to sources, at least 36 students had submitted fake...

Bhubaneswar: An elderly widow was murdered, and cash and jewellery were stolen from her residence near Pahala Market under Balianta police station limits late Wednesday night. The widow, Manorama Panda, 60, was staying alone at her new residence in Banguary Sahabad village after the death...