Elephant census begins in Nayagarh, Boudh

Boudh: Elephant census started Wednesday across all ranges under the Nayagarh Mahanadi Wildlife and Boudh forest divisions. Officials are using different types of equipment including camera traps in all the elephant corridors in these two divisions for the census. According...

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Couple injured in freak accident

Nabarangpur: A couple suffered serious injuries Wednesday after their bike was hit by a tractor near Chakachapar village under this police limits and district. The injured were identified as Sitakanta Tripathy and his wife Kaberi, residents of Bhagabati Sahi locality...

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Gas cylinder theft racket busted; 8 held

Baripada: Eight persons were arrested here Wednesday by officials of the Sadar police station for their alleged involvement in the theft of gas cylinders. The thefts were reported from localities under three police stations in Mayurbhanj district. Police also seized...

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Delhi Police defers questioning of Arvind Kejriwal’s parents in Maliwal assault case: Sources

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New Delhi: The Delhi Police may not visit Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence Thursday to question his parents in connection with AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal ‘assault’ case, sources said. Kejriwal Wednesday had said police were going to question his elderly and ill parents the next day. Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested by police in the case. Sources said police may visit his residence for questioning in the...

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Iran prepares to bury late president, foreign minister and others killed in helicopter crash

Dubai: Iran Thursday prepared to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, a final sign of respect for a protege of Iran's supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. President Ebrahim Raisi's burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad caps days of processionals through much of Iran, seeking to bolster the country's theocracy after the crash killing him, the...

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K’taka CM writes to PM seeking cancellation of Prajwal Revanna’s Diplomatic Passport

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking cancellation of the Diplomatic Passport of prime accused in the sex videos case, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. CM Siddaramaiah has also sought PM Modi’s help to secure the return to India of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna. The letter dated May 22, seeking prompt and concerted actions to secure the return of...

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I will be voting for Trump: Nikki Haley

  Washington: Indian-American former presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has said that she will vote for her ex-opponent and boss Donald Trump in the November US election, breaking her silence on the matter since exiting the Republican presidential primary more than two months ago. Haley, 52, however, stopped short of an official endorsement. Haley, who once served as Trump's United Nations ambassador, was the last of his major rivals to drop out...

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Los Angeles: British actor Rupert Friend is the latest addition to the next installment in the Jurassic World franchise. Friend, known for his performances in films such as Pride & Prejudice, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Death of Stalin and At Eternity's Gate, will feature alongside Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in the...

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New Delhi: Australia great Ricky Ponting has revealed that he was approached for the soon-to-be-vacant India head coach position but he has declined the offer as it doesn't fit into his "lifestyle" right now. Ponting, who recently completed seven seasons as the head coach of Delhi Capitals IPL franchise, has been Australia's interim T20 coach in the...

Boat capsize tragedy: Five bodies fish out; search on for another victim

Pune: The bodies of five out of the six persons, who drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra's Pune district, were fished out Thursday morning, police said. The incident took place Tuesday evening following strong winds and rains when the boat was sailing from Kugav to Kalashi village, officials earlier said. "We...

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Ahmedabad: Hindi film superstar Shah Rukh Khan, undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ahmedabad after suffering from a heat stroke, is likely to be discharged Thursday, a police official said. The private hospital has not yet issued any statement on Khan's health condition. The actor was admitted to the multi-speciality K D Hospital Wednesday. He was in...

 

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