Baripada: A court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for murdering a 17-year-old boy in 2021. Mayurbhanj District Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan Patra convicted the three accused – Sovakar Mohanto (53), Jatrindranath Mohanto (43) and Kamal Lochan Mohanto (45) – and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000, said Krushna Chandra Das,...

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested four cyber fraudsters from Gujarat on the charges of duping a person from Bhubaneswar of Rs 60 lakh through online trading scam, said a crime branch official Tuesday. The accused persons were identified as Fakir Alfazsha Bismillasha (20), Ahmad Khan Sardar Khan Baloch (38), Shaikh Huma Parvin Rafiq...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday challenged Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for an open debate on various issues faced by the state despite being a recipient of huge financial aid from the Central government. Speaking at a press meeting in Sambalpur, Pradhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a few questions regarding the high student...

122nd Foundation Day of Utkal Sahitya Samaj celebrated at Shatabdi Bhawan in Cuttack

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Tuesday night said she is divesting her nephew Akash Anand of his responsibilities as the party's national co-ordinator and her "successor", barely five months after she had anointed him. Announcing it on X, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said she has taken the decision in the interest of the party...

New Delhi: A nearly 62 per cent voter turnout was recorded Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories with stray incidents of violence in West Bengal. Assam recorded the highest turnout at 75.53 per cent followed by Goa at 74.47 per cent and West Bengal...

New Delhi: In a major relief to 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff of West Bengal, the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the order of the Calcutta High Court order invalidating their appointment made by the state's School Service Commission (SSC) in the state-run and state-aided schools. The top court, however, permitted the central probe agency, Central Bureau of...

Amsterdam: German police Tuesday broke up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied a courtyard at Berlin's Free University earlier in the day, the latest such action by authorities as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread across Europe. Some demonstrators have even called for a break in academic ties with...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Tuesday it doesn't want Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to discharge his official duties if he is released on interim bail in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam as it would lead to a conflict of interest. Kejriwal failed to get any relief from the top...

New Delhi: Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin jolted Delhi Capitals with wickets in his successive overs but pacer Avesh Khan bled runs as the hosts posted 221 for eight in their must-win contest against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Tuesday. Had it not been some smart bowling by Ashwin and fellow off-spinner Riyan Parag...