Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha Friday granted interim bail to Khurda MLA-elect Prashant Jagdev who has been lodged in a jail after being arrested on the charge of damaging an EVM during voting May 25. Jagdev has been granted bail for three days -- June 9, 10, 11 -- and asked to surrender before the court June...

Bhubaneswar: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) Friday arrested two persons for their suspected involvement in a stone-pelting incident targeting the Kamakhya-Bengaluru Express in Puri district. The two persons, identified as Ramesh Majhi (38) and Sadasib Pradhan (33), were arrested in Jankia area in Khurda district, police said. The incident took place between Golabai and Nirakarpur railway stations...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Friday appointed NDA Parliamentary Party leader Narendra Modi as Prime Minister-designate and the new government will take oath Sunday evening. Murmu handed over the letter of appointment to Modi, who called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here Friday evening. Earlier, leaders of the BJP-led NDA had called on Murmu and handed...

New Delhi: Retail inflation for industrial workers eased to 3.87 per cent in April compared to 4.2 per cent in March this year. Ministry of Labour and Employment has released Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for February, March & April, 2024 Friday. "Year-on-year inflation for the month of March, 2024 stood at 4.20% as compared to 5.79...

The Consortium of National Law Universities has announced the date for the CLAT 2025 exam. The examination will be held December 1, 2024 from 2 PM to 4 PM. Official information is available on CLAT's official website consortiumofnlus.ac.in. It is expected that online registration will start in July 2024, but the exact date has not been confirmed...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader V K Pandian's wife and Odisha IAS officer Sujata R Karthikeyan has proceeded on a six months' 'child care leave' from May 31, official sources said. According to a notification issued by the general administration department, the IAS officer has been granted leave till November 26 to care for her daughter, who is appearing...

New Delhi: Taiwan Friday said China's "outrage" over a "cordial" exchange between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is utterly unjustified as threats and intimidation never foster friendship. The comments by the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry came a day after China protested an exchange of messages between Modi and Ching-te, saying it opposes all official...

New Delhi: Heat waves like those experienced in India this May are nearly 1.5 degree Celsius warmer than the country's previously recorded hottest heatwaves, according to a new rapid attribution study by an independent group of climate scientists and researchers. The analysts at ClimaMeter said the intense and prolonged heat wave India endured in May was a...

New Delhi: The CBI filed its final charge sheet Friday in connection with land for jobs scam allegedly involving former railway minister Lalu Prasad and his family members, the officials said. The final report submitted by the CBI in the special court covers all the railway zones where the recruitment was made in return for lands allegedly...

New Delhi: The Congress Friday demanded a high-level investigation under the Supreme Court's supervision into "irregularities" in NEET for medical courses and accused the BJP of cheating youngsters and playing with their futures. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said paper leaks, rigging and corruption have become an integral part of many examinations, including the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)....