Kendrapara: Lack of industries, unemployment and migration of skilled workforce are the main issues in Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency in coastal Odisha from where BJP national vice president Baijayant Panda is contesting against BJD's Anshuman Mohanty. Kendrapara parliamentary constituency has sent a galaxy of political heavyweights including late Biju Patnaik and former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has imposed heavy tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, batteries, steel, solar cells, and aluminium, saying it would ensure that American workers are not held back by unfair trade practices. These include a 100 per cent tariff on electric vehicles, a 50 per cent tariff on semiconductors, and a 25 per cent tariff...

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) changed its nominee for the Soro Assembly constituency in Odisha's Balasore district on the last date of filing of nomination for the polling Tuesday. The party nominated Parsuram Dhada in place of Rajendra Kumar Das, who was named as the party nominee for the Soro Assembly constituency April 2. Interestingly, both...

Washington: The cargo ship Dali that hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, in March had experienced a loss of electrical power and propulsion before the incident, according to a preliminary report released by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The report pieces together a detailed timeline of the events that occurred...

Bentonville: Walmart Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant's campus offices. It also said it will require most remote workers and personnel in its Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices to relocate to its primary offices in Bentonville, Arkansas; Hoboken, New Jersey; and the San Francisco Bay Area. The news, conveyed via a Walmart...

New Delhi: Commenting on the unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that he has no doubt that people residing in PoK will be comparing their situation with the people living in Jammu and Kashmir. “There is a ferment happening in PoK. You can see it on social media or television. The...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Congress leader and former Odisha minister Dambarudhar Ulaka died of old age-related ailments, family sources said Wednesday. He was 86. Ulaka breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Tuesday night. Family sources said Ulaka's funeral will be held at his birthplace Bankili in Rayagada district. He was elected to Odisha...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday declared as ‘invalid in the eyes of law’ the arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in a case under the anti-terror law, and directed that he be released from custody. The apex court observed that a copy of the remand application in the "purported exercise of communication" of grounds of arrest...

Mumbai: Actress Kajol, Wednesday, shared a wisdom quote about being "deep", saying she has decided that the weight on her scale simply shows the depth of her character. An avid social media user, Kajol, who has 16.9 million followers on Instagram, took to the Stories section and shared a ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ quote: “I've decided today that the...

Jalgaon (Maharashtra): In a shocking incident, a State Reserve Police Force jawan (SRPF), who was attached to the security detail of cricket maestro Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, allegedly shot himself at his native home in Jamner town, an official said here Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Prakash Kapde who had reportedly gone on a brief...