Dhenkanal: In a tragic incident, a minor boy was killed when a speeding sand-laden truck fell off Badajora bridge near Santhapur village under Gandia police station in Dhenkanal district Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Subha Behera, 14, a Class-VIII student and resident of Santhapur village. The incident occurred when he had gone to the creek...

Keonjhar: The Special Vigilance Court Tuesday handed down four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a former MGNREGA assistant of Saharpada block in Keonjhar district while pronouncing the judgment in a Vigilance trap case. The convict was identified as Lalit Kumar Mohanta, a former MGNREGA assistant of Saharpada block in Keonjhar district. The court also slapped a...

Tihidi: Police arrested three persons for allegedly killing a woman at Paliabindha Beherasahi village under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district, police said. Following the arrest, the cops here produced the accused persons before a court Tuesday. The deceased identified as Akhilata Behera, 25, was murdered by her mother-in-law Bhagyabati Behera, father-in-law Ganesh Behera and husband Madhusudan...

Aries: You will be very enterprising and industrious today. You make your plans very carefully and execute them perfectly. Despite this, your progress will be very slow. However, Ganesha advises you not to despair and showers his blessings on you. Taurus: This is one of those ordinary days that, somehow, do not turn out too well. Unexpected...

India’s record of human rights in the past few years has come under serious international scanner. The recent ethnic strife in Manipur, when the state machinery was blatantly used to help the majority ethnic community to settle scores with a minority group in genocidal attacks, brought worldwide condemnation. In this backdrop, the United Nations Global Alliance of...

Lucknow: Marcus Stoinis made a composed fifty to complement the splendid effort of the bowlers as Lucknow Super Giants strengthened their chances of a play-off berth with a nervy four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians in the IPL here Tuesday. Mumbai Indians' top-order came a cropper as they stuttered to a below-par 144 for seven, riding on contributions...

Milan: Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations committed Tuesday to phase out coal power by 2035, marking the first time the G7 has explicitly referenced a phase-out, but left flexibility for countries heavily reliant on coal. The final communique of the meeting in the Italian city of Turin included language that...

Hyderabad: Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion. Training his guns on the Congress, he accused the grand old party of making undivided...

New Delhi: Police in BJP-ruled Gujarat arrested a Congress leader and an AAP functionary, and Delhi Police issued notices to 12 more people from different opposition parties as the probe into the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's speech widened Tuesday. The BJP stepped up its attack on opposition INDIA bloc parties, including the Congress,...

Bhubaneswar: Severe heatwave conditions sizzled Odisha Tuesday with the mercury rising to 45.4 degrees Celsius in the capital Bhubaneswar, officials said. Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district was the hottest place in the state, recording a temperature of 46.4 degrees Celsius, which was an all-time high for it as well, they said. Balasore recorded 46 degrees Celsius. Bhubaneswar's...