New Delhi: Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited (BCGCL), a joint venture company of Coal India Ltd and BHEL has floated a tender for the selection of an LSTK-2 (lump sum turnkey) to start work on a portion of its Coal to Ammonium Nitrate project in Odisha which is coming up with an investment of Rs 11,782...

Bhubaneswar: With temperatures hovering above 42 degrees Celsius in 13 different locations across Odisha coupled with high humidity levels, the state government Friday advised people to remain indoors from 11 am to 3 pm for the next three days. According to the IMD's Bhubaneswar centre, Titilagarh town registered the highest temperature in the state at 46.5 degrees...

New Delhi: India's democratic exercise, unparalleled in its expanse, vibrancy, and outreach, is set to end its course Saturday with polling for the remaining 57 Lok Sabha seats in eight states/UTs, extending from the plains of Punjab to the ghats of Varanasi and its eastern UP hinterland, and the hills of Himachal to the teeming urban sprawl...

Bhubaneswar: Around 36,000 security personnel will be deployed for the fourth and last phase of simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in Odisha Saturday, a senior police officer said. A total of 126 companies of central armed police forces and 86 platoons of Odisha armed police personnel are among the 36,000 personnel. Six Lok Sabha constituencies –...

New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to hear Saturday an application moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking interim bail for a week on medical grounds in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja had on May 30 directed the ED to file its response to Kejriwal's plea by...

Mirzapur/Patna: India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country. According to officials, heat-related deaths were reported from Odisha (10), Bihar (8), Jharkhand (4) and Uttar Pradesh (1) on Thursday also. Rajasthan...

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court Friday reserved its judgment on the maintainability of cases related to the Krishna Janmasthan-Shahi Idgah dispute in Mathura. Several cases have been filed seeking the "removal" of the Shahi Idgah masjid which stands adjacent to the Krishna temple, with litigants claiming that the Aurangazeb-era mosque was built after the demolition of the...

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Kanyakumari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second day of his meditation Friday, performed 'Surya Arghya' at the time of sunrise at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, here. Modi carried out 'Surya Arghya,' a ritual associated with spiritual practice involving salutations to the Almighty, manifest in the form of sun and offered prayers with folded hands. A short...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military confirmed Friday that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel launched its ground assault into the city May 6, triggering an exodus of around 1 million Palestinians out of the city and throwing UN humanitarian operations based in the area into...