New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio here Monday and discussed a range of bilateral and international issues of "current concern". The meeting at Lotte New York Palace on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly is the first face-to-face interaction between them following President Donald...

Berhampur: Restoration work at Kalinga Ghat, a stretch of NH-157 connecting Ganjam and Kandhamal districts, was hit due to a fresh landslide Monday, an official said. The stretch was badly damaged after massive landslides September 16. While several huge rocks rolled down the hills due to fresh rainfall, other rocks were hanging precariously, National Highway Authority of...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday lauded the performance of the previous BJD government headed by him for Odisha being recognised as the third-highest revenue surplus state in India during 2022-23 fiscal. As per a report prepared by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), analysing 10-year data from 2013-14 financial year, Odisha has third largest revenue surplus in...

International Theatre Bhubaneswar performs Sakuntala on the occasion of the National Drama Festival at Rabindra Mandap, organised by Odisha Natya Sangha Monday Servitors carry Lord Durga Madhab from Srimandir to Narayan Temple in Dolamandap Sahi, Puri, for the occasion of Gupta Gundicha

Ottawa: Khalistani extremist Inderjit Singh Gosal, regarded as a close aide and right-hand man of terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, has reportedly been arrested in Ottawa on multiple charges related to firearms possession, several reports indicated Monday. Gosal rose to prominence as a key Canadian organiser for the US-based Khalistani outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) after the killing...

Washington: Tech giant Oracle will receive a copy of TikTok's algorithm to operate for US users, according to a senior official in President Donald Trump's administration Monday. Determining next steps for the algorithm, currently owned by the Beijing-based ByteDance, has been one of the most closely watched issues during negotiations over TikTok's future. The Trump administration official,...

Bhawanipatna: A 35-year-old man and his two children, aged 10 and 8 years, were killed, while his wife was critically injured when the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a pickup van in Odisha's Kalahandi district Monday, police said. The incident took place near Deheli in Narla police station area, an officer said, adding the family...

Guwahati: A second postmortem of singer Zubeen Garg's body will be conducted Tuesday morning at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) following demands from certain sections of Assam people, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday. The first autopsy was conducted in Singapore, where Garg died by drowning on September 19. His last rites will be performed...

Mumbai: A special court here Monday refused bail to an alleged Lawrence Bishnoi gang member held in connection with the shooting incident at actor Salman Khan's residence last year. The bail plea of Mohammed Rafiq Sardar Chaudhari was rejected by Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) court judge Mahesh Jadhav. The detailed order has not been...

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to initiate appropriate legal action, including the lodging of an FIR, against actor Ranbir Kapoor, producers of the web series 'Ba***ds of Bollywood', and the OTT platform Netflix over promotion of banned e-cigarettes. A Bench presided by NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo took cognisance...