Bhubaneswar: Amid farmers' protest over alleged scarcity of urea in some parts of Odisha, the state government Sunday closed 30 fertiliser shops and suspended licences of 62 dealers during enforcement drives, an official statement said. To check the black marketing and stolen or fake fertilisers, enforcement teams, comprising officers from agriculture, revenue and police departments, have been...

New Delhi: Online gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) is going to significantly downsize its team in India, after the money games were banned under the new online gaming legislation. According to an internal email sent by MPL CEO Sai Srinivas to employees, “with a heavy heart, we have decided that we will be downsizing our India...

Servitors perform 'Sudarshan Ashram Bije' ritual in Puri   Local Self-Governance Day celebrated at Khallikote Unitary University ground in Berhampur Devotees carry Ganesh idol for immersion in Cuttack’s Devi Gada area  

Tianjin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin on Sunday and discussed perspectives on various issues. "Exchanged perspectives on diverse issues with Mr. Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan during our conversation in Tianjin earlier this evening," PM Modi stated in a post...

Tianjin (China): Maintenance of peace and tranquility at the border is like an insurance policy for India-China ties and Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed this position to Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. The two leaders held wide-ranging talks earlier in the day with a focus on rebuilding the bilateral relations that came...

New Delhi: Fresh downpour in parts of India Sunday compounded the woes of some flood-ravaged states, where swollen rivers inundated new areas, roads were blocked and educational institutions were closed. Punjab, which has been hit by flash floods, received fresh rain. In Uttarakhand, a rain-triggered landslide blocked tunnels of a power project in Pithoragarh, trapping 11 people....

New Delhi: Motor vehicle tax is compensatory in nature and if a vehicle is not used or not kept for use in a 'public place', then its owner should not be burdened with motor vehicle tax for such period, the Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan delivered its verdict on...

Berhampur: Seven people, including a retired police officer, were arrested Sunday in Odisha's Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in smuggling of leopard skin, police said. The accused were apprehended from a house in Bhanjanagar North Forest Division area and a private lodge, they said. A forest department team also recovered a seven-foot leopard skin, sharp weapons,...

Puri: Servitors and devotees Sunday welcomed the decision to install the wheels of the three chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra of the Puri Rath Yatra in the Parliament complex in Delhi. Speaking to IANS, one of the servitors at the 12th-century shrine, Somnath Khuntia, has said, "A few days back, Lok Sabha Speaker...

Bhubaneshwar: Odisha's canoeing player Rashmita Sahoo received a special mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, after which she expressed her joy and said she is determined to win a medal for India in the upcoming Asian Games. Rashmita, who currently serves as a constable in Odisha Police, is training at the...