BJP, BJD hold separate programmes ahead of Parliament session on women’s reservation bill
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP and Opposition BJD Wednesday held separate programmes ahead of the three-day special session of Parliament on the Women's Reservation Bill, each claiming credit for championing women's empowerment. The BJP rank and file, including Chief Minister Mohan...
Food poisoning incident: Odisha govt orders probe, BJD calls Mayurbhanj bandh April 18
Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The Odisha government Wednesday ordered an investigation after one girl died and over 100 students fell ill after having a meal at a tribal residential school in Mayurbhanj, even as the BJD sought a judicial probe and warned of...
Teenaa Rath tops CBSE Class X board examination with perfect score
Bhubaneswar: Teenaa Rath, a student from Puri, has secured a perfect 500 out of 500 in the CBSE Class X board examination, results of which were declaredb Wednesday. Teenaa, a student of Mothers' Public School at Puri, scored 500 out...
RCB chase down 146 to defeat LSG by five wickets
Bengaluru: Pacer Rasikh Salam Dar (424 ) returned with a four-wicket haul as Royal Challengers Bengaluru produced a clinical performance to notch up a five-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL match Wednesday. Sent in to bat, LSG...
Two girls die as school boundary collapses
Paralakhemundi: Two girl students of a primary school died Wednesday after an iron gate and a supporting pillar collapsed on them in Odisha's Gajapati district, police said. The incident took place at the government primary school at Rubudisingh in Nuagada...
Iran threatens Gulf trade shutdown if blockade goes on
Cairo: Iranian state media reported that the commander of Iran's joint military command warned that Iran would completely block exports and imports across the Persian Gulf region, the Sea of Oman, and the Red Sea if the United States does not lift its blockade on Iranian ports. "Iran will act...
Read moreDetailsTrump slams Meloni, questions her stance on Iran war
Milan: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni was supposed to be Europe's bridge to US President Donald Trump. It may be burning. After chastising Pope Leo XIV, Trump turned his ire on Meloni, long one of his closest European allies, for calling his papal broadside unacceptable and not backing the US-Israel war on Iran. I thought she had courage, Trump said in an interview with the leading Italian daily Corriere della Sera. I...
Read moreDetailsPakistan delegation reaches Tehran for US-Iran conflict mediation
Islamabad: A Pakistani delegation, led by Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, reached Tehran on Wednesday as part of Islamabad's efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran. The Inter Services Public Relations, the media wing of the military, said in a statement that Munir is part of a delegation that also includes Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. Field Marshal Asim Munir…and Mr Mohsin Naqvi, Interior Minister,...
Read moreDetailsBlaze engulfs slum in Vikas Nagar, 200 huts gutted
Lucknow: A massive fire broke out at a slum cluster in the Vikas Nagar area of the state capital Wednesday evening, destroying about 200 shanties and causing widespread panic among locals. The fire was now largely under control, officials said, adding that no loss of life or serious injuries were reported in the initial assessment. The blaze, which started around late afternoon in a vacant plot near the Ring Road, spread...
Read moreDetailsIsrael strikes more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
Tel Aviv: Israel's military said Wednesday that it had struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon as it presses ahead with its aerial and ground war there despite the US-Iran ceasefire. Lebanon's National News Agency reported airstrikes and artillery shelling in multiple southern Lebanese locations Wednesday, including near Bint Jbeil, where Israeli forces have encircled Hezbollah fighters. The fighting in the south has continued after Israeli and Lebanese officials...
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BJP, BJD hold separate programmes ahead of Parliament session on women’s reservation bill
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJP and Opposition BJD Wednesday held separate programmes ahead of the three-day special session of Parliament on the Women's Reservation Bill, each claiming credit for championing women's empowerment. The BJP rank and file, including Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the proposed reservation for women in Parliament and state...
Food poisoning incident: Odisha govt orders probe, BJD calls Mayurbhanj bandh April 18
Bhubaneswar/Baripada: The Odisha government Wednesday ordered an investigation after one girl died and over 100 students fell ill after having a meal at a tribal residential school in Mayurbhanj, even as the BJD sought a judicial probe and warned of a 12-hour bandh in the district April 18 if their demand was not met. Acting on Chief...
Teenaa Rath tops CBSE Class X board examination with perfect score
Bhubaneswar: Teenaa Rath, a student from Puri, has secured a perfect 500 out of 500 in the CBSE Class X board examination, results of which were declaredb Wednesday. Teenaa, a student of Mothers' Public School at Puri, scored 500 out of 500 in the examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in February-March this...
RCB chase down 146 to defeat LSG by five wickets
Bengaluru: Pacer Rasikh Salam Dar (424 ) returned with a four-wicket haul as Royal Challengers Bengaluru produced a clinical performance to notch up a five-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL match Wednesday. Sent in to bat, LSG never found momentum, with Mitchell Marsh (40 off 32) and Ayush Badoni (38 off 24) being the...
Trump slams Meloni, questions her stance on Iran war
Milan: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni was supposed to be Europe's bridge to US President Donald Trump. It may be burning. After chastising Pope Leo XIV, Trump turned his ire on Meloni, long one of his closest European allies, for calling his papal broadside unacceptable and not backing the US-Israel war on Iran. I thought she had courage,...
PM Balendra Shah’s India visit to finalise after ‘consultations’: Nepal FM Shisir Khanal
Kathmandu: Prime Minister Balendra Shah's visit to India will be finalised only after the external affairs ministries of both countries hold consultations, Nepal's Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal said. Khanal said that Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has sent an invitation to Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah "Balen" to visit India. "It is highly natural...
