Vadodara: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday appealed for greater self-reliance in consumption habits and financial discipline, including reduced dependence on imported goods, gold purchases, and fuel consumption, during his address in Vadodara.​ He urged citizens to support domestic products and strengthen local industries, stating: “Today’s need is to make 'Vocal for Local' a mass movement.”​ He said...

Bhubaneswar: Director General of Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police, Vinaytosh Mishra, Monday said the police would not hesitate to invoke the mob lynching section of the BNS in the case of the GRP constable beaten to death by a mob for allegedly attempting to rape a woman. Mishra said this after criticism from different quarters that...

Mogadishu: At least 31 people were killed and 30 others injured in inter-clan fighting that broke out in northern Somalia's Laashimo Valley last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) confirmed Monday. The fighting, which occurred between May 6 and 7, displaced approximately 9,000 people, 85 per cent of whom are women and children, according to...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manoj Agarwal, was Monday appointed as the state's new Chief Secretary. "The Governor is pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, IAS (WB-1990), Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal and ex officio Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs (Election), Department, Govt. of West Bengal, as Chief Secretary of West Bengal...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress Monday asked Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to convene an all-party meeting to deliberate on the spate of crimes across the state. The Congress Khurda district unit staged a demonstration before the Commissionerate Police headquarters protesting the lynching of a man in the outskirts of the city. They demanded action against senior officers for...

Bhubaneswar: A man was stabbed to death while another was seriously injured by miscreants during an altercation following a road rage incident in Odisha's Jharsuguda district Monday, police said. The incident took place at about 2 pm near Belpahar Fatak under the Belpahar police station area of the western Odisha district. The deceased was identified as Rahul...

New Delhi: India has no plans to ration fuel supplies despite ongoing disruptions in global energy markets, a top oil ministry official said Monday, adding that the country has maintained adequate inventories of crude products and LPG while diversifying imports to manage supply risks. "There is no need to panic. There are sufficient supplies. There is no...

Dharamsala: Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field against Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League match Monday. Australian left-arm medium pacer Ben Dwarshius will make his debut for PBKS, replacing an injured Lockie Ferguson. DC, meanwhile, made five changes, bringing in Abhishek Porel, Sahil Parekh, David Miller, Madhav Tiwary and Aaquib...

Nayagarh: A man was killed by assailants who also allegedly chopped off his right hand in Odisha's Nayagarh district Monday in a dispute over illegal mining of laterite stone, police said. The deceased was identified as Ajit Kumar Sahoo (38), a resident of Odagaon police station area in Nayagarh district. So far, two accused persons have been...

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the main opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday met R.S. Gopalan, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha, over the alleged illegal issuance of second ballot papers to BJP legislators and submitted a memorandum demanding the cancellation of two votes cast by the said MLAs during the recently held Rajya Sabha polls. The...