Bhubaneswar: The Odisha assembly Monday passed an appropriation bill, allowing the state government to spend Rs 17,440 crore from its consolidated funds during the 2025-26 financial year. The Odisha Appropriation Bill (No. 2), 2025, was passed by voice vote, amid a walkout by opposition BJD and the Congress, who alleged that the state budget was visionless. Speaking...

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of primary school teachers of Odisha have been staging a protest in front of the state Assembly, which is in session, demanding fulfilment of their demands, including a pay hike. They demanded upgradation of teacher posts to level-2 and provision of salary at Rs 35,400 with Rs 4,200 grade pay, and grant of regular service...

Intense practice session of the South Africa team ahead of 1st T20 match at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Panaji/New Delhi: Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of the Goa nightclub wanted in connection with the fire tragedy that claimed 25 lives at the facility, have fled to Thailand, prompting police to seek the help of Interpol to trace them, officials said here Monday. According to a statement issued by the Goa Police, the owners of...

Tokyo: A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan Monday, triggering a tsunami of up to 40 centimetres in coastal communities in the region, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency said the magnitude quake struck just east of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main Honshu island, and just south of Hokkaido island. It said a...

Berhampur: Two persons from West Bengal were arrested by police in Odisha's Ganjam district Monday for allegedly smuggling ganja, officials said. The duo used plastic cricket bats and school bags to hide the contraband, they said. Personnel of the Government Railway Police (GRP) in Berhampur, in coordination with the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Khurda, arrested the accused...

Nowadays, multiple videos and news reports have surfaced showing the poor and bad-quality government infrastructure. A similar video has appeared in which roads are constructed using substandard materials, and people are tearing up the roads like a piece of cake. One such video emerged from Jhanakali village in Barmer, Rajasthan, where a newly constructed road was built...

New Delhi: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up Jawaharlal Nehru's "mistakes", Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday called for a debate in the Lok Sabha on the "insults" and "complaints" against the country's first prime minister to "close the chapter" on it once and for all. "And after that, let us discuss today's...

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh’s namesake wife was Monday suspended from the primary membership of the party for the “Rs 500 crore CM” remark. His wife and Congress leader Navjot Kaur Sidhu claimed that it “costs Rs 500 crore to become Punjab CM”. She was placed under suspension by PPCC chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring. Her...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 3,486 cybercrime cases involving forgery of Rs 222.09 crore were reported in Odisha in the last 16 months, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly Monday. In a written reply, Majhi said the state also recorded 69 digital arrest cases during the period. As many as 727 persons involved in cyber fraud...