Berhampur: Odisha forest officials have seized two fishing trawlers from Andhra Pradesh for alleged illegal fishing near the Rushikulya river mouth in Ganjam district, violating the seasonal ban, an official said Friday. The trawlers, containing over 70 kg of fish were seized, and eight fishermen were handed over to the Marine Fisheries Department, he said. To protect...

Bhubaneswar: A man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested by the Odisha Police for allegedly duping a resident of Angul district through an online fraud, officials said Friday. The accused, Md Adil, was arrested from Prayagraj district in Uttar Pradesh, they said. In his complaint, one Sukanta Kumar Pradhan alleged that he received an APK file named 'RTO...

New Delhi: India and Russia have signed agreements related to the mobility of skilled workers between the two countries for taking up employment and the granting of e-tourist visas to each other's citizens, according to a joint statement issued Friday after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin. The agreement between India and Russia...

New York: Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant's studio and streaming business for USD 72 billion. The acquisition, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry's biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its namesake television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and...

New Delhi: Twelve Indian Super League (ISL) clubs Thursday urged the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to resolve the crisis in the domestic game without any further delay, saying that the current situation risks rendering their "ongoing operations untenable". The Marketing Rights Agreement (MRA) between the AIFF and its commercial partner Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) --...

New Delhi: On a day when IndiGo cancelled more than 1,000 flights, the airline's CEO Pieter Elbers Friday said the situation is anticipated to normalise between December 10-15. Elbers, in a video message, apologised for the major inconvenience caused to the passengers due to the disruptions. "Regrettably, earlier measures of the last few days have proven not...

Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu Friday conveyed her warm wishes to Prof K Lakshmi Bai on her 100th birthday and lauded her extraordinary gesture of donating her self-earned savings of Rs 3.4 crore to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for cancer care. In an official letter to Prof Lakshmi Bai, Murmu appreciated her noble contribution and expressed confidence that AIIMS Bhubaneswar...

Mumbai: Pilots' body Airlines' Pilots Association (ALPA) India Friday took "strong" objection to safety regulator DGCA's "selective and unsafe" relief to domestic carrier IndiGo, amid widescale cancellations, saying the decision sets a dangerous precedent. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) earlier in the day granted IndiGo temporary exemption from stricter night duty rules for pilots. In...

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has set up a four-member committee to carry out a comprehensive review and assessment of the circumstances that led to the massive flight disruptions. The panel members are Joint Director General Sanjay K Bramhane, Deputy Director General Amit Gupta, Senior Flight Operations Inspector Captain Kapil Manglik and Flight Operations Inspector Captain Rampal,...

New Delhi:  The government Friday said it has decided to institute a high-level inquiry into the massive IndiGo disruption, which will examine what went wrong at the airline, determine accountability wherever required for appropriate actions, and recommend measures to prevent similar disruptions in the future, ensuring that passengers do not face such hardships again. As thousands of...