Bhubaneswar: Amid a noisy walkout and tearing up of papers by the opposition, the Odisha Assembly on Monday passed a resolution for applying a central Act on water prevention. Opposition BJD and the Congress opposed the resolution moved by Forest Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia in the Assembly. Earlier, the state cabinet November 21,...

Nairobi: Sexual abuse in Pakistan’s madrassas forms part of a wider pattern of exploitation, with some institutions implicated in child trafficking -- recruiting boys under the guise of religious education and pushing them into forced labour, militancy, or domestic servitude, a report said Monday. It added that the absence of oversight enables these networks to operate with...

Moscow: The Russian parliament's lower house will Tuesday hold a ratification vote on a key defence pact with India, according to parliamentary sources. The vote on the India-Russia Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement (RELOS) will be held ahead of President Vladimir Putin's state visit to India. As part of preparations for Putin's visit, which will begin Thursday,...

Kathmandu: Heavy damage to several hotel properties during Gen-Z protests in early September does not appear to have dented foreign tourists’ enthusiasm for visiting Nepal, as the country welcomed over one million foreign visitors by November this year. According to statistics released by the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) Monday, Nepal received a total of 1,060,269 foreign tourists...

The inauguration ceremony of the 51st  annual athletic meet of BJEM School held in Bhubaneswar

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will sit for a second breakfast meeting in a week, as Shivakumar has invited the Chief Minister to his home December 2. Giving push to ‘breakfast diplomacy’, fully backed by the Congress central leadership, Shivakumar said that the ‘naati koli’ (country chicken) dish, said to be...

Bhubaneswar: The per capita debt burden in Odisha stood at Rs 26,978 till the end of October of the current financial year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the state assembly Monday. In a written reply to a question by BJP legislator Tankadhar Tripathy, the chief minister said the total outstanding public debt of the state government...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Congress Monday submitted a notice to the Odisha Assembly Speaker seeking passage of a resolution to enhance the existing reservation quota in jobs and education for various communities in the state. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, Congress Legislature Party leader Rama Chandra Kadam said there is an urgent need to remove the...

New Delhi: Late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's mother Monday told the Delhi High Court that instead of grieving his death, his wife Priya Kapur made every move to take control of his assets. Sunjay's mother Rani Kapur said she was never told about her son's will, which is silent on the existence of his mother, even though he...

Bhubaneswar: The Raj Bhavan in Odisha has been officially renamed as ‘Lok Bhavan', Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati said Monday. The renaming, effective from December 1, was approved based on a directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs. "Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar and Raj Bhavan, Puri are renamed as Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar and Lok Bhavan, Puri respectively for all...