Baleshwar: A 39-year-old man from Assam died after falling ill while travelling on the Vivek Express and being taken off the train at Baleshwar railway station Monday night. The deceased was identified as Arup Biswas, a resident of Assam. He was returning home from Chennai when he suddenly fell ill during the journey. According to his acquaintance...

Baisinga: Police arrested seven people from Baleshwar district for allegedly attempting to rob a Union Bank branch at Managobindapur under Baisinga police station in Mayurbhanj district, after the bank’s advanced anti-theft security system alerted officials to the break-in. The incident took place late Monday night when the bank was closed for a prolonged holiday period. While the...

Puri: A mega awareness campaign against single-use plastics was held at Puri Sea Beach Tuesday under Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), bringing together tourists, students and local residents to promote sustainable lifestyles and encourage collective action against plastic pollution. The campaign was organised by the EIACP Hub, Centre for Environmental Studies (CES), Forest, Environment and Climate Change...

SOUMYARANJAN ROUT, OP Bhubaneswar: As the international book fair in Abu Dhabi continues to attract many book lovers from September 11, several renowned Indian publishing houses are participating in the literary extravaganza. And BK Publications is the sole publishing house from Odisha at this prestigious international platform, helping to open up a new opportunity to introduce Odia...

New Delhi: Nitish Kumar Reddy (3/24) and Arshdeep Singh (2/35) led India's charge but Afghanistan fought back late in the innings to post 159 for 8 in the second T20I here Tuesday. Rashid Khan struck three fours and a six to make 28 off 16 balls, while Mohammad Nabi contributed 20 off 14 balls with two fours...

RABI NARAYAN JENA Bhubaneswar: The state’s fiscal deficit in 2025-26 was Rs 23,650.89 crore, as revealed a recent report submitted by Odisha Principal Accountant General (PAG) to the Finance Department. It was marginally lower than the Rs 25,042 crore recorded in 2024-25. On the one hand, the state government is stepping up efforts to put Odisha on...

New Delhi: The new UPI framework introduced has no impact on any person-to-person transactions as UPI will continue to remain completely free for these, irrespective of the amount transferred, according to an explainer issued by the Finance Ministry Tuesday. Payments to merchants up to Rs 2,000, along with transactions covered under the zero-MDR framework for small merchants,...

New Delhi: The government Tuesday set a 0.4 per cent charge on UPI payments above Rs 2,000 to merchants and capped the fee at Rs 300 for payments of Rs 75,000 and above as it rolled out a framework for large digital merchant payments. The move ends the zero-MDR regime that has been in place since January...

Washington: President Donald Trump Tuesday went after the US Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year's midterms, saying justices who opposed him were "not the people I interviewed." The Trump administration had made a last-minute push to have the US Postal Service play a central role in deciding who would...

Dubai: A Houthi official said Tuesday that Saudi warplanes struck Yemen, killing three people, including two children, while Human Rights Watch accused the Houthi rebels of possible war crimes with its attacks on commercial vessels. The renewed fighting in Yemen is endangering civilians and threatening shipping through the Red Sea, a route that has become more important...