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Pune: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah Sunday condemned the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for making "anti-India" statements at an international conference, accusing him of trying to malign the country's image out of frustration over repeated electoral defeats. Union Minister Shah was speaking at the "bhoomi pujan" ceremony of the NHEC Multi-State Cooperative Society and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in several districts from November 18 as a depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by November 17, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Sunday. The system, centred over the southeast and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal at...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced development projects worth Rs 161 crore for Malkangiri district while addressing the state-level celebration of Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, marking the 151st birth anniversary of tribal freedom fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Addressing a large gathering in Malkangiri, the Chief Minister said tribal communities are among the most important sections of...

Baleshwar: The Odisha Police Sunday arrested a shopkeeper and his father for allegedly beating a boy to death in Odisha's Baleshwar district, officials said. The body of the 11-year-old boy was found in an under-construction market complex room near the Tentulia gram panchayat office Saturday, they said. The duo was apprehended after irate villagers ransacked the shop...

Barhampur: The carcass of a wild elephant calf was found in a forest in Odisha's Ganjam district Sunday, a forest official said. The one-and-a-half-year-old calf got separated from its herd Saturday and its carcass was found in Bhaleri forest under Khallikote forest range, Barhampur Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sunny Khokkar said. Preliminary investigation revealed that the female...

Srinagar: Joint forces started a focused operation Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district as the Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat, and Inspector General of Police (IGP) (Kashmir zone) Sujit Kumar also reached the spot, officials said. Security forces have been carrying out massive operations in Kulgam and adjacent districts after November 11 when two...

Kyiv: Restrictions on Ukraine's Starshield satellite communications system are hindering its ability to intercept Russian drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. He warned that limitations on the system, operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, could weaken defences around Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of the winter months, when Moscow has repeatedly targeted the power grid. Ukraine's interceptor drones continue...

Los Angeles: Actor and comedian, Kevin Hart once recollected his wild time at a male strip club where he was attached for a stand up act. An old clip from ‘The Graham Norton Show’ has resurfaced on the Internet, and it shows the actor and comedian recollecting his early days in the business. He said, “I mean,...

Beijing: China has upgraded its VT-4 main battle tank, a key component of the Pakistan Army's armoured fleet, with cutting-edge technologies, including its armour-protection weapon station and electronic equipment, according to a media report. The new version, which will be displayed at next month's Zhuhai airshow, is believed to be designated as VT-4B, indicating significant upgrades over...