Bhubaneswar: No candidate withdrew from the race for the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha on the last day for withdrawal of nominations Monday, leaving five nominees in the fray for four seats and setting the stage for a contest after a gap of 12 years, officials said. The candidates in the fray are Manmohan Samal and Sujeet...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has directed officials to expedite pending disciplinary inquiries against officers of the Odisha Administrative Service (Junior Branch) and the Odisha Revenue Service. The Revenue and Disaster Management department has asked authorities to submit all pending investigation reports by March 31. In a letter issued to concerned authorities, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue...

Jamankira/Keonjhar/Jatni/Rajgangpur: As many as eight persons, including a toddler, were killed in separate incidents of road mishaps in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Khurda and Sundargarh districts Monday. In the first incident, three youths were killed after a truck collided head-on with their motorcycle near Dimirimunda Chhak under Badrama panchayat on NH-53 in Sambalpur district Monday. The deceased were identified...

Berhampur: Family members of a migrant worker from Odisha, who died in his workplace in Qatar, appealed to the government to bring his body back to his village in Ganjam district. The Arab country has been affected by the West Asia conflict. An officer of Ganjam district said Monday that a preliminary inquiry into his death was...

Odissi performance during the International Women’s Day celebration organised by Nari Surakshya and Ashirbad at Gandhi Bhawan in Bakharabad Play 'Sampark' staged by Rangam during Ananya Natya Utsav at Rabindra Mandap

New Delhi: The government has increased the minimum waiting period for booking a domestic LPG cylinder refill from 21 days to 25 days to prevent hoarding, as there were signs of panic buying taking place in the market amid the uncertainties due to the Iran war. Officials said that there is a sufficient supply of LPG available...

Dubai: Iran has launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries while more than a week of heavy US and Israeli bombardment continues. Iranian state TV announced early Monday that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has been named supreme leader in defiance of threats by US President Donald Trump. Khamenei, who is seen as even more hard-line than his...

Abu Dhabi: The UAE's Ministry of Defence said Monday that its air defences detected 15 ballistic missiles, of which 12 were destroyed, while three fell into the sea. According to the statement released by UAE's Ministry of Defence amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, 18 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were detected, of which 17 were intercepted...

Tehran: The Indian Embassy in Tehran Monday advised its nationals in Iran not to approach any of the land borders for travelling outside the country without prior coordination with the Embassy. The Embassy said that it will not be able to help Indian nationals after they have travelled out of Iran and are not able to enter...

Kolkata: The West Indies and South Africa cricket teams are scheduled to leave India for their home Tuesday after being stuck in the country following their unsuccessful T20 World Cup campaigns due to travel restrictions owing to the Middle East conflict. It has been learnt that only West Indies coach Darren Sammy is expected to leave tonight...