Odisha seafood exports to Middle East fall 14.5% in FY26: Minister
Bhubaneswar: The export value of fish, shrimp and other seafood items from Odisha to the Middle East region declined by 14.57 per cent in 2025-26, resulting in a loss of approximately Rs 23.40 crore compared to the previous year's export...
Congress announces Odisha bandh over MMDR Act after dussehra
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) has announced a statewide bandh and a seven-day economic blockade after Dussehra to protest the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Amendment Act, 2026. The party said it would announce details, including...
Heavy rain lashes Odisha as deep depression approaches coast; 3,500 people evacuated
Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain lashed southern and coastal Odisha Wednesday under the influence of an approaching deep depression, prompting authorities to move at least 3,500 people to safety. The intensity of rainfall in Odisha, which is witnessing showers since Tuesday, has...
Oppn MLAs create ruckus in Odisha Assembly demanding edu min’s resignation over errors in textbooks
Bhubaneswar: Opposition MLAs Wednesday created a ruckus in the Odisha Assembly demanding the resignation of School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond over errors in school textbooks, leading to the adjournment of the House till 4 pm. As soon as...
Asian Games: Jay Meena bags historic bronze in men’s soft tennis
Nagoya: Jay Meena Wednesday bagged India's first-ever medal in soft tennis at the Asian Games after losing to Takuya Kurosaka of Japan 2-4 in the semifinal in Nagoya. Meena had secured India's first-ever medal in the soft tennis at the...
All orders, decisions taken by EC carry full legal sanctions; differing views normal: EC statement
New Delhi: Under fire over red flags raised by two of its Commissioners over the SIR process, the Election Commission Wednesday asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution and all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures. In...
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday delivered a split verdict on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a Constitution Bench. While Justice Dipankar Datta rejected the plea for reference to a larger Bench, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma held that the challenge raises a substantial question of constitutional interpretation that has not...
Read moreDetailsForm 6 changes ‘illegal’, two former CECs raise questions over SIR and EC functioning
New Delhi: Terming the SIR a "Frankenstein which has created fear in the minds of voters", former chief election commissioner O P Rawat Wednesday said changes to the statutory voter registration Form 6 are "absolutely wrong and illegal". Another former CEC, S Y Quraishi, questioned whether elections could be held on electoral rolls prepared through a legally flawed revision exercise. The two former CECs were reacting to a report in The...
Read moreDetailsBanks to remain open Sunday for customers’ convenience in view of proposed strike
New Delhi: All banks, including Regional Rural Banks, will remain open Sunday for the convenience of customers in view of a strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), finance ministry said in a statement Wednesday. The UFBU, which claims to represent 90 per cent of the banking workforce, is set to go on a three-day strike beginning September 28, primarily seeking a 5-day banking week, among other demands....
Read moreDetails‘Vote Chori’ attack on constitution, BJP-RSS-EC committed treason: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said 'vote chori' is a direct attack on the Constitution, and the BJP, the RSS and the Election Commission who organised it have committed an act of treason. Justice will be served, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha said. Gandhi's assertions came after The Indian Express revealed that questions were repeatedly raised on issues related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of...
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Karti Chidambaram opposes TVK candidates for Tamil Nadu bypolls
Madurai: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said Wednesday that he is not in favour of the candidates fielded by the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) for the upcoming bypolls in Madurantakam and Dharapuram Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu. Both the candidates fielded by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led TVK, K. Maragatham Kumaravel and P. Sathyabama, had won the...
Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of Patna HC rape judgment
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a Patna High Court judgment that acquitted a man convicted of attempted rape, after observing that the allegations -- including an attempt to remove the victim’s salwar, undressing himself and physically molesting her -- constituted an offence of outraging a woman’s modesty under Section 354 of...
SC gives split verdict on CEC, EC appointment law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday delivered a split verdict on whether petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) should be referred to a Constitution Bench. While Justice Dipankar Datta rejected the plea for reference to a larger Bench, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma...
Odisha seafood exports to Middle East fall 14.5% in FY26: Minister
Bhubaneswar: The export value of fish, shrimp and other seafood items from Odisha to the Middle East region declined by 14.57 per cent in 2025-26, resulting in a loss of approximately Rs 23.40 crore compared to the previous year's export earnings, a minister told the state Assembly Wednesday. According to data received from the Marine Products Export...
Form 6 changes ‘illegal’, two former CECs raise questions over SIR and EC functioning
New Delhi: Terming the SIR a "Frankenstein which has created fear in the minds of voters", former chief election commissioner O P Rawat Wednesday said changes to the statutory voter registration Form 6 are "absolutely wrong and illegal". Another former CEC, S Y Quraishi, questioned whether elections could be held on electoral rolls prepared through a legally...
Kejriwal seeks cancellation of SIR, past elections, demands CEC’s arrest
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and cancellation of elections held in the past few years and also that of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Kejriwal's scathing attack at the...
SLINEX-26: India, Sri Lanka navies undertake joint maritime operations off Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam: Navies of India and Sri Lanka carried out seamanship evolutions, air operations, night replenishment at sea, and special forces drills during the sea phase of the bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-26 off Visakhapatnam. The 13th edition of SLINEX-26, which kicked off September 17, began with the harbour phase and was followed by the sea phase. "SLINEX 26...
Mass shooting at house in South Africa leaves 11 dead, 3 injured
Cape Town: Three shooters killed at least 11 people, including a woman who was believed to be pregnant, in an attack at a house party in South Africa, police said Wednesday. Three others were wounded in the mass shooting late Tuesday night in KwaMakhutha township around 30 kilometres south of the city of Durban on the east...
All orders, decisions taken by EC carry full legal sanctions; differing views normal: EC statement
New Delhi: Under fire over red flags raised by two of its Commissioners over the SIR process, the Election Commission Wednesday asserted that differing views and observations are a normal part of deliberation in any institution and all its orders carry full legal sanction and follow established statutory procedures. In a statement, the EC also said that...
Telangana CM responds to actor Nani’s request for ‘The Paradise’ premiere visit
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy Wednesday responded to actor Nani’s request for permission to visit a theatre at RTC X Roads in Hyderabad for the premiere show of his movie The Paradise. In a post on ‘X’, Chief Minister asked the actor to submit an official application to the police station concerned. He wrote that...
