Rourkela: Odisha Police have busted an inter-state gambling racket in Rourkela and arrested two persons, besides seizing cash, gold ornaments and vehicles from their possession, officials said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a gambling den at Luakera village on the Odisha-Jharkhand border under Sector-15 police station limits. The arrested persons have been identified as Behan...

Bhubaneswar: A scooter rider sustained critical injuries after being struck by an ‘Ama Bus’ near Rama Devi University in Bhubaneswar Monday. According to source, the accident occurred when the bus allegedly rammed into the two-wheeler from behind while both vehicles were moving along the same road. The force of the impact threw the rider onto the road,...

Irbil (Iraq): Iraqi officials are working to identify the victims of a bus crash that killed 21 people over the weekend, a provincial official said Monday. A passenger bus crashed and burst into flames Sunday in southern Iraq, in the latest deadly accident on the country's poorly maintained roads. Fourteen of the bodies were burned beyond recognition...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday inaugurated a new 650-bed hospital of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and launched different developmental projects worth over Rs 430 crore in the tribal dominated Mayurbhanj district. During his one-day visit to Mayurbhanj, the chief minister said the state government was investing Rs 430.26 crore to further strengthen infrastructure...

Visakhapatnam: At least eight workers of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant) were killed and six others injured here Monday after molten iron spilt on them, officials said. Police said some of the injured workers suffered grievously. "Eight workers were killed, and six others were injured, some of them grievously," an official told PTI. We...

Tehran: Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, announced Monday the cessation of the Iranian armed forces' operations against Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. In a statement, the headquarters warned that any further Israeli "aggression and malicious acts," including in southern Lebanon, would trigger a much more "severe and crushing" response. Iran's President Monday...

Rourkela: Odisha Police Monday demolished houses of six drug peddlers in Rourkela city as part of the 'Nasha Mukt Odisha Drive', an officer said. Rourkela police and local administration carried out the joint eviction and demolition drive at Meena Pada within Plant Site police station amid tight security arrangements. During the operation, six houses allegedly linked to...

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday held a meeting with Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Sakina Itoo and discussed issues pertaining to teacher education institutions. He also reviewed the progress of school and higher education initiatives in the Union Territory. The meeting focused on teacher training, institutional development, skilling and other measures aimed at strengthening...

Visakhapatnam: At least six workers of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Vizag Steel Plant) were killed here Monday after molten iron spilt on them, officials said. According to the information shared with Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav by Visakhapatnam district health officials, till 6.30 pm Monday, the bodies of four people out of the six dead have reached...

Baripada: Days after a big cat killed a man in Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday asked people living near the Park not to enter the forest alone. Majhi said this while addressing a gathering, where he stated that Similipal is the lone place in the world to preserve pseudo-melanistic...