Baripada: A private tutor was arrested in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district for allegedly killing his 14-year-old student, whose family warned him after getting to know about his advances, police said Sunday. The 39-year-old man was the girl's private tutor. When her family got to know of his advances, they warned him, an officer said. Humiliated, the man asked...

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling Sunday asked the officers concerned to ensure that all government-run hospitals have functional fire extinguishing equipment. The minister's direction followed a fire incident that took place at the trauma care ICU of the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack early March 16, leaving 12 patients dead. Mahaling...

Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will Monday virtually address a conference that will see experts from the two sides deliberate on navigating the choppy waters amid tension in the Gulf region. The one-day conference organised by the Embassy of India in Moscow and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) is...

New Delhi: The Congress Sunday announced its fifth and final list of seven candidates for the Assam Assembly elections. With this, the party has declared candidates for 101 of the 126 seats in the state Assembly. The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress has selected the Congress candidates for the ensuing elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly,...

Berhampur: Panic gripped villagers in Patrapur block of Odisha's Ganjam district after a video of a suspected leopard sitting atop a nearby hill went viral on social media. Forest officials, however, said they did not find any pug mark or receive any report of cattle being lifted by the big cat in the area when they conducted...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday unveiled 141 water resources projects worth Rs 2,612 crore. Addressing the programme, which was organised on the occasion of World Water Day, Majhi said his government's aim was to remove gender inequality in water management and strengthen the rural economy. Water security is the prime condition for building a...

Fairfield: Although President Donald Trump is the top Democratic nemesis, some of the party's most ambitious leaders are increasingly looking past him and at Vice President JD Vance. In the latest example, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear travelled to Vance's home county in Ohio, where Saturday night he said the vice president had abandoned the communities that he...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday that the recent missile attacks on Diego Garcia show that Iran has the capacity to reach deep into Europe and poses a danger to the entire world. Netanyahu was visiting the southern Israeli city of Arad, which faced Iranian missile strikes Saturday evening, when he also said his country and...

Chennai: Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who is overseeing the BJP's election affairs in Tamil Nadu, is set to arrive in Chennai March 23 for key discussions aimed at finalising seat-sharing arrangements within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). His visit comes at a critical juncture, with negotiations among alliance partners yet to reach a conclusion despite the fast-approaching...