New Delhi: The Election Commission Monday told the Supreme Court that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was undertaken in accordance with the law with the three orders on its roll-out approved unanimously by the Commission's three members, and rejected the contention that Form 6 had been amended. The Election Commission stated this in its...

Washington: Meta Platforms Monday launched offerings worth approximately $35 billion and outlined a further $60 billion share-sale programme to support its Artificial Intelligence expansion. The combined USD 95 billion figure represents planned financing, rather than money already raised. The larger, future programme remains conditional. The initial offerings comprise about $22.5 billion in common shares through forward sale...

Visakhapatnam: South Coastal Railway has cancelled 61 trains in view of cyclone ‘Arnab’, which is likely to cross the Andhra Pradesh coast October 28. South Coast Railway announced cancellation/short termination/short origination of several trains in the interest of passenger safety. Visakhapatnam-Kirandul and Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Night Express have been cancelled from October 29 to November 4. Visakhapatnam-Koraput Passenger will...

Baleshwar: The Opposition BJD and Congress have called separate shutdowns in Odisha's Jaleswar area Tuesday to protest the rape and murder of a girl earlier this month. The BJD has called a 12-hour bandh from 6 am, while the Congress has appealed for an eight-hour shutdown over the incident, which has triggered widespread outrage across the state....

Bhubaneswar: The state government is planning to modernise its land and property registration system by adopting a transparent, simplified, efficient, efficient and technology-driven digital framework to improve service delivery and make the process more citizen-friendly, State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Monday. Chairing a high-level meeting to discuss the modernisation of the registration system,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Chhatra Congress Monday accused the Mohan Charan Majhi government of misleading job aspirants, alleging irregularities in the Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission (OUSSSC) recruitment notification for 7,268 posts across various uniformed services. Addressing a press conference at the Pradesh Congress office, Students’ Congress president Bibhuti Bhushan Mohapatra alleged that the notification issued...

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of the Odisha Information Commission (OIC), led by State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) Manoj Kumar Parida, paid a courtesy call on Governor Brajmohan Ram at Lok Bhavan here Monday and highlighted the commission’s efforts to reduce the number of pending cases from 22,000 to 5,500 in just 18 months through a special drive. The...

Malkangiri: A youth who was detained by Haryana Police in connection with a drug peddling case and lodged in a hotel in Malkangiri town was found dead Monday morning, triggering tension in the locality. The deceased was identified as Tanup Dey of MV-65 village in the district. According to sources, Hansi Police of Haryana apprehended Dey from...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP workers Monday staged a demonstration Monday against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an event in Patna, and accused him of crossing all limits of political decorum. The party has launched a nationwide agitation after Kharge sparked a controversy with his statement, "Modi ka baap bhi jayega", in...

New Delhi: Premier India pacer Jasprit Bumrah is likely to feature in the third unofficial Test against New Zealand A, while Rishabh Pant is also in contention for a place in the playing XI for the match, starting November 7 in Lincoln, according to a report. Both players are currently training at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence...