New Delhi: AISA president Neha Bora appeared before the special executive magistrate (SEM) at Mandir Marg Police Station Saturday, a day after the Delhi High Court dismissed her plea challenging a police notice directing her to execute a Rs 10,000 "peace bond" with one surety. During the proceedings, the magistrate, following the High Court's directions, provided Bora's...

Srinagar: Pakistan has saved Kashmiris by keeping the issue alive at international forums, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said Saturday, sparking a row, with the BJP castigating the comment as "seditious and anti-national." Abdullah said there is little hope for Kashmiris from the Centre. "What hope will you (people of J-K) have from them (Delhi)? Will...

Kendrapada: The carcass of a seven-foot-long female saltwater crocodile was found in the Brahmani River in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapada district Saturday, officials said. Locals spotted the carcass in the morning and alerted forest officials, who retrieved it and sent it to the Rajnagar veterinary facility for autopsy. "We will ascertain the cause of death...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said the state's urbanisation rate is expected to more than double to 40 per cent by 2036, and asserted that the BJP government has already commenced developing state-of-the-art infrastructure and establishing modern institutions to support this growth. CM Majhi was addressing a gathering after inaugurating the National Urban Conclave-2026...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday activated its disaster response and mitigation machinery as the well-marked low-pressure area was likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm and make landfall between the northern Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha coasts on the morning of October 28. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest bulletin, said the system over the Bay...

Baku: India and Uzbekistan discussed key issues on their bilateral agenda and stressed the need for timely implementation of agreements reached at the highest level during a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Azerbaijan's Baku. Jaishankar was in Azerbaijan Friday for a day-long visit to review bilateral ties. He...

Moscow/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have directed their governments to further expand bilateral cooperation, as India and Russia aim to increase bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, Ambassador Vinay Kumar has said. In an interview with Russian news agency TASS published on Saturday, Indian envoy Kumar said the two...

Kataka/Paralakhemundi: Orissa High Court has declined to grant interim protection from arrest to Bidyabharati Panda, wife of late Assistant Conservator of Forests Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, in connection with the case relating to his death. Panda had sought interim relief while her anticipatory bail application was pending before the court. Mohapatra suffered burn injuries at his residence in...

Imphal: For the first time since ethnic violence erupted in Manipur in May 2023, security forces have taken control of a camp meant to house Kuki-Zo militants under a nearly two-decade-old truce and plan to audit all 14 such camps across the state, top security officials said on Saturday. This rare takeover followed the discovery that only...

New Delhi: Supreme Court has said that courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected, while directing all states and authorities to undertake physical ground-truthing and demarcation of wetlands. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi said the water bodies, being a source of drinking water, are precious and would fall within...