New Delhi: Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday extended greetings on World Sanskrit Day, highlighting the ancient language's enduring contribution to India's knowledge, philosophy, culture and intellectual traditions. VP Radhakrishnan described Sanskrit as the “timeless language of India's knowledge, philosophy, and civilisation”, while PM Modi said the language has been a continuous carrier...

Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 469 Friday, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations continued for the third day following the disaster. In a statement, Nepal Police said the bodies were recovered from eight districts of the Himalayan nation. According to the police, 178 dead bodies have been...

Toronto/New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said India and Canada have an opportunity to deepen financial-sector cooperation and build long-term investment partnerships, as she highlighted the complementarity between the two economies. Addressing a high-level India-Canada Business Roundtable in Toronto in the presence of Canadian Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne, FM Sitharaman said India...

Mumbai: The benchmark equity indices opened higher Friday, supported by gains in information technology stocks, while investors remained cautious ahead of US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s remarks at the Jackson Hole Symposium. During early trade, the Sensex was trading 193.02 points, or 0.25 per cent, higher at 77,126.61, while the Nifty gained 33.80 points, or 0.14...

Bhubaneswar: More than 1.03 crore eligible women beneficiaries under Subhadra scheme will receive the fifth instalment Friday. A 1,03,26,162 beneficiaries are eligible to receive Rs 5,000 each through direct benefit transfer (DBT), involving a total transfer of more than Rs 5,160 crore, an official said. The instalment will be disbursed at a special programme in Nayagada district...

The auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan August 28, 2026 will also mark the tenth Shraddha Barshiki of Shri Govind Tej, a veritable legend of Odia cinema. In this intervening decade, his towering presence is deeply missed as Odisha lost one of the truest artists it ever produced. And yet, it feels as if he has only just...

Bhubaneswar: The Dandakaranya Vikasha Mahamancha (DVM) has urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to immediately halt the reported process of identifying and transferring 106 acres of state government land to Andhra Pradesh (AP) for the proposed Neradi Barrage Project on the Vansadhara River. In a letter to the CM, the civil society organisation expressed concern over the...

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has issued a contempt notice to retired DGP Y B Khurania for his alleged “deliberate disobedience” in honouring an order and submitting a misleading affidavit regarding the reinstatement of a police sub-inspector (SI). Issuing the notice a week after Khurania retired from service, Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra said though the matter is...

By NARESH CHANDRA PATTANAYAK, OP Kendujhar: The Municipal Government High School in Ward No. 1 of the old town area of Kendujhargada Municipality is functioning in a hazardous condition with dilapidated classrooms, leaking roofs and inadequate basic facilities. The school’s old asbestos-roofed classrooms have deteriorated badly with rainwater leaking and disrupting classes during the monsoon. Parents have...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday questioned the state government’s decision to introduce biometric attendance for college students, saying it should first address the basic deficiencies plaguing higher education. BJD spokesperson and media coordinator Lenin Mohanty said the proposal was misplaced at a time when the academic environment in colleges had allegedly deteriorated over the...