Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday accused the ruling BJP of engaging in horse trading ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls in the state. Patnaik said this after BJD's former MP Ravindra Kumar Jena quit the regional outfit and joined the BJP Wednesday ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls March...

Bhubaneswar: With the hotel and restaurant industry reportedly getting hit by a shortage of LPG cylinders amid the Middle East war, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Wednesday said it is considering allowing eateries to use charcoal and firewood stoves, which were previously banned by the civic body. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, BMC Mayor Sulochana Das said the...

Islamabad: Pakistan Wednesday said its security forces have killed 641 Afghan Taliban operatives and injured over 855 in the ongoing military operation launched two weeks ago. Pakistan unleashed military action, codenamed Operation Ghazab lil-Haq (righteous fury), February 26 after the Afghan side attacked 53 locations on the 2,611 km-long border. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar...

Malkangiri: The Odisha forest department Wednesday seized 631 Indian flap shell turtles near the state's border with Andhra Pradesh during a special operation in Malkangiri district, an officer said. Acting on a tip-off, Forest Department personnel of the Motu range under Malkangiri forest division conducted a raid and seized the turtles stored in 38 plastic trays, said...

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Bhubaneswar: A day after quitting the opposition BJD, former MP Rabindra Kumar Jena Wednesday joined the ruling BJP in Odisha, citing the absence of a succession plan in the regional party. Jena, along with his supporters from Balasore, Bhadrak, and Mayurbhanj districts, joined the saffron party at its state headquarters here. He was welcomed by BJP state...

Cairo: An explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudanese paramilitaries struck a secondary school and a health care centre in southern Sudan Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, mostly schoolgirls, a hospital official and a medical group said. At least 10 people were wounded in the strike, according to Dr Musa al-Majeri, director of the Douiem Hospital, the nearest...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation Wednesday during which they discussed the situation in West Asia. The two ministers exchanged views on the situation surrounding Iran, calling for its rapid normalisation, the Russian foreign ministry said on its web portal. They emphasised their support for the Shanghai...

Berhampur (Odisha):  Odisha Police arrested five people on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the attack on a BJD leader and the chairperson of the Sheragada panchayat samiti (block) in Ganjam district. Leader of Opposition and BJD president Naveen Patnaik alleged that the chairman of the block samiti was allegedly injured by BJP goons Tuesday. The victim,...

New Delhi:  Signatures have been collected for a notice seeking a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on the ground of "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", among other charges, sources said. The notice is likely to be submitted to both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in a day or two, the sources...