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Bhubaneswar: Ananta Charan Behera went to his former workplace, the Odisha Assembly, Thursday to have a glimpse of President Droupadi Murmu, but was utterly surprised when she spotted him in the crowd and called him by his name. Behera, a retired grade IV employee, was posted as a 'jamadar' in Murmu's office when she was the commerce...

Sambalpur: Odisha Police Thursday arrested a man for allegedly duping investors of around Rs 50 crore by promising high returns, officials said. The accused has been identified as Madhusudan Baral (36), a native of the Khetarajpur police station area in Sambalpur district. He was arrested in connection with a case registered at Sambalpur Sadar police station following...

Guwahati: Assam Assembly Thursday passed a bill to ban polygamy, making it an offence which may lead to a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment, barring some exceptions. Terming the development a step closer to the Uniform Civil Code, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the UCC will be implemented in Assam if he becomes the CM...

Srinagar: Police in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday inspected madrassas and mosques across Srinagar as part of an ongoing crackdown against individuals and networks associated with terrorist organisations to dismantle the terror support ecosystem in the region and strengthen de-radicalisation efforts. Police have intensified raids in various parts of the valley as part of a crackdown to dismantle...

Beijing/Hong Kong: Firefighters battled for a second day Thursday to contain a massive inferno that ripped through seven high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong, as the death toll climbed to 75 and over 280 people remained missing in what officials described as the city's worst disaster in 70 years. Some 76 people were injured, including 15 in...

Bengaluru: The tug-of-war between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar over the CM post turned into a war of words Thursday as the two faced off over keeping up a promise. Amid intensifying power tussle, Shivakumar insisted that "word power is world power," prompting a witty repartee from Siddaramaiah who said, "A word is not...

New Delhi: Star India all-rounder Deepti Sharma emerged as the costliest buy of the 2026 WPL mega auction while other ODI World Cup standouts, Shree Charani and Laura Wolvaardt, also walked away with hefty pay cheques in New Delhi Thursday. The seasoned Deepti expectedly fetched the big bucks with UP Warriorz using the Right to Match (RTM)...

Cuttack/Bhubaneswar: Salaries of 91 senior officers of Odisha's Cuttack district, including that of the SP (Rural), were withheld for allegedly failing to resolve public grievances lodged with the CM's Grievance Cell (CMGC), according to official documents. The additional district magistrate sent a letter to the district treasury, directing it to withhold the salary of these officers. The...

Bhubaneswar: Orissa High Court Thursday quashed a government policy that empowered MPs and MLAs to recommend the transfer of teachers in their constituencies. The court observed that the policy had "the potential of creating a seamless nexus between political parties/candidates and the community of teachers." The government policy, adopted in May, had allowed MPs and MLAs to...