By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the block development officers (BDOs) of Danagadi and Sukinda in Jajpur district from carrying out further construction of government schools on forest-category land without obtaining the requisite statutory approvals, official sources said Monday. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the block development officers (BDOs)...

Washington: US President Donald Trump blamed the Iran war, higher petrol prices, and unpopular candidates for Republican midterm election losses, but defended the military action and said he was not looking to escalate the conflict. In an interview with Ross Douthat for CBS News’ '60 Minutes', Trump acknowledged voters’ unhappiness with the war while arguing that preventing...

New Delhi: Delhi Police has served a notice to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, asking her to record her statement in a 2013 case linked to a confrontation with police during a Trinamool Congress protest in the national capital, police sources said on Monday. Banerjee has been issued the notice in her capacity as a...

New York: Age is just a number when passion takes flight! Proving that adventure has no age limit, 74-year-old American Richard “Rich” Greenwood has soared into the record books as the oldest man to complete a wingsuit flight, earning recognition from Guinness World Records. Greenwood, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, achieved the remarkable feat on June...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Monday held a conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with discussions focused on the Ukraine conflict and ongoing diplomatic initiatives. “Spoke this evening with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of Russia. Our conversation focused on the Ukraine conflict and ongoing diplomatic initiatives,” EAM Jaishankar posted on X. The conversation...

New Delhi: More than one lakh trees will be cut and around 470 hectares of ‘unclassified forest’ land will be diverted as the Union Environment Ministry’s forest advisory committee (FAC) has given its approval for establishment of 1,000-MW Naying Hydro Electric Project on Siyom River – a tributary of the Siyang River – in Arunachal Pradesh. The...

Koraput: The lone Congress MP from Odisha, Saptagiri Ulaka, has announced that he would oppose all new bauxite mining projects in undivided Koraput district, including the one proposed at Nageswari, and stated that the interests of tribal communities cannot be compromised. The Koraput MP also alleged that the BJP government was promoting mining projects at the cost...

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Baripada: A tusker was found dead in a farmland in Karamghutu area under Dukura forest section of Baripada Forest Division in Mayurbhanj district, with officials suspecting that it may have been electrocuted by an illegally laid electric wire. Forest department officials reached the spot and launched an investigation. The wire was allegedly laid across the farmland to...

Kataka: Four persons were arrested Monday for allegedly manhandling Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ananya Awasthi during a confrontation over bursting of firecrackers in Kataka on Diwali night. The arrests were made by Lalbag police in connection with the incident at Nayasadak, where an altercation reportedly broke out between police personnel and local residents over violation of...