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Dubai: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will "increase significantly" in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after US President Donald Trump said he was considering "winding down" military operations in the Mideast even as the United States announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region and Iran threatened to...

Kyiv: A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia Saturday killed at least two people, an official said, ahead of expected US-Ukraine talks. A man and a woman were killed and six people wounded, including two children, when a Russian drone hit a private house, Zaporizhzhia regional head Ivan Fedorov said. Meanwhile, Russian strikes on...

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has ramped up its investigation into major alleged bank fraud cases linked to the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADA Group), summoning top executives for detailed questioning at its headquarters in New Delhi, a CBI statement said Saturday. This comes amid ongoing scrutiny over massive alleged financial irregularities involving...

New Delhi: Former India batter Robin Uthappa said he is expecting for IPL 2026 to be MS Dhoni’s final year of playing for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), adding that the five-time champions should look to persist with Ruturaj Gaikwad as captain instead of replacing him with Sanju Samson. At 44, veteran wicketkeeper-batter Dhoni will be playing...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Saturday suspended six of its MLAs for cross-voting during the recent election to four Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha. The suspended legislators are Chakramani Kanhar (Baliguda), Naba Kishor Mallick (Jayadev), Souvic Biswal (Choudwar-Cuttack), Subasini Jena (Basta), Ramakanta Bhoi (Tirtol) and Devi Ranjan Tripathy (Banki). The decision was taken at the party's political affairs committee...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that Odisha has emerged as a leading state in forest protection and expansion of green cover, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said 558 square kilometres of forest and tree cover have been added in the last two years. Majhi made the remarks while addressing the state-level celebrations of World Forest Day 2026. "In the...

New Delhi: The Union government, Saturday, commenced the International Conference on Carbon Markets -- Prakriti 2026 -- bringing together policymakers, industry leaders and global experts to deliberate on carbon markets and climate action. The programme was organised by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the aegis of the Ministry of Power and the Ministry of Environment, Forest...

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Saturday sought Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's intervention to restore law and order following an attack on the residence of a senior BJD leader and former minister, police said. According to a complaint lodged at the Capital Police Station, security staff of BJD leader Pratap Jena alleged that around 15 miscreants...

New Delhi: The government Saturday said that it has allowed another 20 per cent allocation of commercial LPG to states and Union Territories (UTs), which would take the overall allocation to 50 per cent (including 10 per cent allocation based on ease of doing business reforms for PNG expansion). This additional 20 per cent allocation will be...