Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday strongly criticised the BJP-led (Odisha) “double-engine” government over the rising prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and other essential commodities, alleging that the continued increase in fuel prices is placing a severe burden on common people despite a decline in global crude oil prices. Addressing a press conference at Shankha Bhawan...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet Monday approved two schemes with a total outlay of Rs 2,000 crore over a period of five years to boost tourism in the state. The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved 10 proposals of five different departments, including the two tourism-related schemes. The government has approved the proposal...

Dubai: Several Indian workers were killedf Monday when a minibus collided with a truck that had stopped in the middle of a road in Dubai, the authorities said. "Deeply saddened by the tragic road accident in Dubai that claimed the lives of several Indian workers," the Indian Consulate in Dubai said in a post on X. Deeply...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that physical relationship between two consenting unmarried adults cannot be a ground to draw an adverse impression about the character of the person in that relationship. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Manoj Misra observed while directing the Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board to appoint a candidate whose selection...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Monday found another 703 gram gold from a bank locker of a government engineer, who was arrested June 7 for allegedly possessing assets worth crores of rupees, including more than Rs 2 crore in cash, five multi-storey buildings, 14 high-value plots, and deposits worth over Rs 45 lakh. With the recovery of additional...

Moscow: Russia is increasingly looking to universities and technical colleges to help fill the ranks of its military as the war in Ukraine continues. According to a report by ABC News, more than 250 educational institutions are now involved in recruitment efforts targeting students. Reports suggest some institutions have been given recruitment targets, with authorities aiming to...

New Delhi: The government has reduced the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders available annually to beneficiaries of its flagship Ujjwala scheme to four, aligning support with average household consumption levels, a senior government official said Monday. Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), launched in May 2016 to provide deposit-free LPG connections to adult women from...

Sambalpur: The Congress party and its students' wing will hold a protest demonstration at Sambalpur, the Lok Sabha constituency of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, June 10, to demand his resignation over the alleged NEET question paper leak incident, OPCC president Bhakta Charan Das said Monday. Das said the protest demonstration in Sambalpur will be held Wednesday...

Rourkela: Odisha Police have busted an inter-state gambling racket in Rourkela and arrested two persons, besides seizing cash, gold ornaments and vehicles from their possession, officials said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police raided a gambling den at Luakera village on the Odisha-Jharkhand border under Sector-15 police station limits. The arrested persons have been identified as Behan...

Berhampur: Two persons were killed and at least 32 injured in separate accidents in Odisha's Ganjam district over the last 24 hours, police said Monday. In the first accident Sunday night, two persons were killed and 20 injured when a pickup van overturned near Anda Anda in the district. The occupants, who were returning from Mahendragiri Mela,...