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Jajpur: A day after arresting a banker, Odisha vigilance officers Thursday arrested his father and mother along with another man for allegedly embezzling government funds to the tune of Rs 5.56 crore in Jajpur district, officials said. The accused have been identified by the vigilance officers as Pradip Kumar Mohanty, his wife Gitarani Mohanty and Bishnu Prasad...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday appointed Dr Durga Madhav Satpathy as the new Director Medical Education & Training (DMET), officials said. Satpathy was presently working as the superintendent of MKCG Medical College Hospital in Berhampur. Dr Santosh Mishra, the current DMET, has been appointed as the Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research...

Bhubaneswar: Hundreds of women activists of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday staged a demonstration in front of the official residence of party MLA Subasini Jena, who voted in favour of BJP-supported Independent candidate Dilip Ray in the recent Rajya Sabha elections. Jena, a lawmaker from the Basta Assembly segment in Balasore district, was among the six party...

Dubai: Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said after the latest Iranian missile barrage that the electricity grid in northern Israel sustained some damage. He said crews had restored electricity to some areas and were working to restore it to those still without power. Meanwhile, Israeli media showed images of black smoke rising from the oil refinery in...

Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar spoke with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday and briefed him about the ongoing conflict in West Asia. We value our special strategic partnership with India, the world's largest democracy, he said in a post on X. Sa'ar said he briefed the Indian minister on developments in the Israeli operation against...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in Odisha's Ganjam and Balasore districts on Thursday, police said. Three people travelling on a motorcycle died after their bike hit a bus at Patapalli village under the Sorada police station of Ganjam district, the police said. The police, with the help of locals, took them to...

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in swindling Rs 9.6 crore of the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Mayurbhanj, an official said Thursday. One builder, Brajesh Mishra, was arrested from Chhattisgarh Tuesday, and he was brought to Bhubaneswar on transit remand after being produced in a court in...

New Delhi: Total energy generation from India's nuclear power plants was 45,855 million units (MU) in 2022-23; 47,971 MU in 2023-24; and 56,681 MU in 2024-25, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said Thursday. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the country currently has an installed nuclear power capacity of 8,780 megawatts (MW) from...

Kathmandu: Nepal police Thursday arrested seven people, including six Indians, for running a fake travel lottery scam. Those arrested include Nepali national Bibek Regmi, 26, a resident of Saptari district currently residing in Gatthaghar, Thimi of Bhaktapur district and Indian nationals Hussain Sayed, 39, Sajid Omar Sayed, 44, Mohamad Imran, 34, Mirkhalid Hussain, 33, Rajak Mohmad, 40,...