Bhubaneswar/Agar-Malwa (Madhya Pradesh): Eight devotees, from Odisha, including three children and two women, were killed after the car they were travelling in was swept away by a rain-swollen stream near the Maa Baglamukhi Temple in Nalkheda in Madhya Pradesh's Agar-Malwa district, police said Saturday. The victims were residents of Odisha and had travelled from Ujjain to Nalkheda...

Kataka: Unregulated sand mining from the Mahanadi and Kathajodi rivers could worsen Kataka’s groundwater crisis, with the city’s water table showing a declining trend in recent years, according to research by the Department of Geology at Ravenshaw University. Researchers studying the riverbeds said excessive removal of sand is reducing the amount of sand available in the riverbeds,...

Kolkata: In another setback for the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress, its candidate for the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, withdrew his nomination Saturday, a day after the faction pulled out of the contest in Nandigram. The development comes a day after Sanchita Dey Pradhan, the candidate of the...

Kyiv: Ukraine has received a new 3.3-billion-euro (about 3.78 billion US dollars) tranche from the European Union to finance priority defence needs, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said Friday. The funds will be used, in particular, to purchase missiles and drones, Koretskyi said on Telegram. The tranche was disbursed under the Ukraine Support Loan mechanism, which envisages...

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren did not appear in person before a special PMLA court in Ranchi Saturday in connection with a money laundering case linked to 8.86 acres of land in the Bargain area of the city. His counsel informed the court that the Chief Minister was occupied with pre-scheduled constitutional responsibilities. The court has...

Mumbai: Filmmaker Rohit Shetty Saturday announced that the fifth installment of his Golmaal franchise is set to light up the silver screen with “laughter and joy” January 8, next year. Rohit took to Instagram, where he shared the vibrant poster of the film. The poster had Ajay Devgn, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, Shreyas Talpade and...

Nagoya: Manu Bhaker’s journey from a 16-year-old making her Asian Games debut to becoming one of India’s flag-bearers has given her a moment to reflect on how far she has come in sport. The double Olympic medallist, who will lead the Indian contingent alongside kabaddi star Pawan Sehrawat at the Asian Games opening ceremony here Saturday, said...

Nabarangpur: The Nabarangpur Divisional Forest Officer has suspended Bipin Kumar Harijan, a forester posted in the Maidalpur Section under Dabugaon Range over allegations of unauthorised tree cutting and financial irregularities. The action was taken after Harijan’s response to a show-cause notice issued by the forest department was found unsatisfactory. The allegations pertain to the period when he...

RISHABH PAREKH, OP Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Tigers unveiled their official jersey and team mascot, ‘Paika’, for the second edition of the Bharat Masala Odisha T20 League – CM Trophy here Friday. Ahead of their campaign, the team hosted influencers and media professionals at a press conference, where the jersey and mascot were revealed, followed by interactions with...

New Delhi: The discovery of a tooth fossil belonging to a capybara that lived in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile almost nine million years ago has stunned scientists. The finding not only provides the first and oldest record of a capybara in coastal Chile -- a country where no capybaras live today -- but it also...