New Delhi: Earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of north India on Friday night, including Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana, officials said. The tremors, which lasted a few seconds, occurred around 9:45 pm. There were no immediate reports of any damage. An official in J-K said the quake was of 5.9 magnitude. The epicentre...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday asserted that "Odia Asmita" (Odia pride) became a major poll issue in the 2024 elections for Lok Sabha and state Assembly as the previous BJD government had "outsourced" the state's administration to non-Odia bureaucrats. The BJP defeated the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the 2024 assembly elections, and by...

Bhubaneswar: The mercury soared to 40 degrees Celsius and above at nine places in Odisha Friday, with Jharsuguda recording the day's maximum temperature of 41.6 degrees Celsius. According to a bulletin from the IMD, Angul recorded a day temperature of 40.7 degrees Celsius, followed by Titlagarh and Bhadrak (40.5 degrees C), Hirakud (40.4 degrees C), and Bolangir...

Jagdalpur/Sundargarh: Less than 48 hours after writing her Class XII board examinations, the 17-year-old Alish Ekka found herself on the podium with a silver medal around her neck at the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 2026 in Chhattisgarh. For the teenager from a nondescript Santoshpur village in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, the feat was a fitting tribute to...

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Bhubaneswar: BJD and the Congress Friday opposed the Railway Board's decision to exclude the Palasa-Ichchapuram section from ECoR jurisdiction and demanded a rollback of the move. The decision has also not been welcomed by a section of leaders of the ruling BJP. The Palasa-Ichchapuram section is currently under the administration of the Khurda Road division within the...

New Delhi: Five Indian nationals were among 12 people reportedly injured in Abu Dhabi Friday by debris from an intercepted missile. Local authorities said the people sustained minor to moderate injuries in the incident. The incident caused minor to moderate injuries to five Indian and six Nepali nationals, the Abu Dhabi Media Office said on social media....

New Delhi: India Friday commissioned its third indigenously-built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, INS Aridaman, significantly bolstering the naval component of the nation's nuclear triad, authoritative sources said. There is no official word yet on the commissioning of the boat that came amid a rapidly evolving regional security environment. India's nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) programme is a...

Dubai: A channel affiliated with Iranian state television claimed Friday that a US fighter pilot ejected from a aircraft over southwestern Iran. It was not clear what may have happened to the plane, including whether Iran was claiming it was shot down or there was another issue. If the claim is confirmed, it could lead to yet...

New Delhi/Chennai: BJP Friday released a list of 27 candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, fielding Union Minister L Murugan from the Avanashi seat and former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan from Mylapore. Though it was speculated that former state party chief K Annamalai would be fielded, he had asked the party to relieve him of the...