Bhubaneswar: After 20 days of protest, undertrial prisoner Duna Keshav Rao, alias Azad, ended his indefinite hunger strike at Jharpada Jail Tuesday. He withdrew the strike after the Odisha government informed the State Human Rights Commission (OHRC) of its decision to establish an independent court...
Bhubaneswar: Keeping in view of the heavy rush of devotees travelling to Puri for the auspicious Kartika Purnima, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) announced to operate passenger special trains between Berhampur and Puri for three days starting Tuesday. According to ECoR sources, these special trains...
Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati called for the formulation of a comprehensive strategic roadmap to boost entrepreneurship and accelerate industrial growth across Odisha. Chairing a review meeting on the functioning of the Industries and MSME departments at the New Abhishek Hall in Raj Bhavan Tuesday,...
Angul: A contract worker reportedly died Tuesday morning after an accident at the Sree Metaliks iron plant located under the Nisha Industrial Police limits in Angul district. Police sources confirmed the worker’s death in the mishap, while company officials claimed he was undergoing treatment and...
Malkangiri: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth in Odisha's Malkangiri district after being served a spiked drink, police said Tuesday. The incident happened Monday when the girl went out with the youth, who was known to her, on his motorcycle, they said....
Nuapada: BJD president Naveen Patnaik's 'candidate chori' and 'betrayal' jibe targeting the ruling BJP during the election campaign in the Nuapada bypoll, snowballed into a major row on Tuesday with late MLA Rajendra Dholakia's wife Kalpana lashing out at the opposition party and accusing it...
Bhubaneswar: Asserting that Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district would soon emerge as the ‘gateway' to eastern India, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday said the port town will have a greenfield airport, a cruise terminal and also become a hub of green hydrogen. Majhi said...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday urged the Ministry of External Affairs to take immediate steps for the safe release of a man from the state who has been taken hostage by a group involved in Sudan's ongoing civil war. The state government wrote to the...
Dubai: India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf were Tuesday found guilty of breaching the ICC code of conduct at the Asia Cup in the UAE and were slapped with sanctions for their actions. Rauf copped two financial penalties of 30 per...
Kendrapara: Authorities of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district Tuesday carried out an eviction drive, demolishing all illegal structures within the park area, an official said. Roadside eateries, shops and houses that had come up illegally on land close to the mangrove forest were...
Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC...
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US President Donald Trump’s peace initiatives appear to be turning into a one-sided affair in which the aggressor is being...
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