New Delhi: Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi has confirmed the addition of Hyderabad to his much-anticipated 'GOAT Tour to India 2025' next month, with the Telengana capital becoming his fourth stopover in the country. The World Cup-winning captain will be in Hyderabad after the Kolkata...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday presented a Rs 17,440 crore supplementary budget for the 2025 26 financial year (FY'26) in the assembly to support ongoing schemes in food security, health, education and urban infrastructure. Majhi, who is also in charge of the...
Bhubaneswar: A bomb attack outside Kendriya Vidyalaya-3 (KV-3) in the Gadakana area triggered panic in the state capital Friday. Police said unidentified miscreants hurled crude bombs near the school around 8 a.m. No injuries or property damage were reported. Mancheswar police reached the spot and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has received eight complaints relating to ragging, sexual discrimination and harassment from women students of different colleges and universities over a period of two years, Higher Education minister Suryabanshi Suraj told the state Assembly Friday. Replying to a written question from BJD...
Dhenkanal: Three persons in their twenties died in the early hours of Friday after an unidentified speeding vehicle crashed into their scooter from the rear near Gobindapur square on National Highway 55 in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, police said. Neither the identity of the deceased nor...
New Delhi: Promising batter Ayush Mhatre was Friday retained as captain of a 15-member Indian team for the upcoming U19 Asia Cup in which the focus will again be on teen batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The age-group continental tournament will be held in Dubai from...
Bhubaneswar: To eradicate Left-Wing Extremism in the state, Odisha government has launched a revised Maoist surrender and rehabilitation policy by enhancing financial assistance, rewards for surrendered firearms and others. Financial assistance for high-ranking surrendered Maoist cadres has been raised from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs...
Patana/Keonjhar: Hundreds of villagers from Patana tehsil gheraoed the Turumunga police station Thursday morning, demanding the immediate release of six leaders of the Jindal-Posco Pratirodh Manch (JPPM) who were arrested Wednesday night. The arrested leaders were identified as JPPM secretary Benudhar Sardar, his brother Bhubanananda...
Purushottampur: Throwing an open challenge to the government’s commitment to transparency and anti-corruption initiatives, a major land scam has surfaced at the Purushottampur Sub-Registrar Office, where fraudsters allegedly used a forged Aadhaar card and an impersonator to sell someone’s land. According to sources, land mafia...
Chhatrapur: An unknown tag attached to a migratory bird was spotted near the Rushikulya estuary Thursday morning. The bird, identified as a greater sand plover, was captured by local environmentalist Rabindranath Sahu on his camera. A native of southern Siberia, ranging from Algeria to Mongolia,...
By Dilip Cherian When India quietly decided to send Rahul Rasgotra to Port Louis as National Security Advisor (NSA), it...
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The BJP-led NDA government’s proposed change in the nomenclature of the Centre’s flagship social welfare scheme for the poor, the...
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It is not a bad idea, it appears, if top-notch politicians get incarcerated, at least for some days, so as...
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The United States on 11 December unveiled a new strategic initiative ‘Pax Silica’ aimed at building a secure and trusted...
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