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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday cancelled holidays for its employees and placed disaster response teams on standby as a weather system over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm and move toward the north Andhra Pradesh and southern Odisha coasts. A...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned that American forces could launch another round of military strikes against Iran if Tehran fails to reach an agreement with Washington, signalling that further military action remains an option despite his claims that Iran has already suffered a...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Friday said that India and China continue to use existing diplomatic and military mechanisms to resolve outstanding issues and "avoid misunderstanding and miscalculation along the Line of Actual Control" (LAC) while emphasising that the situation in the...

New Delhi: A large number of protesters, including representatives from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, trade unions, student bodies and Left parties, took out a protest march in the capital Friday, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the withdrawal of the Special...

New Delhi: A march against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls headed towards the headquarters of the Election Commission of India in central Delhi Friday, with protesters raising slogans against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged deletion of voters. The participants, including students,...

Dubai: Indian Friday said that its 14 nationals onboard a yacht involved in an incident off the coast of Yemen are safe and it will continue to work to ensure their well-being. Some Arab media Thursday quoted Yemen's Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree as claiming that...

Kolkata: Babu Majumdar a.k.a. Kalia, the second accused of making a misleading announcement that triggered panic among devotees at the Durga Puja pandal of Chorbagan Sarbojanin in North Kolkata on the night of October 17, was arrested by the Kolkata Police Friday. Earlier, Thursday, the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday hit out at the Opposition Congress, saying while the world is searching for a "new order", some people are dreaming of "disorder" in India. In a direct attack on the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday said it would pass an order October 23 on All India Students' Association (AISA) president Neha Bora's plea challenging a police notice asking her to execute a "peace" bond before a special executive magistrate. Justice Subramonium Prasad, after...

Riyadh: An Indian national was among two people killed, while two other Indian nationals were injured, in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia's Dammam Wednesday, the Indian Embassy said Thursday. The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said that it is ascertaining...