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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday urged farmers to diversify into crops other than paddy to take advantage of government schemes. He said that over 34 lakh of them received the 20th instalment of financial assistance under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme....

Koraput: A young couple was allegedly tied to a wooden plough and paraded through their village in Odisha's Koraput district Sunday for marrying within the same clan, police said. The incident took place at Nadimeitiki village within Narayanpatna block in the tribal-dominated district. According to...

Shimla: One person was reportedly killed and at least nine people went missing in multiple cloudbursts overnight in Karsog division of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, officials said Tuesday. The cloudbursts triggered flash floods that washed away many houses. At least 41 people have been rescued...

New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s persistent demand that ECI provide machine-readable digital copies of the voter lists for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and subsequent Vidhan Sabha elections appears to be legally untenable, said constitutional experts and sources...

Mumbai: The mortal remains of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, pilot of the Air India plane which crashed in Ahmedabad last week, were brought to Mumbai Tuesday for his last rites, officials said. The casket carrying the remains of Sabharwal reached Mumbai airport by a flight in...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has postponed the reopening of schools for the 2025 academic session to June 20, instead of the previously scheduled June 18, due to high temperatures and the transition into the monsoon season. The decision was conveyed in a letter from the...

Ahmedabad: Newly-crowned IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have received Rs 20 crore for winning the 18th edition of the league while runners-up Punjab Kings got richer by Rs 12.5 crore. RCB lifted their maiden title in the world's biggest T20 league by getting the better...

Ahmedabad: The start of the Indian Premier League's Qualifier 2 between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings Sunday was delayed due to passing showers. While there is no imminent threat of rain, passing showers may impact the proceedings of the virtual semifinal. The winner of this...

Jajpur: A court in Odisha's Jajpur district Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering a minor girl nine years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge (Fast Track Special Court-II), Jajpur, Bijay Kumar Jena pronounced the jail sentence and slapped the convict...

Gulmarg: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the April 22 Pahalgam attack has not stalled the conversation around restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and that he had raised the issue at the recent meeting of NITI Aayog governing council. "No, not at all....