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New Delhi: The draft prison law prepared by the home ministry has suggested a host of steps like three years jail for possessing a phone, segregation of prisoners like drug addicts, first time offenders, high-risk, foreigners, and grant of leave on wearing electronic tracking devices...

New Delhi: As many as 417 infrastructure projects, each entailing an investment of Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of more than Rs 4.77 lakh crore in September this year, an official report said. According to the Ministry of Statistics...

Beijing: China Friday asserted that any successor to 88-year-old Dalai Lama should be from within the country and his heir needs to have its approval, as it projected the strategically-located Tibet region as the gateway to South Asia by highlighting the infrastructure development close to...

Bhubaneswar: Mortal remains of fallen jawan Pratap Ranjan Parida from Malla village under Badatara Panchayat of Gop block in Odisha’s Puri district will be consigned to flames Monday, a source said. The body reached Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar and was accorded with guard...

New Delhi: The ongoing quarterly earnings report card of corporates, global trends and trading activity of foreign investors are key factors to drive the momentum in the equity markets this week, analysts said. Moreover, markets would also focus on global oil benchmark Brent crude and...

Nayagarh: Body of a farmer was found hanging from a tree near a farmland at Ostapada village under Chandpur police limits in Ranapur block of Nayagarh district Sunday. The farmer has been identified to be Gobinda Sahu (65). A family member of the deceased farmer...

Bhubaneswar: Family members of a brain-dead woman in Odisha donated her organs that would save lives of seven patients, a source said Sunday. The woman has been identified as Krishna Panda (56) who was from Berhampur town in the state. Panda was admitted to a...

Cuttack: Cyber police in Cuttack have arrested a transgender on charges of duping the owner of a private hospital of Rs 46,500 by posing as the Minister of Agriculture & Farmers' Empowerment in Odisha Ranendra Pratap Swain, a source said Thursday. https://www.facebook.com/100064022376417/posts/pfbid02yPm9s5F9yVJaA9NN8AS2HG2Zs4Pup1qjVvm3VQR5r2YXN1bcqo8GcHoxGyUvDEe7l/?app=fbl The accused was...

New Delhi: TMC MP Mahua Moitra Wednesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla flagging alerts received by several opposition leaders about "state-sponsored" attacks on their iPhones, and urged him to provide them protection to continue doing their duties. This "illegal surveillance by the government"...

Balasore: More than 11 persons were injured as a jackal, reportedly rabid, attacked them in Sianri village under Bhogarai block in Odisha's Balasore district, a source said Wednesday. All the 11 injured persons were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. According to the source,...