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Washington: The US Thursday approved the sale of 31 MQ-9B armed drones to India at an estimated cost of $3.99 billion, an American defence agency announced here. The proposed mega drone deal was announced during the historic State Visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Wednesday forecast light rain over many districts of Odisha during the next two days. From 8:30am of Feb 1 to 8:30am of Feb 2: According to IMD, light rain is very likely to occur at one or...

Dubai: India's Deepti Sharma rose one place to joint second while team-mate Renuka Singh also moved up a spot to 10th in the latest ICC women's T20I bowling rankings issued Tuesday. Deepti's rise was largely due to South Africa spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba dropping three places...

Bhawanipatna: As many as 129 students of Ratan Bhoi Panchayat Samiti High School in Karlamunda block of Kalahandi district are being taught by one permanent government teacher, a source said Monday. According to the source, the school's Mathematics teacher Purnachandra Rout remains the lone permanent...

Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Sanjeeb Panda Monday officially took charge as the new Police Commissioner for the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. The outgoing Commissioner Saumendra Priyadarshi performed the handover ceremony by passing the baton to Panda. Expressing his thoughts during a media interaction...

New York: A jury awarded USD 83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll on Friday in a stinging and expensive rebuke to former President Donald Trump for his continued social media attacks against the longtime advice columnist over her claims that he sexually assaulted her in...

Bhubaneswar: Gram Vikas NGO Chairman Joe Madiath and SBI Foundation Managing Director Sanjay Prakash inaugurated 'SBI Sanjeevani' -  a Mobile Medical Unit in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The initiative is part of SBI Foundation's flagship program, Gram Seva, implemented in collaboration with Gram Vikas. The Sanjeevani initiative...

Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar Wednesday informed that dense fog, and moderate rain/ thundershower are expected in different parts of Odisha till 8:30am of January 26. The weather agency forecast no change in maximum temperature (day temperature) over the next 24 hours....

Jeypore: Kotia controversy, which has affected Odisha-Andhra Pradesh relations for several years now, took a new turn with Telugu film Extraordinary Man showing the region as part of Andhra. The Nithin-starrer movie attempts to convey the audience that Kotia does not belong to Odisha. In...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark index Sensex tumbled 1,053 points to close below the 71,000 level Tuesday, dragged down by index heavyweights HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries and SBI amid mixed global cues. Concerns over subdued quarterly performance by corporates triggered selling pressure in most of the counters,...