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Tianjin: The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have strongly condemned the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam and said that the perpetrators, organisers and sponsors of such attacks "must be brought to justice". In the Tianjin Declaration by the Council of Heads...

Keonjhar: Villagers in Odisha's Keonjhar district Friday rescued an eight-year-old girl student whose head got stuck in a window grill of a government school where she was left locked overnight, police said. The incident took place at the Government Upper Primary School at Anjar under...

Bhubaneswar: Amid heavy rainfall triggered by a low-pressure system battering various parts of Odisha over the past few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday forecast the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast. “A fresh low-pressure...

Nuapada: Two labourers died of suspected asphyxiation while working in a septic tank in Odisha's Nuapada district Sunday, police said. The incident took place at Laxmi Chhak in Khariar town of Nuapada district this afternoon. The deceased were identified as Basudev Bhoi and Raghumani Hati,...

Sambalpur: In an attempt to promote uniformity, safety, and professionalism among students, the government-run Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla near here has introduced a mandatory uniform dress code for its first-year undergraduate students starting from the 2025-2026 academic session while prohibiting...

Berhampur: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Sunday inaugurated Odisha's first seawater desalination plant in Ganjam district. The plant, at Matikhal near Chhatarpur, will convert seawater into freshwater using reverse osmosis (RO). It has been developed by the Odisha Sands Complex (OSCOM), a unit of Indian...

New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Thursday unanimously authorised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J P Nadda to select the coalition's candidate for the Vice Presidential election, scheduled for September 9. The decision was taken during a meeting of the NDA parliamentary...

Los Angeles: Two people were killed and six others wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Los Angeles, the US state of California, local authorities said. The incident occurred around 1am (0800 GMT) Monday, near 14th Place and Griffith Avenue, where several parties were underway,...

New Delhi: Actors Abhishek Banerjee, Aparshakti Khurana and Varun Sharma are set to feature in the upcoming film, titled "Side Heroes", from Imtiaz Ali. Written by Siddarth Sen and Pankaj Matta, the film is directed by Ssanjay Tripaathy. Slated to release in 2026, the film...

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....