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Malkangiri: The villagers of several panchayats in Malkangiri district have set an example by completing pending works of an approach road in Motu region which connects with a bridge constructed by Andhra Pradesh. The villagers were forced to take up the work on their own as no step was allegedly taken by the government officials […]

New Delhi: The Delhi government announced two-day state mourning for former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who passed away on Saturday evening. The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Dikshit, who was Delhi Chief Minister for three consecutive terms (1998-2013) and a senior Congress leader, died on Saturday from cardiac arrest. She was […]

Bengaluru: Believe it or not, beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is reportedly delaying the floor test in Assembly on the advice of astrologers, which the JD-S denied, here on Saturday. “It’s rubbish and a plant by a desperate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the social media,” Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) spokesman Ramesh Babu told IANS. […]

Washington: Popular browser extensions like ad blockers have been caught harvesting personal data of millions of consumers who use Chrome and Firefox — not only their browsing histories but also exposing tax returns, medical records, credit card information and other sensitive data in the public domain. According to an independent cyber security researcher Sam Jadali, […]

New Delhi: At a time when “deepfake” videos become a new threat to users’ privacy, a team of Indian-origin researchers has developed Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven deep neural network that can identify manipulated images at the pixel level with high precision. Realistic videos that map the facial expressions of one person onto those of another — […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding submission of audit reports of the universities in the Assembly, Congress members today created ruckus in the House alleging corruption in Higher Education. Congress legislature party leader, Narasingha Mishra stated as the audit report of the universities has not been presented in the House for past 20 years, such omission reeks of foul […]

Mumbai: It might have been quite some time since Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Singh were seen together, whether it is on-screen or off-screen but snapshots of Deepika leaving a filmmaker’s office with Ranbir last night have sparked off speculations if the two stars are all set to reunite on the screen. Ranbir and Deepika, who […]

Beijing: The informal summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this year will take the bilateral relations to new heights but at the same time the two countries cannot let “individual” issues hurt their ties, Beijing’s newly-appointed envoy to Delhi Sun Weidong has said. Sun, who is headed to […]

Beijing: At least 15 people have been killed and 15 others severely injured after an explosion ripped through a gas plant in China’s Henan province, authorities said on Saturday. A device in the gas factory owned by the Henan Coal Gas (Group) Co. Ltd., located in the city of Yima, exploded on Friday evening, according […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking strong cognizance of the alleged misbehaviour by the authorities of BR Life Kalinga Hospital towards Keonjhar BJP MLA and Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Charan Majhi, the State Government today dropped the Bhubaneswar-based super speciality hospital from the list of Odisha State Treatment Fund (OSTF) empanelled member hospitals. State Health Minister Naba Das today […]

Bhubaneswar: As Odisha is eagerly waiting for a resolution in the Mahanadi water dispute, Chhattisgarh seems to be planning more projects to further throttle the water flow of the river. Data furnished by the Centre in the Rajya Sabha has not only raised doubts over an amicable solution in the long-standing dispute between Odisha and […]

Washington: The world on Saturday celebrated the success of Apollo 11 — one of humanity’s greatest achievements — when American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first humans ever to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969. US Vice President Mike Pence was set to visit NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]

Patna: With five more deaths, the death toll in Bihar floods reached 97 on Saturday, the state’s disaster management department said. Four deaths reported from Madhubani district which accounted for 18 casualties and one from Darbhanga where a total of 10 people died in the deluge. Sitamarhi, with 27 deaths, remained the worst-affected district, the […]

Bhopal: A 58-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district on suspicion of stealing peacocks, police said on Saturday. Nine people have been arrested in connection with the case. Police also said that they have recovered four peacock carcasses following the incident in Lasuriya Aatri village on Friday night. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received 26.3 per cent deficit rainfall during this monsoon as 21 of the state’s 30 districts recorded less than the normal precipitation till July 19, state Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi told the Assembly Saturday. Speaker S N Patro had on Friday asked the minister to give a statement in […]