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New Delhi: The UN Security Council is unlikely to hold another discussion on Jammu and Kashmir at the behest of Beijing, top official sources told IANS. China had sought a discussion on Kashmir following New Delhi’s reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir state, revoking its special status on August 5. However, the UNSC members refused to […]

Koraput: Even as the Odisha government has announced a special package worth Rs 150 crore to execute developmental works on a war-footing at the disputed Kotia gram panchayat in Koraput district, the move seems to have failed to impress the local residents. It may be noted that after alleged intrusion of Andhra Pradesh government in […]

New Delhi: India has been ranked 112th in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2020, out of the 153 countries across the world. Neighbouring Bangladesh is placed at 50th position and leads the South Asia region. In 2018 and 2017, India ranked 108th in the gender gap index. In the Global Gender Gap […]

Balasore: Supersonic cruise missile BrahMos was successfully test-fired from a base in Odisha’s Chandipur on Tuesday, Defence sources said. The land-attack version of the missile was test-fired from a mobile autonomous launcher at Launch Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at around 8.30 am, they said. The trial of the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Office of Odisha Chief Secretary has written to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch praying for action against the alleged multi-crore scam by Hong Kong-based company Q-Net and its Indian partner Vihaan Direct Selling (India) Pvt Ltd. Acting on a petition filed by one Gyana Ranjan Mishra on November 25, 2019, […]

Islamabad: In a first in Pakistan’s history, a three-member bench of a special court on Tuesday sentenced former President Pervez Musharraf to death in the long-drawn high treason case against him. The high treason trial of the former leader, who is currently in Dubai, for clamping the state of emergency on November 3, 2007, had […]

Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) is likely to conduct the annual Class 10 Board examinations for the current academic year in the third week of February 2020. The State School and Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash today hinted at the possibility while speaking to media persons. Even though the Minister didn’t confirm […]

Dubai: Left-handed Indian opener Smriti Mandhana has grabbed a spot in both ICC Women’s ODI, T20I teams of the year. Mandhana has played 51 ODIs and 66 T20Is in which she has scored 2,025 and 1,451 runs, respectively. Apart from Mandhana, Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami and Poonam Yadav have also found a spot in ICC […]

Alia Bhatt is currently busy shooting for her big project “Brahmastra” opposite beau Ranbir Kapoor directed by Ayan Mukherjee. Produced by Karan Johar, Amitabh Bachchan, and Shah Rukh Khan are also going to play a crucial role in this movie which is rumoured to be produced in three parts. The actress who made her debut […]

Researchers have found that people who suffered from influenza were 70 per cent less likely to have acquired rhinoviruses or the common cold. For the study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, samples from 44,230 cases of acute respiratory illness, in 36,157 patients, were tested for 11 types of respiratory […]

New Delhi: Chinese handset maker Realme on Tuesday introduced its Realme X2 smartphone in India at a starting price of Rs 16,999. Expanded its accessories portfolio, the handset maker also launched its first true wireless earphones for Android — the Realme Buds Air for Rs 3,999. An upgrade over Realme XT, the X2 is powered […]

Khurda: Making a major headway into the firing incident inside a clinic in Khurda on December 15, police today claimed that a contract killer was hired to execute the crime. Two miscreants had fired three rounds of bullets after entering the clinic injuring a paediatrician and a pharmacist. The pharmacist later succumbed to injuries while […]

Bhadrak: In yet another instance of crime against girls in Odisha, a Class 3 student was allegedly raped inside a school under Dhusuri police limits in Bhadrak district on Tuesday. A youth, identified as Sashikant Mallick, allegedly entered the campus of the school and raped the minor girl in a toilet of the school after […]

New Delhi: Chief Justice S A Bobde recused himself on Tuesday from hearing the plea of convict Akshay Kumar Singh seeking review of the 2017 apex court judgment upholding his death penalty in the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case. At the outset, a special bench comprising CJI and Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan made it […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Tuesday included the Women & Child Development & Mission Shakti department under the ‘Mo Sarkar’ Initiative in order to implement different schemes meant for the women and children effectively. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the initiative at Lok Seva Bhawan and interacted with some women through video conferencing. “The State government […]