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Bhubaneswar: After reportedly killing at least four persons in Pipili and Khurda forest divisions, the wild tusker was spotted near Ghatikia on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Monday. A massive operation was launched today by forest department to drive back the pachyderm back into the Chandaka forest. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Hari Shankar Upadhyay […]

New Delhi: Union Minister for Steel Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday urged the Japanese investors to invest in the Indian steel sector and also asked them to get into partnerships for transfer of technology. Speaking at a programme here jointly organised by the Steel ministry, CII and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Pradhan said […]

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday warned of stern action against those involved in the violence in Northeast Delhi that led to the killing of a policeman in stone pelting. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said non-violent protests in a democratic country are acceptable but not violence which, he termed, […]

Bolangir: Tension prevailed at Bairasar village under Puintala block of Bolangir district following a group clash that occurred during a religious procession on February 20. While the village wore a deserted look, markets and shops are shut for the last few days. According to sources, a group of people of the village had taken out […]

Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of State CID, Crime Branch arrested two persons involved in narcotics trade and seized 405 grams of brown sugar worth nearly Rs 40 lakh from their possession. The accused Sk Saruk and Sanjiv Dehury, who hails from Balasore district, were arrested following a raid near Baramunda area yesterday. Addressing […]

London: The World Health Organisation has said it is too early now to call the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic yet, but the world should do more to prepare for such an eventuality, reports said on Monday. The WHO said countries should be “in a phase of preparedness” for a pandemic, when an infectious disease spreads […]

Sambalpur: Farmers in Sambalpur district on Monday staged a protest in front of a godown alleging sale of duplicate and adulterated fertilisers. According to sources, farmers in large number demonstrated in front of the godown located on the premises of Bareipali Regulated Market Committee. The agitating farmers alleged that the fertilisers they had purchased from […]

Bhubaneswar: As a part of safety-related modernization work at Kiul Station under Danapur Railway Division of East Central Railway for different infrastructure related developmental works, some of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) bound trains and trains originating from ECoR jurisdiction will be diverted, cancelled and partially cancelled. Cancellation The Puri-Jayanagar-Puri Express (18419/18450) from Puri on […]

New Delhi: In wake of violence in northeast Delhi on Monday that left a police head constable and three civilians dead, Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has appealed for “calm”. In a statement, she appealed “that people of Delhi should maintain communal harmony and curb the design of those who are communal wanted to divide […]

London: Good news for beer lovers as researchers have found that men who consume half a pint of beer a day are 81 per cent more likely to reach the milestone age when compared to non-drinkers. The study also found that women who drink similar amounts increase by a third their chance of reaching that […]

Bhubaneswar: One after the other, Odia movie ‘Patnagarh,’ which is based on the sensational wedding gift blast tragedy in Patnagarh of Bolangir district in Odisha, is running into hurdles preventing its release in theatres. The Bombay High Court on Monday reportedly ordered a stay on the release of the movie while hearing a petition filed […]

Agra: The architectural grandeur of 17th century Taj Mahal and the story of its construction by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan left US President Donald Trump “impressed” during his visit to the famed mausoleum on Monday, according to the guide who accompanied him. Nitin Kumar, an Agra-based guide, said the first word the president said after […]

New York: A New York court on Monday found fallen Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein guilty of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree, and rape in the third degree. A New York Supreme Court jury of seven men and five women arrived at the verdict after deliberating in the case for more than […]

Cuttack: It was a milestone for the state and Firoze Sahoo, who walked out of the SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack on Monday after being fully treated, bears testimony to such feat. On February 4, Sahoo was one of the patients who received a kidney in the first-ever cadaveric organ transplant in Odisha, […]

Beijing: Seventy-one new coronavirus deaths were reported from China, taking the total number of casualties to 2,663, even as reports suggested that the number of new cases has seen a sharp decline. According to a daily report released by the National Health Commission (NHC) on Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases has reached 77,658, a […]