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Bhubaneswar: The agitation over the fire tragedy at SCB Medical College and Hospital spilled onto the streets on Monday, with leaders and workers from nearly 10 opposition parties staging a demonstration at PMG Square in Bhubaneswar. Apart from the Biju Janata Dal and Indian National Congress, parties such as the Communist Party of India (Marxist) participated in the protest. The street protest coincided with continued disruptions inside the Odisha Assembly, where proceedings were stalled for t ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Central government's fiscal deficit touched 80.4 per cent of the budgeted target by the end of the first 11 months from April to February of the financial year 2025-2026, reflecting a strong fiscal position, according to figures released by the Comptroller General of Accounts on Monday. The gap between the government's expenditure and revenue stood at Rs 12.53 lakh crore from April to February, against the full-year target of Rs 15.58 lakh crore. In the same period of the previou ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay on Monday lodged a formal complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer, alleging inadequate police protection during his election campaign in Perambur, which forced him to halt his outreach midway. In his complaint, Vijay stated that insufficient police deployment in the Perambur Assembly constituency led to severe crowd mismanagement, posing safety risks to both the candidate and the public. He pointed out that large gatherings along key roads ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced an extensive home voting initiative for the upcoming 2026 Assembly elections and bypolls, enabling over 2.3 lakh elderly people and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) to cast their votes through postal ballots. According to an official press note issued by the poll body, the facility will be available for voters aged 85 years and above, as well as PwD electors who have been flagged in the electoral rolls. The move is part of th ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,399 incidents of attacks and misbehaviour against government officials were reported across Odisha over the last two years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday. In a written reply to a question by BJD legislator Prasanna Acharya, the Chief Minister said 632 such incidents were recorded during the 2024-25 financial year. The number rose to 767 in 2025-26, indicating an upward trend. District-wise data revealed that Balasore reported the hi ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: In a crackdown on corruption, Odisha Vigilance on Sunday apprehended a government employee in Nayagarh district for allegedly accepting a bribe from a pensioner. The accused, identified as Saroj Kumar Sahoo, a Senior Assistant in the office of the Sub-Treasury Officer at Khandapada, was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting ₹3,000 to facilitate the credit of pensionary benefits. According to Vigilance officials, Sahoo had allegedly demanded the bribe from the complainant ...Read More >
New Delhi: LPG production has been increased by 28 per cent through refinery directives in the last five days, and further procurement is actively underway, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said in the Parliament on Thursday. Stressing that the government's foremost priority is that the kitchens of India's more than 33 crore families, especially the poor and the underprivileged, do not face any shortage, Puri said domestic supply is fully protected, and the deli ...Read More >
New Delhi: India ranks as the third-largest cross-border hiring pool globally and accounts for 7.2 per cent of the world's AI trainers, underscoring the country's growing role in the global digital workforce, according to a report released on Thursday. According to an analysis by Deel, the country has emerged as a key contributor to this workforce, making it the second-largest talent base after the United States, and ahead of countries such as the Philippines and Canada. The report also highli ...Read More >
Rourkela: In its effort to bring innovations from the lab to the real world, the National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) spun off the startup Miraqules MedSolutions Pvt. Ltd. On Tuesday, the startup received regulatory approval for commercial manufacturing and clinical deployment of its patented technology -- a rapid nano-biopolymer hemostat designed to transform emergency hemorrhage control. As India faces significant challenges in trauma care, a major proportion of road accid ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has identified the man who opened fire at Rohit Shetty's house earlier this month. The man has been identified as Deepak Chandra. As per a senior officer of Mumbai Police, the accused Deepak Chandra, who fired outside Rohit Shetty's house, is a resident of UP. He is very well-educated, but there is no criminal case against him so far. There are 4 to 5 people in the family of the accused, to catch the accused shooter, the Mumbai Crime Branch had laid a trap for a long t ...Read More >
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has issued an advisory to schools, parents and students ahead of the 2026 Class X and XII Board Examinations, urging candidates to reach their examination centres well in advance to avoid delays. According to the official communication dated February 13, 2026, the Board examinations will commence from February 17, 2026 (Tuesday). This year, more than 46 lakh students from across India and 26 countries abroad are expected to ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has recorded its highest-ever mass nesting of Olive Ridley sea turtles, with 15.11 lakh turtles laying eggs along the coast during the 2024-25 season, prompting the State Government to step up conservation measures ahead of the 2025-26 nesting period. The development was reviewed at a meeting of the high-powered committee on Olive Ridley conservation chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja at Lok Seva Bhawan on Wednesday. The meeting assessed past protection measures and disc ...Read More >
New Delhi: so far, about 99.2 per cent ofthe Broad Gauge (BG) network has been electrified, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The feat is far ahead of the UK (39 per cent), Russia (52 per cent), and China (82 per cent). Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha that Indian Railways' achievement in railway electrification stands out globally. "Railway electrification achieved during financial year 2023-24 and 2024-25 is 7,188 and 2,701 Route ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha marked a major milestone in its industrial expansion with the signing of 45 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) worth ₹6,263 crore at the Odisha Pharma Summit 2025 in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. The investment proposals are expected to generate 38,406 employment opportunities across the state, giving a significant boost to the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors. The MoUs were signed in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi at a programme held at Hotel Taj Vivan ...Read More >
Koraput: The tiger census has commenced in the Koraput range, covering ten identified areas as part of the wildlife monitoring exercise. The census operation, which began today, will continue until December 21. According to forest department sources, ten dedicated units have been deployed across ten locations within the Koraput range to carry out the census. The exercise is being conducted in forest areas including Dongri, Ranigad, Koraput-1, Koraput Sadar, and Magara, among others. The census ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance sleuths arrested Ratnesh Kumar Pandey, Junior Engineer (JE) of Pattamundai Block in Kendrapara district, for embezzling government funds without executing the work. According to sources, Pandey is accused of misappropriating funds allocated for the 'Electrification Project of Street lights' in Pattamundai Block during the financial year 2023-24. During an investigation by the Odisha Vigilance, Pandey was found to have misappropriated GP Developmental Funds. Th ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A minor girl was allegedly gangraped in front of her male friend on the Daya riverbank under the Dhauli police limits. According to reports, the girl and her male friend had gone to the area on December 10 when two miscreants, who were later joined by others, intercepted the duo and demanded money. When the boy refused, they dragged him to a secluded spot and attacked him with sharp objects and stones. The girl was then allegedly gangraped by the two men, who also recorded the cri ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday held that Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and several others were not entitled to be given a copy of the latest First Information Report (FIR) registered against them by the Delhi Police in connection with the National Herald case. Setting aside an earlier order passed by a Magistrate court, Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Courts ruled that the accu ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a major relief to Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) prosecution complaint in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court held that the complaint filed by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was not maintainable. Apart from Soni ...Read More >
New Delhi: A year-long autopsy-based study conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi on Sunday found no scientific evidence linking COVID-19 vaccination to sudden deaths among young adults -- reaffirming that the vaccines are safe and effective. The study, titled 'Burden of Sudden Death in Young Adults: A One-Year Observational Study at a Tertiary Care Centre in India', has been published in the 'Indian Journal of Medical Research', the flagship journal of the Indian Council of Medical Research. Researche ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress on Friday accused the state government of a major lapse in the conduct of the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) examination, alleging that the question paper was leaked hours before the test. Raising the issue through a point of order during a discussion on unemployment in the Assembly, Congress MLA CS Raazen Ekka claimed that the ANM question paper had surfaced at around 11 am -- three hours ahead of the scheduled 2 pm written examination. Ekka told the House th ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Twenty students of Government High School Lankaput, who had gone missing from the school hostel on Monday morning, were found safe near Kolab Reservoir of Koraput district today at around 2 pm. The students, all from classes I to V, were located approximately 10 km away from the hostel. Their parents, who had joined the search, accompanied the children back to the school hostel. The Block Development Officer (BDO), along with the Assistant Block Education Officer and school staff, ...Read More >
Mumbai: The domestic equity indices settled sharply higher on Wednesday, recovering significantly from the early losses amid heavy buying in IT heavyweights and selected large-cap stocks. Sensex ended the session at 85,186.47, up 513.45 points or 0.61 per cent. The 30-share index started the session in negative territory at 84,643.78 against last session's closing of 84,673.02. However, the index recovered over 700 points from early losses to hit an intraday high at 85,236.77 amid value buying ...Read More >
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday lashed out at Congress MP Imran Masood for describing Delhi blast accused Dr Umar Muhammad as a "misguided youth", calling the remarks "unfortunate and concerning". The Congress, meanwhile, stood by Masood's comments and reiterated that no religion endorses acts of terror. Masood's statement came after a video surfaced in which Umar justified suicide attacks as a "martyrdom operation -- as known in Islam". Masood countered the claim, saying suicide attacks are ...Read More >
Kendrapara: In the wake of suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators being exposed in Jagatsinghpur district, police in Kendrapara have launched an intensive verification drive to trace individuals believed to have fled from the neighbouring district. Multiple blockades have been set up across Kendrapara, where police are checking Aadhaar cards and scrutinising passengers on buses. The verification exercise is underway in Duhuria, Rajnagar, Pattamundai, Mahakalpara and several other locations. The cr ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has hailed the BJP's victory in the Nuapada by-election as a testament to the party's commitment to development and welfare. In a statement, Majhi expressed his gratitude to the people of Nuapada for rejecting the opposition's propaganda and false promises. "The outstanding performance and victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Nuapada by-election has heralded a new chapter in the political landscape of Odisha," Majhi said. "This victo ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP government in Odisha, accusing them of betraying the people of Nuapada and the state. Addressing a massive public rally in the district ahead of the November 11 by-election, Patnaik campaigned for BJD candidate Snehangini Chhuria. Patnaik alleged that the BJP government had halted all development work in the state over the last 16 months and abandoned welfare comm ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Supremo Naveen Patnaik has released a video message announcing his visit to Nuapada's Komna on November 3 to campaign for the party's candidate, Snehangini Chhuria, in the upcoming by-election. In the video, Patnaik expressed his enthusiasm to meet and interact with the people of Komna. He emphasized his commitment to connecting with the public and listening to their concerns. In his video message, Naveen Patnaik extended a warm greeting, saying, "Jay Jaganna ...Read More >
Mumbai: India's maritime sector forms the backbone of its economy, with over 95 per cent of the nation's trade by volume moving through the sea, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday, adding that under the Net Zero by 2070 commitment, India aims to reduce carbon emissions per tonne of cargo by 30 per cent by 2030 and 70 per cent by 2047, making the sector a key driver of climate action. Addressing the 'India Maritime Week (IMW) 2025' here, Sonowal highlighted India's unwavering focu ...Read More >
New Delhi: As Cyclone Montha advances toward the Andhra Pradesh coast, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 25 teams across states expected to be affected, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu, and its Inspector General Narender Singh Bundela on Tuesday emphasised that the force is fully prepared to mitigate the cyclone's impact. Speaking to IANS, IG Bundela said: "To deal with this cyclone, the Cabinet Secretary himself conducted and chaired a meeting ...Read More >
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