Baleshwar: A Bangladeshi national who served a 14-year prison sentence in Odisha after being convicted in multiple criminal cases was deported to Bangladesh Wednesday following the completion of all legal formalities, police said.Baleshwar Superintendent of Police Pratyush Dibakar said Mohammad Babu Khan, a resident of Hamirdi village under Bhanga police limits in Faridpur district of…
Sambalpur, Jul 9: The Hirakud Dam in Odisha’s Sambalpur district released the season’s first floodwater on Thursday after authorities opened four sluice gates at 11:00 am to regulate the rising reservoir level.According to officials, the reservoir has crossed 615 feet, well above the prescribed Rule Curve level of 605 feet for July. To ensure the…
Police in Kandhamala district recovered the decomposed body of Binod Bastia from a forest near Chandaniamunda village under Kantamal police limits on Thursday morning.Family members reported that Bastia had gone missing on June 16 after leaving home. Despite extensive searches in nearby areas, they failed to trace him and later lodged a missing complaint at…
Bhubaneswar: Rabindra Kumar Nayak, Forest Ranger of Kendrapada Forest Range, was arrested by the Odisha Vigilance on Thursday for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.According to the Vigilance Department, Nayak was placed under arrest and will be produced today before the Court of the Special Vigilance Judge in Cuttack. Searches conducted…
New Delhi, 9/7: The citizens of Delhi woke up to overcast skies, as hours of rains uprooted trees and waterlogged roads as overnight showers continued through Thursday morning. The IMD issued a ‘red’ alert for Delhi, warning of moderate to heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning during the day. The minimum temperature in the…
Melbourne, 9/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India as a long-term investment destination for Australian businesses and called for the early conclusion of the proposed bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA). Modi made the remarks at the Australia-India CEOs Forum and the Economic Roadmap Business event in Melbourne, which he jointly addressed with…
New Delhi, 8/7: India on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the re-escalation of tension in West Asia following fresh attacks on commercial shipping in international waterways near the Strait of Hormuz and the war of words between Iran and the United States. New Delhi called upon all parties to exercise restraint and return to dialogue…
Washington DC, 8/7: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to strike Iran again, this time attacking the nation’s civilian infrastructure and to seize Kharg Island, with its oil infrastructure, as his ceasefire with Tehran appeared to be in tatters after he said the truce is over. “I will give a little warning: We’re going…
Turkey8/7: President Donald Trump kicked off the second day of the NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday by restating his “need” to control Greenland, blasting European allies as “hopeless” and threatening countries that did not support the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. But the summit produced some welcome news for the alliance and Ukraine. Trump told…
Thiruvananthapuram, 8/7: Search for five persons missing in the Kalladi disaster at Wayanad in Kerala was remaining inconclusive till Wednesday evening. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and various agencies were carrying out searches even several kilometers along the downstream of the river that flows through the disaster spot. Cadaver dogs were also used to trace…
