Bhubaneswar: An elderly man was trampled to death by a herd of elephants in a forest near Majuriapada in Sambalpur district on Sunday night. Shyamsundar Pradhan (55), a resident of Chilikama village, encountered a six-member elephant herd near Majuriapada while returning home on his cycle from Nuamunda village. When Pradhan failed to return home, his…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a high-level meeting with the Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh on May 28 to discuss the Polavaram Project. This will be the first time that the Prime Minister will directly engage in talks with all four states on this matter. The meeting assumes significance…
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to marine conservation, the Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) annual mission ‘Operation Olivia’ helped protect a record of over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridley turtles nested at the Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha during February 2025. Conducted annually from November to May, Operation Olivia is an important initiative of the ICG aimed at…
Bengaluru, 19/5: Torrential, likely record-breaking, downpour that Bengaluru received on Sunday night exposed the gaps in the city’s infrastructure, as residents woke to river-like roads and layouts on Monday. According to the IMD, Bengaluru City recorded 105.5 mm of rainfall as of 8:30 am on Monday, with nearly 90 mm of rainfall in the intervening…
Cuttack: In yesterday’s drowning incident of 2 engineers in the Kathajodi River of Cuttack, today another body has been recovered. As per reports, yesterday body of Rutikes Matal had been recovered and today body of Rutik Brijne has been recovered by the NDRF team. It is to be noted that the two young engineers had gone…
New Delhi, 19/5: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday held all high court judges, including additional judges, will be entitled to full pension and retirement benefits. The top court said the former chief justices of the high court will get Rs 15 lakh per annum as pension
Hisar, 19/5: In a major development, Pakistani intelligence operatives were allegedly developing Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested on espionage charges, as an asset, said a senior Haryana police officer on Sunday. She was allegedly in touch with a Pakistani officer posted at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi during the four-day…
Rampur,19/5 : A Tanda resident was arrested here Sunday for allegedly being an agent of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force. Shahzad was apprehended by the STF Moradabad unit following inputs about his alleged involvement in cross-border smuggling and espionage activities for the ISI. The STF said Shahzad was also passing…
Beijing, 18/5: China provided Pakistan with air defense and satellite support during its clash with India this month, according to a research group under India’s Ministry of Defence, suggesting that Beijing was more directly involved in the conflict than was previously discussed. China helped Pakistan reorganize its radar and air defense systems to more effectively…
New Delhi, 18/5: Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Razaullah Nizamani alias Abu Saifullah, who was the brain behind the 2006 attack on the RSS headquarters, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Sindh province of Pakistan on Sunday, officials here said. Nizamani, who had been provided security by the Pakistani government, had left his residence at Matli in Sindh…
