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Visakhapatnam: In view of suspected agitation at Visakhapatnam railway station and agitations in various zones, several trains are cancelled and a few diverted or rescheduled. Trains cancelled were train No. 18045 Shalimar-Secunderabad East Coast Express leaving Shalimar on June 19, train No. 17240 Visakhapatnam-Guntur express leaving Visakhapatnam on Saturday, No. 17239 Guntur –Visakhapatnam express leaving […]

Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a minor boy in Odisha’s Keonjhar district allegedly killed his mother for not giving him money to purchase new clothes, police said on Friday. This incident occurred at Uparabarada village under Nayakote police station of the mineral-rich Keonjhar district on Thursday. The accused, a 10-year school dropout had requested his […]

By Arun Sinha There is a clear pattern in the way governors have been behaving with the governments in States. The governors in the BJP-ruled States have a warm, lovey-dovey relationship with their governments. In States where opposition parties friendly to the Modi government are ruling — such as Odisha and Andhra Pradesh — the […]

Mumbai: After Delhi’s Anupam Tripathi, who rose to global prominence playing a Pakistani immigrant in the ‘Squid Game’, the world of Korean entertainment will have another Indian face — that of Shreya Lenka from Jharsuguda, Odisha, who has become the newest member of the K-pop band, Blackswan. Going by the name of Sriya, 18-year-old Shreya […]

Bhubaneswar: A Hero Photon Electric scooter in Odisha reportedly caught fire while it was being charged and the incident has left the scooter partially damaged. According to media reports, the incident was first reported on Wednesday, and the cause is thought to be a short circuit at the power socket from where the electric scooter […]

Balasore: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight test of the indigenously developed Naval Anti-ship missile launched from Seaking 42B Naval Helicopter from ITR Balasore in Odisha on Wednesday at 8:50 am. This firing is a significant step towards achieving self-reliance in niche missile technology and reaffirms the Indian Navy’s commitment […]

Amaravati: The severe cyclonic storm formed in the Bay of Bengal ‘Asani’ has changed its course. Initially it was thought that the cyclone would cross the coast between north Andhra and Odisha state but it is now found moving menacingly towards Machilipatnam where it is expected to cross the coast by Wednesday evening bringing heavy […]

New Delhi: Asani, the severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal, packing gale force winds up to 120 km per hour, was moving towards coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha at a speed of 25 km per hour on Monday, but expected to weaken gradually over the next two days, the weather office said. The […]

Balasore: A middle-aged married woman was allegedly raped repeatedly by a ‘tantrik’ for 79 days in front of her two-and-half-year-old son in Odisha’s Balasore district, police said on Saturday. Police rescued the woman and her child from a locked room on Friday but the accused  managed to escape and a manhunt has been launched to […]

Hyderabad: The upcoming plenary of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will unveil the party’s policy outlook towards the national politics. Besides discussing issues pertaining to the State as well as the country, the party will present Telangana’s model of development before the people of the country in order to trigger a discussion why not replicate […]

Hyderabad: Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology (MLRIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HIDS Technologies Private Limited, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, to work and offer an AR VR course and training services besides setting up an AR VR Lab to train students and faculties on various technology devices. Meanwhile, HIDS Technology Consultant representatives organised […]

Hyderabad: Ankura Hospitals for Women and Children, which has 12 centres in the two-Telugu speaking states, is in the process of expansion and establishing new facilities in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Odisha. The new facilities will come up in collaboration with the hospital’s brand ambassador, popular actor and social activist Sonu Sood. Dr. Krishna Prasad, MD, […]

Bhubaneswar: Smugglers are testing the potential of Odisha’s black market to sell drugs, eyeing the 2023 Men’s Hockey World Cup in the state, a senior police officer said on Saturday. Special Task Force (STF) DIG JN Pankaj said that after the preliminary interrogation of the two suspected drug peddlers nabbed earlier this week, it was […]

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Special Operations Team along with the Chandanagar police busted a marijuana racket operating from Odisha to Hyderabad and arrested three persons. Police seized 81 kilograms of marijuana from them. Officials said the gang procured the marijuana from dealers in Chithrakonda village in Odisha and smuggled it to Hyderabad in private vehicles to […]

Hyderabad: The frequency and intensity of forest fires in India, as well as the number of months in which such fires occur, have increased in the past two decades, according to a study ‘Managing Forest Fires in a Changing Climate’ released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), an independent, non-partisan, one of […]

Hyderabad: Tarani Sa scalped five wickets for 37 as Hyderabad succumbed to a 132-run loss on the final day of the Group C Col CK Nayudu Trophy match against Odisha at the St Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground in Kerala on Friday. Resuming at an overnight score of 65/2 while chasing a 300-run target, Hyderabad were […]

Hyderabad: Ajay Dev Goud, G Aniketh Reddy and Abhirath Reddy scalped three wickets each as Hyderabad skittled out Odisha for 186 in 55.3 overs in the second innings on third day of the Group Elite C under-25 Col CK Nayudu Trophy at the St Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground, Kerala on Thursday. Earlier, Hyderabad lower order […]

Hyderabad: TRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao took union Food Minister Piyush Goyal to task for refusing to procure paddy from Telangana citing technicalities and insisting that Telangana supply only raw rice to the Centre. Rao reminded that considering technicalities, the Centre through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) should procure only paddy from […]

Kothagudem: Khammam excise enforcement team has seized dry ganja worth Rs 1 crore and arrested one person at Bhadrachalam in the district on Saturday. Excise Inspector of Police (CI) Surveshwar speaking to the media at Bhadrachalam informed that vehicle inspection was conducted at different places in Bhadrachalam town to check ganja smuggling. A mini carriage […]

Hyderabad: Energy Minister G Jagdish Reddy on Friday said the Central government can’t privatise Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) since the State government owns 51 per cent share in the company. “If the Centre, however, has any such plans, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao will launch a massive agitation to stall them,” he said during […]