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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The highest dropout rate in Class X in 2021-22 was recorded in Odisha, where 49.9% students discontinued their studies, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told the Lok Sabha on Monday....

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha in the grip of cold wave, the mercury plummeted to 6.5 degree Celsius at G Udayagiri in Kandhamal district in the last 24 hours, the Bhubaneswar Meteorological...

New Delhi: At least 118 people were killed in the overnight earthquake, which struck northwestern region in China, state media reported on Tuesday. According to reports, the earthquake, with a...

Rome: The Vatican said on Monday Pope Francis has formally approved priests blessing same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies. In a...

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to develop a new city close to its capital. It will be called ‘Third Mumbai’. The aim is to provide better housing, infrastructure and...

New Delhi: Elon Musk’s X is in trouble as the European Union (EU) on Monday announced formal ‘infringement proceedings’ against the social media platform. EU’s action is part of a...

Bengaluru: A rise in COVID-19 cases in Kerala and some other states/union territories (UTs), including detection of the first JN.1 sub-variant case, has compelled the Central government to take notice. Union...

New Delhi: As many as 78 Opposition Members of Parliament (MP)s were suspended from Parliament on Monday for disrupting proceedings in both Houses. The Rajya Sabha suspended 34 Opposition members...

Bhubaneswar: Lt Gen Anil Puri, who became the first serving general to complete France's oldest cycling event, the gruelling 1,200-km Paris-Brest-Paris circuit in 2019, at the age of 56, is...

Rourkela: The toll in suspected diarrhoea outbreak in Odisha's Rourkela city touched 8 on Monday with the death of a woman of of Naya Bazaar here. The deceased, Sarojini Khandayat...