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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed the need to introduce local languages in courts. "We need to encourage local languages in courts. This will not only increase...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has confirmed the season's first sunstroke death in the state, which has been reeling under a severe heatwave for the past few weeks. The victim, identified...

Bhubaneswar: The heatwave currently sweeping Odisha and other parts of India has been unbearable. People are coping with it in various ways: staying indoors during the day, with cool summer...

Bhubaneswar: A climate change expert has said that what was more worrying about the current heatwave roiling India was the long duration of the severe wave than the high temperatures....

Kabul: In a ghastly attack on hundreds of worshippers who had gathered for prayers on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, a powerful explosion ripped through a...

Johannesburg: There are fears of a fifth COVID-19 wave in South Africa earlier than expected, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron. There has been a sustained rise...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Friday appointed Sanjeeb Panda as Director, Intelligence. Notably, IPS officer Lalit Das was removed as Director, Intelligence, and transferred to Home Department as Officer on...

Bhubaneswar: The heatwave will continue to persist for the next 24-48 hours due to westerly winds from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Rajasthan and the temperature will drop thereafter, senior scientist of India...

Bhubaneswar: It has been two years since Irrfan Khan's tragic death and the actor lives on for his numerous slice-of-the films that had a universal appeal. However, not many people know...

Bhubaneswar: Six students - four from Bhubaneswar and one each from Nayagarj and Puri - have been booked for taking admission in Rajdhani College by allegedly furnishing fake disability certificates....