The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) retained the Jharsuguda Assembly seat, as its candidate Dipali Das defeated her nearest Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Tankadhar Tripathy by a margin of 48,721 votes Saturday, an election official said

A 35-yearold woman and her two children were found dead inside a closed room under mysterious circumstances at Sunapali Gountiapada area under Dhanupali police limits here, Saturday.

Thousands flocked to cinemas in Dhaka to watch Shah Rukh Khan’s blockbuster ‘Pathaan’, the first Indian movie to get a full release in Bangladesh in more than half a century.

The five newly established Regional Judicial Academies at Angul, Balasore, Sambalpur, Ganjam and Koraput were inaugurated by Supreme Court Judge Justice Surya Kant in presence of Orissa High Court Chief Justice S Muralidhar and other High Court Judges in virtual mode from Odisha Judicial Academy here Saturday.

Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general, recently warned that “being sociallydisconnected” has a similar effect on mortality as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. This statement was widely reported in the media, including in the Washington Post, the Times and the Daily Mail. But where does this “15 cigarettes a day” figure come from?

The chairperson of the Chhattisgarh State Commission for Women, Dr Kiranmayee Nayak on Saturday said that trend of pre-wedding photo and video shooting is dangerous for the future of girls.

The Election Commission ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar constituency in the city where Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy is in close contest with BJP's C K Ramamurthy.

The Congress victory in the Karnataka assembly elections is a record in terms of both seats and vote share in over 30 years. The party has won 137 seats -- 57 more than 2018 -- and had a vote share of 42.9 per cent.

After the thumping victory of the Congress in the Karnataka Assembly elections, Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said those who wanted 'Congress Mukt Bharat' ended up facing 'BJP Mukt Dakshin Bharat'.

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Saturday warned against further attempts to vandalise security installations after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters attacked and caused damage to security installations on May 9

The Commissionerate Police Saturday arrested a fraudster for duping hundreds of employees and a woman of more than `8.50 lakh in the City. The accused identified as Anjali Behera, 32, is a resident of Kurujanga village under Konark police station in Puri.

As part of the state government’s vision to provide safe and piped drinking water to every household by 2024, a total of 40 mega drinking water projects are in progress across Odisha.

Jharkhand’s first boat ambulance service is all set to roll out from Sahibganj district next week, an official said Saturday. The facility will help extend health facilities to over two lakh people living in Diara area, a stretch of land located near the river Ganga.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha and actor Parineeti Chopra on Saturday got engaged in a private ceremony, attended by family members and political leaders

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has detected around 1.52 lakh suspected fake mobile connections subscribed based on forged documents in six states of the northeast region, officials said on Thursday

The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the US Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs.

Civil defence teams have been deployed at Bakkhali Sea Beach in South 24 Parganas of West Bengal as Cyclone 'Mocha' intensifies into an extremely severe cyclonic storm, officials said on Saturday.

The Reserve Bank of India Friday said a special 100 days campaign will be launched under which banks trace and settle their top 100 deposits in every district of the country

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group will raise Rs 21,000 crore (over $2.5 billion) through share sale in two group companies in the boldest comeback strategy after the ports-toenergy conglomerate was rocked by allegations of fraud levelled by a US short-seller.

Newly appointed Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino said in a tweet on Saturday that she has been inspired by owner Elon Musk's vision to create a brighter future and is excited to help to transform the social media platform.