Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday greeted the people of Odisha as the three-day Raja festival began across the state. The state welcomes the Raja festival every year as a mark of respect for womanhood, fertility, and the rhythms of Mother []

Ahmedabad: A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 passengers and crew crashed into a medical college complex here and burst into a ball of fire Thursday moments after takeoff, possibly killing almost everyone on board in one of the countrys worst air disasters. Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was among the dead, according to []

Bhubaneswar: A day after Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaiks long speeches do not make development jibe, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday claimed that the BJD head read write-ups instead of speaking to the people directly when he was the CM. Majhi made the comment while addressing the State Level Bikas Mela in Bhubaneswar []

Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Tuesday ridiculed Odishas BJP governments claim of being a peoples government, and accused the Mohan Charan Majhi dispensation of focusing only on speeches and publicity instead of real development. Patnaik was addressing party leaders and workers at the Jan Jagaran Abhijaan at Sankha Bhawan, the BJDs state headquarters here. The []

Vienna: Eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the citys mayor said. Mayor Elke Kahr described the events as a terrible tragedy, the Austria Press Agency reported. It added that the fatalities were seven students and one adult. []

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Berhampur: Environmental activist Medha Patkar Saturday appealled to the people of Odisha for protection of Rushikulya river. The government planned to construct a dam in the river Pipalapnaka under Sorada block in the district. While participating in the Save Rushikulya river movement in Ganjam district, she said, Rivers may be small or big, but they []

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday called for the need of a transparent, responsive, and citizen-centric revenue administration. While attending the State-Level Revenue Officers Conference at Lok Seva Bhawan here, Majhi strongly emphasised zero tolerance towards corruption, especially in land dealings, and warned that any irregularities, especially in tribal and scheduled caste land []

Itanagar: The death toll in floods and landslides triggered by relentless rain in Arunachal Pradesh has increased to 11 as a labourer died in a wall collapse incident in Anjaw district, officials said Tuesday. According to a State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) statement, while 38-year-old Bhaben Murmu died when a wall collapsed during a landslide []

Imphal: Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Manipur with 3,802 people affected and 883 houses damaged due to floods and landslides across the state in the last 48 hours, officials said Sunday. Several localities of the states capital, Imphal, and many parts of Imphal East district have been inundated after a swollen river breached embankments and []