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Puri: Police have arrested five persons, including two minors, for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old man, stripping him naked and parading him along a public road in Puri district on suspicion that he had attempted to molest a mentally ill woman. The incident occurred near Jalakabar village under Chandanpur police limits at around 8 pm Sunday, []

Dubai: Airstrikes targeted two districts in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels reported Monday, blaming Saudi Arabia for the airstrikes that occurred around midnight. Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to the claim. Here is the latest news from the Middle East Monday. Read our full coverage here. One killed as []

New Delhi: For decades, citizens from across the country have reached the capital to exercise their right to dissent. Delhi offered them several addresses; among them was Jantar Mantar, a stretch of road that became synonymous with protests that often changed the course of governance and policy. Now, after decades of serving as one of []

New Delhi: Retail inflation rose to 5.54 per cent in September, mainly due to costlier food items, according to government data released Monday. The Consumer Price Index-based inflation was at 4.83 per cent in August. The inflation figure for September is the highest in the new index series released in January. Inflation in the food []

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a residential property in Jammu and Kashmirs Srinagar, allegedly used for harbouring Pakistani terrorists and concealing incriminating material connected with the terror network, officials said Monday. The property at Khasra no. 315, Danihama village in Hazratbal, belonging to accused Ghulam Mohammad Mir, alias Mama Gas, was []

New Delhi: CPI Rajya Sabha MP P Sandosh Kumar has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah alleging widespread harassment and detention of journalists covering protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi, and demanding immediate intervention to stop the police action. In his letter to Shah, Kumar cited instances involving journalists from mainstream []

New Delhi: Trade and transport bodies Monday opposed the designation of Ramlila Maidan as a protest site in Delhi, citing its proximity to major wholesale markets in Old Delhi and the potential disruption to the movement of goods and commercial activities. The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) and the All India Motor and Goods []

New Delhi: People with long Covid, where symptoms persist after recovery from an acute Covid-19 infection, may have distinct differences in the mix of bacteria living in their mouths and lungs, research has shown. The differences in the lung microbiome are linked to respiratory symptoms, as well as the cognitive and digestive problems known to []

Stockholm: American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, saying the winners were being honoured for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. []

Bhubaneswar: Campaigning has picked up across colleges and universities in Odisha ahead of the October 15 student union elections, with candidates reaching out to voters through posters, banners, and social media, even as reports of clashes at some campuses raise law-and-order concerns. Campuses, including Utkal University, Rama Devi Womens University, Ravenshaw University, and Fakir Mohan []

New Delhi: Amid heavy security arrangements and barricades by the Delhi Police, INDIA bloc leaders began a protest march toward the Supreme Court Monday, announcing they would seek legal intervention to safeguard democratic and constitutional rights. The opposition leaders also demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over allegations of vote theft []

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Monday slammed the ruling BJP government for allegedly undermining hockey after Hockey India issued a show-cause notice to the Hockey Association of Odisha, proposing its reclassification from permanent to associate member. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, former sports minister Tushar Kanti Behera alleged the BJP government was responsible for mismanagement in []

Bhubaneswar: A series of road accidents in Bhubaneswars Keshura area took a new turn after CCTV footage emerged showing a car driver allegedly ramming into people and parked motorcycles following an altercation with employees at a roadside dhaba. According to sources, three people were injured and seven two-wheelers were damaged in the accident. The driver []

New Delhi: Delhi High Court Monday granted time till October 13 to the city police to respond to a plea of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) seeking permission to protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Jantar Mantar over alleged irregularities in the SIR exercise. At the outset, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma, []

New Delhi: Delhi Police has denotified Jantar Mantar as a designated site for protests and named three new spots for holding such demonstrations, a development that comes after a series of agitations over recent months left New Delhi district, the administrative nerve centre of the government, paralysed. Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar issued the standing []

Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Three buildings and 19 high-value plots allegedly belonging to Jayadev Jena, an assistant block education officer (ABEO) in Jajpur district, were unearthed during raids in connection with a disproportionate assets case Monday, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, an Odisha Vigilance team raided the office and properties of the officer posted in Dharmasala in []