Bhubaneswar: Medical entrance exam NEET-UG was held amid strict security in Odisha Sunday, officials said. The examination, which was held in 27 places across the state, commenced at 2pm and concluded at 5pm, they said. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG-2025 for admission to the MBBS course. CCTV cameras []

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) of Puri Sunday questioned a senior servitor over the alleged use of surplus sacred wood of the 12th-century shrine in crafting idols in a temple at Digha in neighbouring West Bengal, officials said. The servitor, Daitapati Nijog secretary Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra, attended and supervised the consecration ceremony at the []

Kathmandu/Bhubaneswar: Members of Nepals National Assembly have urged the government to halt sending Nepali students to Odishas Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) where two Nepalese female students died in suspicious circumstances within a period of three months. They proposed denying No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) to any student seeking enrolment at the institute, according to the []

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi held a series of one-on-one meetings with industry leaders in Mumbai, seeking investments for the state. Majhi held the meetings on the sidelines of WAVES 2025 Saturday, the Chief Ministers Office (CMO) said in a statement Sunday. He held meetings with the senior leadership of Tata Steel, Shapoorji []

Bhubaneswar: The police have arrested six people for their alleged involvement in a Rs 78 lakh cyber fraud case in Cuttack, an officer said Sunday. The accused are residents of Bolangir district and all of them were arrested from there by a police team of the Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissionerate of Police, the officer said. A person []

New Delhi: India is looking for partners and not preachers and Europe must display sensitivity and mutuality of interest for deeper ties with New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Sunday in a veiled dig at some European nations approach towards major geo-political upheavals including the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In an interactive session, Jaishankar said []

Berhampur: Eighteen people were arrested with arms and ammunition in a special drive in Odishas Ganjam district, police said Sunday. The drive was conducted in Aska, Bhanjanagar, Chamakhandi, Kotinada, Polsara and Sheragada police station areas throughout Saturday night in a crackdown on organised crime syndicates, they said. A total of 17 firearms and 66 rounds []

Cuttack: The state Works Department has constituted a high-level technical committee to probe the accident that took place during the construction of a bridge over Kathajodi River at Khannagar in Cuttack, an official said Sunday. As many as three workers died while two others sustained serious injuries due to the fatal accident that took place []

Mumbai: Actor Harshvardhan Rane, whose film Sanam Teri Kasam became a phenomenal hit after its re-release recently, is lending his support to fellow actor Babil Khan after a video of the latters emotional breakdown went viral. Sunday, Harshvardhan took to the Stories section of his Instagram and shared a note in which he addressed Babil []

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan Sunday said that the Odisha government will write to West Bengal over naming the Digha temple as Jagannath Dham. Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar, Minister Harichandan said, I will apprise Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, after his return to Odisha, about the issue and a letter will be []

Quetta: A major attack by the Fateh Squad of the proscribed terrorist outfit the Baloch Liberation (BLA) in Balochistans Mongochar area of Kalat district, has resulted in vandalism of several government buildings, and blocking of the Quetta-Karachi highway. Security sources said that the BLA militants blocked the Quetta-Karachi Highway, halting the traffic and searching []

New Delhi: Days after Pakistans Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) along with its Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar shifted blamed on India for the terror incidents of its soil, it has emerged that the rouge nation and its state machinery invented a series of lies, to deflect blame for Pahalgam terror attack and also to hold []

Bhubaneswar: Three members of a family, including a teenager, were killed after a tractor carrying them overturned in Odishas Jajpur district, police said Sunday. The accident occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Bahadur Nagar within the jurisdiction of Balichandrapur police station of the district when they were travelling back home from their farmland, []

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Mumbai: Before actor Babil Khan shared a heartbreaking video of his breakdown naming some celebrities, actress Ananya Panday had shared a post about mental health. Ananyas post comes across in stark contrast to what Babil alleged about the Hindi film industry being full of people, who are rude. He named young crop of actors like []

Ajay Devgns latest crime thriller Raid 2, which hit theaters May 1, has become the latest victim of online piracy and is leaked online.

Tel Aviv: A ballistic missile launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen struck near Israels Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday after multiple interception attempts by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) failed, prompting a temporary halt in all takeoffs and landings at the countrys main international airport. However, the Israel Airport Authority confirmed the reopening of airspace []

Jammu: Three soldiers were killed in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in J&Ks Ramban district Sunday, officials said. The soldiers were killed after an army vehicle rolled down into a deep gorge near the Battery Chashma in Ramban. The driver lost control of the wheel and the vehicle dropped into a gorge []

Kolkata: Using leftover timber meant for Puris Jagannath Temple for carving deities in Jagannath Temple in Digha of East Midnapore district of West Bengal, officially referred to as Jagannath Dham Cultural Central Centre, is against ethics and morality, observed BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari Sunday. The questionable involvement of Servitors, and the unauthorised use of surplus []

Bhadrak: Nine transgenders of a school in Odishas Bhadrak district have cleared the Class-X board examination. The nine transgenders including two lesbian students of Sarojini Sanskruta Vidyalaya in Boualpokhari, Charmpa under Bhadrak Municipality cleared the Class-X exams, the results of which were announced Friday, defying social odds and stigma to emerge victorious, said the headmaster []

New Delhi: In a significant development against the backdrop of escalating tensions with Pakistan, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, sources said. The meeting, which went on for 45 minutes, comes in the aftermath of the brutal terror attack in Pahalgam []

Mumbai: Actor Dhanush surprised the attendees at Grammy and Oscar-winning music composer A. R. Rahmans concert in Mumbai. The gig, which was a part of Rahmans The Wonderment Tour, was held at the DY Patil Stadium in the Nerul area of Navi Mumbai. The event witnessed a spectacular celebration of music, emotion, and unity, registering []

Jamshedpur: The toll rose to three in the collapse of a state-run hospital corridor in Jharkhands East Singhbhum district as one more body was recovered from there, an official said Sunday. Two others, who were injured in the incident, are undergoing treatment, he said. Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari said three people died in the []

A deeply emotional video of actor Babil Khan, son of late Indian film icon Irrfan Khan, has gone viral on Reddit, raising alarms among fans and drawing attention to the struggles faced by newcomers in the Hindi film industry. The clip, which has rapidly gained traction, shows a visibly distraught Babil tearfully criticising the film []

Guwahati: Two more persons have been apprehended in Assam for defending Pakistan on Indian soil, taking the total number of arrested people to 39 since the Pahalgam terror attack last month, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Sarma also said the two were arrested from Hojai and South Salmara-Mankachar districts. #Update on Crackdown against traitors []

Los Angeles: Gigi Hadid has finally gone Instagram official with her beau, Bradley Cooper. The supermodel recently shared a series of photos from her 30th birthday party on Instagram, and among them was a photo of Hadid kissing Cooper, her boyfriend of one year. In the snapshot, Hadid and the actor, 50, could be seen []

New Delhi: Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh is set to make his debut at the Met Gala 2025, billed as fashions biggest night. Dosanjh shared a story on Instagram, with First Time in the caption, along with the sandglass emoji. He added the song Met Gala by Gunna to the post. The following slide had a []

New Delhi: Singer Sonu Nigam, who is currently facing an FIR for allegedly offending the sentiments of Kannadigas during a recent concert in Bengaluru, has stated that he was threatened by a small group of boys to sing in Kannada at the event. He also urged people not to generalise or hold the entire community []

Islamabad: Pakistan has banned Indian-flagged ships from entering its ports with immediate effect after New Delhi imposed fresh punitive measures, including a ban on the import of goods and entry of Pakistani vessels into its ports, against Islamabad amid heightened tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack. India Saturday imposed a ban on the import of []

New Delhi: India has stanched the flow of water through the Baglihar Dam on the Chenab River and is planning similar measures at the Kishanganga Dam on the Jhelum River, a source said. The source familiar with the matter said these hydroelectric dams Baglihar in Ramban in Jammu and Kishanganga in north Kashmir []

Champua: A 15-year-old girl, who had recently appeared for the High School Certificate (HSC) exams, reportedly committed suicide over poor results in Shankarpur village under Champua police limits in Keonjhar district. The deceased student has been identified as Truptimayee Mahanta, daughter of Kamal Mahanta and a student of Naradpur High School. She had appeared for []

Bhubaneswar: A 27-year-old migrant worker from Berhampur has defied the odds after undergoing life-saving treatment at Manipal Hospitals, Bhubaneswar. Rohit (name changed), who had moved to Qatar to secure a better future, experienced severe abdominal pain just three months into his job. He was diagnosed with necrotising pancreatitis and a pseudoaneurysm, both life-threatening conditions that []

Bhubaneswar: A review meeting of Nodal Officers from 32 departments on the implementation of the Odisha Right to Public Services Act (ORTPSA), 2012 was held at the State Convention Centre of Lok Seva Bhawan here Saturday. The session, organised by the Centre for Modernising Government Initiative (CMGI), was chaired by CMGI executive director Vineet Bhardwaj. []

Bhubaneswar: Radio Namaskar, Odishas first community radio station, has once again been recognised for its remarkable contribution to community media and its efforts to make community radio sustainable. At the National Community Radio Sammelan held Saturday at the Jio Centre in Mumbai, the station was honoured with the National Community Radio Award by the Ministry []

Bhubaneswar: In a strong push for environmental protection and sustainable living, Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati urged citizens to embrace green energy to reduce pollution, safeguard the planet and save much-needed foreign exchange by reducing the import of crude oil. Addressing a press conference at Raj Bhavan here Saturday, the Governor emphasised the importance of transitioning []

Bhubaneswar: The last rites of 18-year-old Nepalese student Prisa Sah, who died at KIIT, were conducted at Swargadwar in Puri in the presence of her family members Saturday, officials said. According to tradition, the deceased girls father, Shyam Pd Sah lit the funeral pyre at the crematorium in the holy town. Prisas mother, Pinky Sah, []

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough on the eve of the NEET-UG 2025, the Special Crime Unit (SCU) of Commissionerate Police Saturday arrested four conduits of an interstate racket who were allegedly duping medical education aspirants with a promise to secure their admission in top private colleges by making dummy candidates appear for the test. Addressing []

From high ambitions and financial breakthroughs to emotional conversations and personal reflections, todayshoroscope brings mixed energies for allzodiac signs. While Aries and Virgo strive with determination, Taurus and Libra succeed in unexpected places. Emotional connections deepen for Cancer and Scorpio, while Pisces and Sagittarius grapple with inner conflicts. Heres what Ganesha has in store for []

Through the 1990s and up until fairly recently, India insisted on something called de-hyphenation. The hyphen referred to was the one in the term Indo-Pak, which is how the world saw South Asia. Neither country was seen from the outside without the shadow of the other. American diplomats visiting India, like Robin Raphel, an official []

Kalinga Super Cup 2025: FC Goa beat Jamshedpur FC 3-0 in final Bridge slab collapses during construction near Kathajodi Ring Road, Cuttack Devotees offer water to Lord Shanis idol at Ashtashambhu Temple in Chandini Chowk, Cuttack, on Shani Jayanti Idols of five Pandavas being taken boat ride at Narendra Tank, []

New Delhi: India and Angola Saturday signed several key agreements following the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Angolan President Joo Manuel Goncalves Lourenco at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine and on cooperation []

Jammu: The Indian Army informed Saturday that the Pakistani media and their proxy social media handles have launched a disinformation campaign against the countrys armed forces officers after being rattled by Indias firm resolve to punish the perpetrators of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. In the wake of Indias firm resolve to punish the []

Kolkata: The move by the Odisha government directing the Shree Jaagnnatha Temple Administration, Puri to initiate a probe into the controversy surrounding the newly-built Jagannath Temple, officially termed as a cultural centre, at Digha in East Midnapore district of West Bengal is quite justified, according to fashion designer-turned-politician and the BJP legislator from West Bengal, []

Bhubaneswar: As tensions rise over the West Bengal governments portrayal of a newly constructed temple in Digha as Jagannath Dham, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has launched an official probe into allegations that sacred wood from the Puri Jagannath Temple was secretly used to craft idols at the Digha shrine. State Law Minister Prithiviraj []

New Delhi: Amid the escalation of tension between India and Pakistan following the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 people, most of them tourists, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg Saturday. The high-level meeting comes at a time []

Bengaluru: Half-centuries from Jacob Bethell (55) and Virat Kohli (62) as well as a late 14-ball 53 not out from Romario Shepherd helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru set a 214-run target against Chennai Super Kings, in their IPL contest in Bengaluru Saturday. Kohli smacked five sixes and as many fours to make 62 off only 33 []

Baripada: A local court in Odishas Mayurbhanj district Saturday sentenced a 25-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a seven-year-old boy. The judgment was delivered by Judge Santosh Kumar Nayak of the Fast Track Special Court under POCSO Act. The court also imposed a fine of Rs []

Cuttack: At least three persons, including an engineer and two workers, died after a concrete slab fell on them during the construction work of a bridge over the Kathajodi River here Saturday, police said. Two others suffered critical injuries in the incident, they said. Locals and police personnel rushed to the accident site and rescued []

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday and discussed various issues, including last weeks terror attack in Pahalgam, officials said. The meeting at the prime ministers residence lasted around 30 minutes, they said. This is the first meeting between the two leaders since the April 22 []