Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check
New Indian Expressby AFP·14d ago
KATHMANDU: Nepal's hydropower boom has long been touted as a cornerstone of economic growth and renewable energy, but the devastating flood in August exposed its vulnerability.
LPU students protest over unverified rape allegation; Jalandhar-Phagwara NH blocked
New Indian Expressby Harpreet Bajwa·14d ago
CHANDIGARH: A day after angry protests by students of Chitkara University in Rajpura near Patiala, students of another private university near Jalandhar in Punjab held a massive and violent protest...
'Worry and sorrow': West Asia war opens old wounds in Kurdistan
New Indian Expressby AFP·14d ago
PENJWEN: Kurdistan resident Ahmed Faraj was just a child when his city became a battlefield in the Iran-Iraq conflict.
Russia backs India's bid for permanent UNSC seat at UN General Assembly, opposes more Western seats
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·14d ago
Russia on Saturday backed India's candidature for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, while opposing the allocation of additional permanent seats to Western countries such as...
Heavy rain disrupts normal life in UP; 10 killed, 17 injured, 63 districts receive excess rainfall
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·14d ago
Normal life was affected across Uttar Pradesh as heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds lashed several parts of the state, leaving 10 people dead and 17 injured in rain-related incidents...
BBSR Bar calls for revenue district tag to capital city
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar Bar Association on Saturday intensified its call for grant of full revenue district status to the state capital, citing that the city’s rapid growth, administrative...
Three days on, Odisha police yet to trace escaped convict
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
CUTTACK: Even as three days have passed since an inmate, convicted of double murder, escaped from the Athagarh model convict jail in Khuntuni’s Ranibania area, police are yet to make a headway in...
17 months after tribal protester’s death, Rourkela Steel Plant’s key railway line project remains stalled
New Indian Expressby Prasanjeet Sarkar·14d ago
ROURKELA: Around 17 months after a tribal protester was killed during an agitation, the new rail line project of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) remains stalled.
World Cup winner Spain survives scare to beat England 3-2 in Nations League
New Indian Expressby Associated Press·14d ago
World Cup winner Spain extended its unbeaten run to 39 games by rallying to a 3-2 win against England in the Nations League on Saturday.
Police strengthening methods to tackle new crime forms: Odisha DGP
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
SAMBALPUR: Odisha Police is strengthening its personnel and technological resources to tackle emerging forms of crime, with cyber fraud and drug trafficking among its key areas of concern, DGP...
Rescue teams fight flood, evacuate pregnant women to safety in Ganjam district
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
BERHAMPUR: As floodwaters cut off several rural pockets of Ganjam district following the deep depression, 254 babies were born in the past three days, even as rescue teams evacuated or shifted...
Thousands evacuated as rivers swell across Odisha, rescue & relief stepped up
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
With rivers frothing across north, south and coastal regions following heavy rains triggered by the deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, district administrations continued to evacuate people...
Offer LLB seat if vacancy arises, else pay Rs 1 lakh to student: Orissa HC tells NLUO
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has directed the National Law University, Odisha (NLUO) to offer admission to a student in its three-year LLB course if any seat falls vacant by the end of November...
Pullampara natives: Are we waiting for another Kalladi?
New Indian Expressby Aswin Asok Kumar·14d ago
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: From a distance, the Kunj Ayiravalli hill at Pullampara looks like a postcard interrupted by an ugly scar -- a quarry cut into its top, with heaps of soil piled along the edge...
Odisha's Saroj Kumar Behera: The Head Maestro of education
New Indian Expressby Amarnath Parida·14d ago
JAGATSINGHPUR: You can retire a headmaster from school, but you cannot retire the school out of the headmaster.
Railway porter’s twin sons make it to NIT-Rourkela
New Indian Expressby Prasanjeet Sarkar·14d ago
ROURKELA: In the bustling chaos of Rourkela railway station, 52-year-old porter Sanjay Saw is a regular for more than a decade.
Samba cultivation delayed in three districts amid wait for Vaigai water
New Indian Expressby M S Thanaraj·14d ago
MADURAI: The wait for irrigation water has delayed Samba paddy operations in the Vaigai command areas of Madurai, Dindigul and Theni even as farmers in rainfed Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram have...
Srimandir management plans new Suna Besha ornaments for deities
New Indian Expressby Rajkumar Mohanty·14d ago
PURI: The Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee has decided to prepare a new set of ornaments for the Suna Besha rituals of the holy Trinity, temple chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said on...
Manmohan Singh most deserving of Bharat Ratna: CM Revanth
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
HYDERABAD: Demanding Bharat Ratna for former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged the Centre to rise above partisan considerations and honour the late...
Stigma, a huge challenge for SCD patients: Experts
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·14d ago
BHUBANESWAR: Social stigma continues to pose a greater challenge to people with sickle cell disease (SCD) than the disease itself.
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