Navi Mumbai: Royal Challengers Bengaluru, riding on a century stand between India stalwarts Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh and a five-wicket haul by spinner Shreyanka Patil, defeated Gujarat Giants by 32 runs to register their third successive Women's Premier League win Friday. Sent in to bat first, Yadav (66 off 47 balls) and Ghosh (44 off 28...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will introduce 55 new textbooks for classes 1 to 8 from the next academic year, officials said Friday. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting, chaired by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. State School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond and senior officers attended the meeting. The meeting was focused on the...

New Delhi: The High Powered Committee (HPC) on Union Territory of Ladakh will hold its first meeting, after the September clashes last year, February 4, marking the resumption of suspended deliberations between the Centre and representatives from the Union territory. The meeting to be chaired by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai will take place...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday suspended two more frontline leaders for alleged anti-party activities, sending a clear message to party members to maintain discipline and unity. The suspended leaders are Nalini Prabha Jena, president of the zilla parishad in Jajpur district, and Ganeswar Baral, vice-president of the party's Jajpur district unit. The moves came a day...

Balasore: Odisha Police has arrested three persons in Balasore district and launched a manhunt to nab others allegedly involved in the lynching of a man suspected of cattle smuggling, an officer said Friday. The incident has triggered sharp political reactions, with leaders of Opposition parties blaming the state BJP government for what they described as a rise...

New Delhi: More than a dozen specialised teams of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) -- the riot-control wing of the CRPF, will undertake disaster relief and rescue operations, officials said Friday. The teams, well known by their blue dungaree uniforms, have been brought into the disaster management fold on the directions of the Union home ministry and...

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Berhampur: A man was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a special court in Odisha's Ganjam district for raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times. The convict had first raped the girl June 15, 2024, while she was going to take a bath in the village pond. Since then, he had been raping her regularly, threatening not...

Moscow: Russia Friday said it was committed to making mediation efforts and promoting a constructive dialogue involving all concerned parties in West Asia, as President Vladimir Putin dialled Israeli and Iranian leaders to discuss the regional situation amid US threats of a strike on the Islamic Republic. Putin spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed...

Kathmandu: The Election Commission of Nepal Friday announced that the Nepali Congress led by Gagan Thapa was the official one, dealing a blow to the Sher Bahadur Deuba faction, two days after the oldest and the largest party of the country split. The Nepali Congress Wednesday formally split as negotiations between the two factions, one led by...