Nagpur: Riding on a brutal 35-ball 84 from Abhishek Sharma, India defeated New Zealand by 48 runs in the opening T20I of the five-match series Wednesday. Apart from Abhishek, Rinku Singh (44 not out off 20 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (32 off 22 balls), Hardik Pandya (25 off 16 balls) also chipped in with useful contributions as India...

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Dhenkanal: A man was allegedly assaulted and paraded with a footwear garland through a village in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, charging him with converting people to another religion, prompting the police to register a case, an officer said Wednesday. Though the incident occurred January 4 in a village under the Parjang police station limits, it came to light...

Bhubaneswar: An oil tanker developed a leak in Bhubaneswar’s Palasuni area Wednesday, spilling oil across the road and disrupting traffic. According to reports, the tanker was heading from Bhubaneswar toward Cuttack when the incident occurred. The exact reason behind the rupture of the tanker’s oil chamber was not immediately known. The oil spill led to a traffic...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said that the income of farmers in the state has increased substantially under his government. CM Majhi made the claim while inaugurating the three-day 'Matsya Pranee Samavesh Odisha' at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar. Addressing a gathering of over 8,000 farmers, Majhi said that Odisha is an agrarian state, as...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday defended the party's decision to suspend first-time MLA Arvind Mohapatra, alleging that the legislator was creating hurdles for the Patkura constituency's development that caused distress to the locals. Patnaik met party workers from the Patkura assembly segment, which is being represented by Mohapatra. Champua MLA Sanatan Mahakud and Mohapatra were suspended...

Bhubaneswar: The Sixth State Finance Commission Wednesday submitted their final report to Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati in Bhubaneswar, and discussed various recommendations made in the document, official sources said. The members of the panel, led by its Chairman Dr Arun Kumar Panda, met the Governor at Lok Bhavan and handed him over the final report. "Constituted...

Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay, president of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), will address a key meeting of party functionaries January 25, marking his return to a formal political platform after nearly a month. The meeting has generated significant interest among party workers and political observers, as it comes at a crucial stage ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly...

Davos: President Donald Trump Wednesday said the US will not use force to take Greenland and stressed that only America can protect the mineral-rich island, which is at the centre of escalating geopolitical tensions with Europe. Speaking at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, Trump also said that the US is booming but Europe is...

Gandhinagar: Philip Green, High Commissioner (HC) of Australia to India, paid a courtesy visit to Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar, with discussions focusing on sports infrastructure, Olympic preparedness, higher education and renewable energy cooperation. During the meeting, the Chief Minister highlighted Gujarat’s readiness to leverage Australia’s experience in the sustainable, long-term use of Olympic infrastructure, including housing and...