President Murmu lauds Gavit, Basil and Sreeshankar for CWG medals
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu showered praise on Indian para-athletes Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi for their historic 1-2 finish in the men’s T47 100m event and long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar for winning the silver medal at the Commonwealth...
Days after exit from Union Cabinet, Pradhan meets Odisha CM, BJP leaders
Bhubaneshwar: Senior BJP leader and MP Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Legislative Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, and other senior BJP leaders, days after stepping down as the Union Education Minister. The discussions, held...
Aanika, coach Pradyumna earn team India honours
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Wushu Association (OWA) is proud to announce that Aanika Pattnaik, the only female Wushu athlete from Odisha, has been selected to represent India at the prestigious Batumi Open International Wushu Championship 2026, scheduled to be held in...
River breaches leave thousands marooned
Jajpur: Two breaches in the right embankment of Kani River, a distributary of Baitarani, triggered severe flooding in Jajpur district Wednesday, inundating villages, disrupting road connectivity and forcing hundreds of residents to take shelter on embankments and in schools. The...
Dearer eggs hit MDM, children’s nutrition
Korukonda: A sharp rise in egg prices has started affecting government nutrition programmes at Anganwadi centres (AWCs) and the midday meal (MDM) scheme at schools in Malkangiri district and other parts of the state. With chicken, mutton and fish prices...
Jordan shoots down five Iranian missiles after US strikes
Cairo: Jordan's air defences shot down five missiles launched from Iran Thursday morning, the spokesman for the country's armed forces said, according to Jordan's state-run Petra news agency. The news agency said no casualties were reported. The interceptions come after the US military said it had completed a heavy wave...
Read moreDetailsAjinkya Rahane retires from international cricket after 12-year India career
Mumbai: Senior batter Ajinkya Rahane, who famously led an injury-ravaged Indian team to an improbable Test series win over Australia during a 2020-2021 tour, announced his retirement from international cricket Thursday, saying that the time is right for him to move on. The 38-year-old played 85 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is for India in a career which began in 2013. He did not turn up for the country after the...
Read moreDetailsOpposition uproar forces Lok Sabha adjournment till 2 pm
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm Thursday after the Opposition ruckus disrupted the House proceedings during the Question Hour. The session commenced with acknowledgements for India's medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Following this, the Speaker presided over the proceedings for the Question Hour. However, the Opposition started with sloganeering over the issue of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's speech during the Public Examinations...
Read moreDetailsPolling underway in Gujarat’s Manjalpur bypoll; turnout at 6.06% by 10 am
Vadodara: As polling progressed in the by-election to Gujarat's Manjalpur Assembly constituency Thursday, voter turnout reached 6.06 per cent by 10 a.m., according to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The bypoll, being held in Vadodara district, was necessitated by the death of veteran BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Yogesh Patel, whose passing left vacant one of the Bharatiya Janata Party's longstanding strongholds. A total of 2,19,494...
Read moreDetailsWest Bengal Police seize Rs 28 crore cash, 15 kg gold in Birbhum raid
Kolkata: After almost 24 hours of marathon raids and search operations coupled with interrogation, the Birbhum District Police in West Bengal Thursday arrested Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, an influential stone-quarry owner in the district. Following the marathon operations that started Wednesday afternoon, the police recovered huge unaccounted cash and gold from Minar’s residence. The cops brought currency-counting machines from a local bank branch to count the cash seized....
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India to don saffron WC jersey; Viren Rasquinha questions logic
New Delhi: The Indian men's and women's hockey teams will be seen in saffron jerseys instead of their traditional blue kits at next month's FIH World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium, a change that has been questioned by former captain Viren Rasquinha. Unveiling the new jersey on its social media pages, Hockey India said the design...
Rishikanth’s ‘Modha Rathiri’ to hit theatres August 21
Chennai: The makers of director Raja Karuppasamy's upcoming Tamil rural comedy entertainer, Modha Rathiri, featuring actors Rishikanth and Anishma Anilkumar in the lead, have now announced that their film will hit screens worldwide August 21 this year. Sources close to the unit of the film say that Modha Rathiri will revolve around an ordinary village wedding that...
President Murmu lauds Gavit, Basil and Sreeshankar for CWG medals
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu showered praise on Indian para-athletes Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakathi for their historic 1-2 finish in the men’s T47 100m event and long-jumper Murali Sreeshankar for winning the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games 2026. Gavit clinched the gold medal with a games record, clocking 10.71 seconds, in the men’s...
Ajinkya Rahane retires from international cricket after 12-year India career
Mumbai: Senior batter Ajinkya Rahane, who famously led an injury-ravaged Indian team to an improbable Test series win over Australia during a 2020-2021 tour, announced his retirement from international cricket Thursday, saying that the time is right for him to move on. The 38-year-old played 85 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20Is for India in a career...
No Vigilance angle in flood fund case against CM Satheesan: Kerala govt
Thiruvananthapuram: Bringing the curtain down on an eight-year-old controversy, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has closed its probe into allegations against Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan over the collection of funds in the UK for rebuilding homes after the devastating 2018 Kerala floods. Announcing the decision, state Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala Thursday said the Vigilance probe had...
Opposition uproar forces Lok Sabha adjournment till 2 pm
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm Thursday after the Opposition ruckus disrupted the House proceedings during the Question Hour. The session commenced with acknowledgements for India's medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow. Following this, the Speaker presided over the proceedings for the Question Hour. However, the Opposition started with sloganeering...
Anthony Fauci repeatedly invokes Fifth Amendment before Senate panel
Washington: Former top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before a sharply divided Senate committee, as Republican lawmakers revived allegations over US-funded coronavirus research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology and sought answers on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...
Jordan shoots down five Iranian missiles after US strikes
Cairo: Jordan's air defences shot down five missiles launched from Iran Thursday morning, the spokesman for the country's armed forces said, according to Jordan's state-run Petra news agency. The news agency said no casualties were reported. The interceptions come after the US military said it had completed a heavy wave of strikes against Iran, conducted in response...
Polling underway in Gujarat’s Manjalpur bypoll; turnout at 6.06% by 10 am
Vadodara: As polling progressed in the by-election to Gujarat's Manjalpur Assembly constituency Thursday, voter turnout reached 6.06 per cent by 10 a.m., according to data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI). The bypoll, being held in Vadodara district, was necessitated by the death of veteran BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Yogesh Patel, whose passing...
West Bengal Police seize Rs 28 crore cash, 15 kg gold in Birbhum raid
Kolkata: After almost 24 hours of marathon raids and search operations coupled with interrogation, the Birbhum District Police in West Bengal Thursday arrested Minar Mondal, a relative of Tulu Mondal, an influential stone-quarry owner in the district. Following the marathon operations that started Wednesday afternoon, the police recovered huge unaccounted cash and gold from Minar’s residence. The...

























































































