Kolkata: India fought gallantly for initial 25 minutes but five-time champions Brazil showed the vast gulf between the teams with a neatly executed 4-0 win in their FIFA international friendly in Kolkata Saturday. Carlo Ancelotti's new-look side, which is in a rebuilt mode post their pre-quarterfinal exit in the World Cup 2026, largely played within themselves without...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday launched the CM-GROW programme to promote research and strengthen the scientific foundation of wildlife conservation in the state. The programme was launched by Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia while attending the state-level Wildlife Week celebration as the chief guest. Wildlife Week is observed across the country from October 2...

Baleshwar: An elderly tourist from Uttar Pradesh drowned while taking bath in the Subarnarekha river in Odisha's Baleshwar district Saturday, police said. In another incident, two minors hailing from Baleshwar went missing while having a bath in the same river near Sekhbadi area, they said. The deceased was identified as Ashok Pathak (62), a resident of Ayodhya...

New Delhi: A Delhi court Saturday remanded alleged international narcotics trafficking accused Navpreet Singh to 10 days of police custody after he was deported from Turkey and brought back to India in connection with a major drug trafficking case. Singh was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi following his deportation from Turkey, where he...

New Delhi: Apple has officially removed the offline messaging application, Bitchat, from its India App Store after a demand from the country's IT ministry, Jack Dorsey said in an X post Saturday. "Government of India officially removes Bitchat from the App Store," the app's developer and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in his post, alongside a screenshot...

Bhubaneswar: BJP national vice-president and Odisha in-charge D Purandeswari Saturday expressed confidence that the party would perform better in the upcoming panchayat and urban local body elections, stressing the need for coordination between the organisation and the state government. Purandeswari, who arrived in the state along with the party's co-in-charge Swadesh Singh, said the BJP was ready...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is moving beyond conventional rice production towards a value-driven and farmer-centric rice economy, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said Saturday. This will play a key role in meeting future food security needs, he said at the 'Odisha Healthier Rice Business Summit 2026' in Bhubaneswar. "Bringing together our farmers and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs)...

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Bhubaneswar/Kendrapada: A study has found that Olive Ridley turtles, which congregate in lakhs for annual nesting on the Odisha coast, showed distinct movement and habitat use patterns between males and females. This was part of the first-year findings of a three-year study by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Odisha Wildlife Organisation, Department of Forest, Environment &...

Nagoya: The star-studded cricket and hockey teams predictably defended their crowns, but it was 17-year-old archer Kumkum Mohod and golfer Pranavi Urs, who scripted unexpected history, adding to the late gold rush that powered India to a creditable fourth place in the Asian Games in Japan's Nagoya Saturday. The country could not repeat or better the 106...