Kendrapada: A fast-track court in Odisha's Kendrapada district Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenage girl. Special Judge Tribikram Keshari Chinara convicted the accused under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and relevant sections of the BNS. The court also directed the Odisha...

Coimbatore: Odisha and Madhya Pradesh entered the final of the Hockey India Junior Men's National Championship after registering contrasting victories in their respective last-four matches here Thursday. Odisha outplayed Punjab 6-4 in a high-scoring opening semifinal, with Bilkan Oram starring with a hat-trick. Oram struck in the 28th, 41st and 52nd minutes, while Alok Kujur (11th), captain...

New Delhi: Dabur India Limited has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's (FSSAI) prohibition order directing it to stop the sale of certain food products carrying allegedly misleading "100 per cent" claims. The matter was mentioned Thursday for urgent listing before a Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya...

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Higher Secondary Education Thrusday released the Phase-I SPOT admission results for the 2026-27 academic session, with 25,332 students securing seats in higher secondary institutions across Odisha. According to the department, the latest round also accommodated 3,786 fresh applicants who were not allotted seats during the earlier admission phases. Among the selected candidates, the...

London: Dan Lawrence was recalled by England after two years Thursday to play in the first test against Pakistan and Jacob Bethell was ruled out of the three-match series by a right knee injury. The post-Ben Stokes era starts in Leeds August 19, and Surrey batting allrounder Lawrence will have the first crack at trying to fill...

Colombo: Their home Test run in recent past may not have been particularly impressive but India head coach Gautam Gambhir has asserted that his team will be ready with all the answers when the two-Test series against Sri Lanka gets underway from August 15. In a short address to the team before a practice session, Gambhir also...

Kyiv: Ukraine hit more oil facilities deep inside Russia in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as Kyiv kept up its campaign to undermine Moscow's wartime economy and embarrass the Kremlin. The repeated strikes have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians while heartening Ukrainians, who are enduring regular Russian barrages that Kyiv's weakened air defences...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declined to grant interim bail to self-styled godman and rape convict Asaram on medical grounds, but permitted him to avail round-the-clock services of a trained caregiver of his choice in view of the medical opinion furnished by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh...

New Delhi: Bombay High Court Thursday convicted former Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal under three provisions of the Indian Penal Code for raping a colleague in 2013, setting aside his acquittal by a Goa sessions court five years ago. He has been convicted under Sections 376 (2)(f) (person who is a guardian or in a position of trust...

Jhansi: Aban Ahmad, the 20-year-old youngest son of slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, and his friend were killed when their SUV crashed into a road divider in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi district Thursday, police said. Three other occupants of the vehicle were injured in the accident and are undergoing treatment at the Jhansi Medical College, they said. Senior Superintendent...