New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) not to use the party name and "Flowers and Grass symbol" during the West Bengal bypolls, and asked them to submit their preferred names and symbols by Friday morning. In its interim order issued Thursday night, the Commission, after hearing leaders...

New Delhi: Abhishek Sharma recorded the fastest-ever century for an Indian and third quickest overall as his team crushed Afghanistan by 127 runs in the third T20I to complete a 3-0 series sweep Thursday. After putting on 221/7 on board, riding on Abhishek's 34-ball 108 and Sanju Samson's 50, the 'visiting side' India bowled Afghanistan out for...

By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP New Delhi: Union Electronics and Information Technology (E&IT) Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Thursday that Odisha has huge potential in the semiconductor sector and more investment is coming in the days ahead. Speaking at SEMICON India 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, Vaishnaw said India was entering the next phase of its semiconductor journey with...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Congress Thursday demanded a detailed audit of alleged public funds spent on celebrations and publicity campaigns organised to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 76th birthday. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das alleged that taxpayers' money was being "misutilised" for publicity centred on an individual and demanded transparency from the state government....

Paralakhemundi: A local court in Gajapati district Thursday sentenced 12 persons to life imprisonment for murdering a father and his son on suspicion of practising witchcraft and sorcery. Additional District and Sessions Judge Haraprasad Pattnaik convicted all 12 under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced them to life imprisonment. The court also imposed a...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court Thursday postponed the hearing on the selection and appointment of the Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) to September 22. The hearing focused on issues raised by amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran regarding the empanelment and eligibility lists prepared for the DGP selection process. Among the issues discussed was the exclusion of senior...

Riamal: A 28-year old man was killed after entering the house of a woman with whom he was in a relationship in Debagada, police said Thursday, adding that three members of the woman’s family have been detained for questioning. The deceased was identified as Silu Ray of Babarakote village. Police said Ray had entered the wom an’s...

Washington: The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping sanctions and tariff Bill intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, sending the Bill to President Donald Trump to sign into law more than a year after the late Senator Lindsey Graham introduced it. The Bill, now called the “Lindsey O. Graham...

New Delhi: The Odisha government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has rejected a remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999. "You take whatever grounds you want to take to challenge it. Amend...

New Delhi: Left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma lit up the Arun Jaitley Stadium by hitting the fastest T20I century by a player from a Test-playing nation and the quickest ton by an Indian men’s batter, off just 30 balls, as he propelled India to a massive 221.7 against Afghanistan in the third and final T20I Thursday. On a...