Chennai: Saiteja Mukkamalla's attractive 79 and a four-wicket haul by former India U-19 star Harmeet Singh powered United States to a comfortable 93-run victory over the Netherlands in a group league fixture of the T20 World Cup in Chennai Friday. This is USA's first-ever T20I victory over the Netherlands. Mukkamalla's 51-ball knock formed the cornerstone of USA's...

Berhampur: A special POCSO court in Bhubaneswar on Friday sentenced a 26-year-old man to life in jail after convicting him in the sexual assault and mu*der of a four-year-old boy three years ago. Additional District Judge (ADJ)-cum-judge of the special court under the POCSO Act, Pranati Pattnaik, sentenced Sukant Sethi to life imprisonment and also imposed a...

Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha’s Balasore district Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his second wife in an acid attack. The convict, Chandan Kumar Rana of Santaragadia village under Nilgiri police limits in Balasore district, had allegedly concealed his first marriage before marrying the victim, Banita Singh of Bhimpura village under Sahadevkhunta police station. Special...

Bhubaneswar: A Special NDPS Court here sentenced two drug traffickers to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh each, an official said Friday. Mangal Ram Mahato and Kumar Dili, both residents of Dhanbad, were convicted by the court of the 3rd Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bhubaneswar, according to an official...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the new buildings housing the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the central secretariat mark are an important milestone in India's journey towards 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India) and they reflect the government's commitment to citizen-centric governance and national progress. Inaugurating the new PMO, named Seva Teerth, and two buildings of...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met farm union leaders from across the country in the Parliament House complex on Friday and discussed with them the need for a countrywide movement to oppose the India-US interim trade deal as well as safeguarding the livelihoods of farmers and farm labourers. Posting a video...

Puri: A one-and-a-half-year-old girl reportedly died after falling into an uncovered borewell at the District Headquarters Hospital in Puri Friday. The child, Samayira Nayak, daughter of Ajay Nayak of Mangala Sahi in the Narendra Kona area, had gone to visit her uncle near the hospital. According to a source, the borewell drilled for construction of a new...

Berhampur: Odisha Police has arrested two persons, including a man from Tamil Nadu, for allegedly exploiting three migrant workers from Ganjam district after trafficking them, police said Friday. The accused were identified as Khirod Tandi (28) of Palnagar in Bolangir district, currently residing at Mangalam in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district, and Karthi (24) of Nagaratham in Tamil...

Dhaka: Tarique Rahman, who lived in London in self-exile for 17 years, has emerged as the new face of Bangladesh, with the party founded by his father set to return to power after a 20-year gap. The 60-year-old leader's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has bagged 209 out of 297 seats, while right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami, known to be close...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is the only state which had prepared a standard operating procedure (SOP) to manufacture women-friendly farm machinery, Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo said in Bhubaneswar Friday. He was speaking at the inception workshop on Institutionalising the Gender Responsive Cell: Framework and Roadmap. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment of Odisha, in collaboration...