Bristol: India skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat against England in the fourth T20I Thursday. India made two injury-forced changes, replacing Varun Chakaravarthy and Harshit Rana with Washington Sundar and Prasidh Krishna. England also made one change with Rehan Ahmed coming in for Liam Dawson. India has lost the last two T20Is against...

Dabugaon: A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a minor boy under these police limits in Nabarangpur district, police said Thursday. Police detained the minor boy in this connection and sent him to a Bal Sudhar Gruha (correction facility) in Bhabanipatana after he was produced before a juvenile justice board in Nabarangpur. The alleged incident occurred when...

Brahmapur: A man was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district Thursday for allegedly killing a 60-year-old man over the non-payment of dues for the blood he donated to the victim's daughter, police said. The incident took place in Gopalpur area Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Sunil Kumar Majhi (35), a resident of Gadasanaput in Satyabadi police...

New Delhi: Food safety regulator FSSAI Thursday said it has issued a notice to alcoholic beverage manufacturers over unauthorised use of added flavours and non-compliance with age-related claims. The notice has been issued for violating the provisions stipulated under the Food Safety and Standards (alcoholic beverages) Regulations, 2018. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday raised serious concerns over the alleged non-payment of financial assistance to more than 50,000 children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic since March this year. In a press statement, the regional party condemned the state government over the alleged non-payment of financial assistance to children orphaned due to the COVID-19...

Bhubaneswar: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan Thursday said science must not only generate knowledge but also guide policy and ensure sustainability, with the world facing unprecedented opportunities and complex challenges in the present times. Addressing the 15th graduation ceremony of the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, the Vice President observed that the world...

Kolkata: Veteran actor Prosenjit Chatterjee Thursday met West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at the state secretariat 'Nabanna' and asserted that there was "no discussion on politics" during the meeting. His visit, however, sparked fresh political buzz as it came days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the actor's residence during his recent trip to the...

Beijing: Twenty-eight people were killed in a massive fire at a shoe factory in China's Jinjiang City Thursday, local authorities said. Videos of the incident showed the fire engulfing the building and the nearby structures. The Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a joint work team to Jinjiang City in Quanzhou in east China's Fujian Province, to...

Chennai: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has finally cleared director H Vinoth's eagerly awaited action entertainer Jana Nayagan, which also happens to be Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay's last film as an actor, for release with an 'A' certificate. Although the makers of the film are yet to make an official announcement in this regard,...

Hyderabad: Telangana High Court Thursday granted conditional bail to Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son, Bageerath, who was arrested in connection with a POCSO case registered against him. The High Court July 6 reserved its orders in the bail petition filed by Bageerath. The court allowed Bageerath's plea on furnishing two sureties of Rs One lakh each...