Kendrapara/Rajnagar: A three-month-long caste row at an Anganwadi centre in a village of Kendrapara district ended Monday as upper caste children returned to the facility and consumed food cooked by a Dalit woman helper. Of the 20 children on the roll, 16 came to the Anganwadi centre in Nuagaon village under Ghalimala gram panchayat with their parents...

Ahead of the Odisha Assembly budget session, security arrangements at the premises are being thoroughly reviewed

Pallekele (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka produced an emphatic all-round performance headlined by Pathum Nissanka's superb unbeaten hundred to outclass Australia by eight wickets in a group league fixture of the T20 World Cup and enter the Super Eight stage of the event Monday. Chasing a target of 182, Nissanka (100 off 52 balls) sent the Australian bowlers...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday inaugurated the India AI Impact Expo here, featuring over 600 high-potential startups and 13 country pavilions showcasing international collaboration in the AI ecosystem. He also interacted with startups participating in the expo. The prime minister visited various stalls and spoke with the companies participating in the expo. He was seen...

Cuttack: Veteran Odia singer Geeta Patnaik, who died while undergoing treatment, was cremated here Monday. She was 73. Patnaik had suffered a brain stroke last week and was admitted to Capital Hospital after she fell ill while attending an event Thursday. She was later shifted to a private hospital, where she died Sunday evening, her brother-in-law Pradosh...

Sambalpur: Former Odisha MLA and popular doctor Raseswari Panigrahi died on Monday at her residence in Sambalpur district, her doctor said. She was 79 and unmarried. Panigrahi was undergoing treatment due to neurological complications. Her condition worsened Sunday when she was in her residence at Shanti Nagar in Sambalpur town. "As Panigrahi did not want to be...

New Delhi: Tina Ambani, former actor and wife of Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani, is expected to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday for questioning in a money-laundering case. This is the second summons issued to 69-year-old Tina Ambani. She was issued the first summons to depose before the federal probe agency here February 10, but...

 Pallekele: Travis Head and skipper Mitchell Marsh hit attractive half-centuries, but Sri Lanka bowled Australia out for 181 in a must-win T20 World Cup group league fixture Monday. Marsh, who was playing his first match of the tournament, smashed 54 off 27 balls and added 104 in only 8.3 overs with an equally rampaging Head, whose contribution...

A video going viral on social media has left many people shocked. Shared on X, the clip shows a son claiming that despite paying an annual premium of Rs 50,000 for his mother’s health insurance, he was unable to receive the policy benefits when they were needed most. According to the video, the man’s mother was diagnosed...

Kolkata: The Indian Coast Guard seized a Bangladeshi fishing trawler and detained 28 Bangladeshi fishermen for entering Indian waters in violation of maritime boundaries. The Indian Coast Guard transported the trawler and the fishermen to Fraserganj Fisheries Port in South 24 Parganas district Monday afternoon. During a Coast Guard patrol Monday morning, a suspicious trawler was observed...