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Bhubaneswar: One person was killed, and two others were injured in a rain-related incident in Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar Tuesday, police said. Thunderstorms, accompanied by rain, lightning strikes and gusty winds, lashed the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack this evening, bringing down the temperature....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister K C Patra Tuesday announced in the Assembly that the state government would procure paddy from all registered farmers by March 31. Patra made this announcement in the Assembly during a discussion on the alleged mismanagement in...

Pallekele: England restricted Pakistan to 164 for nine in a Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup here Tuesday. Sahibzada Farhan scored 63 off 45 balls, while Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman made 25 each. Liam Dawson (3/24), Jamie Overton (2/26) and Jofra Archer...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday said that the next three-tier panchayat elections in the state will be held at its scheduled time in February 2027. This was stated by Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water minister Rabi Narayn Naik while replying to a question by BJD...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Tuesday alleged that non-performance of the BJP government in Odisha has caused misery for farmers, women, and all other sections of society. Addressing the Chasi Surakshya Samabesh (Farmers' Protection Convention) , he asserted that people need work, not long speeches...

Bhubaneswar: Two workers were killed Tuesday after a boundary wall collapsed during drain construction work in the Bhoisahi area under Badagada police limits in Bhubaneswar, officials said. The deceased are yet to be identified. Four other workers sustained critical injuries and were rushed to a...

Pallekele: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against England in a Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup Tuesday. Pakistan made one change, replacing all-rounder Faheem Ashraf with left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi. England is unchanged. Teams. England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler...

New Delhi: More than two decades after making what was then widely seen as a "dreadful" decision against Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, legendary umpire Steve Bucknor has finally expressed regrets and accepted that "it was a mistake." Bucknor, who retired in 2009, was one...

Bhubaneswar: Over 800 animals were poached in the last five years in Odisha, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said in the assembly Tuesday. In a written reply to a query by BJP legislator Sanjali Murmu, the minister said 2,836 elephants, tigers and other wild...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Tuesday signed MoUs with Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) and Aero Club of India (ACI) with an aim to develop the state as a premier adventure tourism hub in Eastern India. The MoUs were signed here in the presence of Deputy Chief...