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Bhubaneshwar: With their tournament on the line, Hyderabad Toofans registered a narrow 3-2 victory against HIL GC in their last league stage match of the Men's Hero Hockey India League (HIL) Tuesday. Zachary Wallace, Amandeep Lakra and Shilanand Lakra were on target for Hyderabad, while...

Vadodara: Mumbai Indians' struggles in the powerplay continued before Nat Sciver-Brunt played another blinder to take her team to 154-5 against Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League here Tuesday. Despite Hayley Mathews' return from injury, Mumbai Indians have not been able to get going...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has asserted that the economy of Odisha is now future-ready and on course to become an industrial powerhouse. In an official statement Tuesday, the state government described the recent investors’ meets in Hyderabad and Kolkata as a massive success,...

Berhampur: The three-day annual dolphin census began Tuesday in Odisha's Chilika, Asia's biggest brackish water lagoon, officials said. Over 100 persons, including experts, retired forest officers, wildlife activists and forest staff, were engaged in the exercises, carried out by the Chilika Wildlife Division, with support...

Vadodara: Delhi Capitals opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in their Women's Premier League match here Tuesday. DC are playing 16-year-old Deeya Yadav in place of Minnu Mani, while MI have made four changes to their playing XI. Teams: Delhi Capitals: Shafali Verma, Lizelle Lee...

Bhubaneswar: An arrest warrant has been issued against Odisha Higher Education Commissioner-cum-Secretary Aravind Agrawal, a source said Tuesday. The source stated that Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad of the Orissa High Court issued the warrant, directing authorities to produce Agrawal by January 22. The order was...

Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president, Naveen Patnaik, Tuesday expressed deep anguish over the recent killing of a youth belonging to a minority community over allegations of illegal cattle smuggling in Balasore district of the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress leaders Tuesday expressed displeasure after they were denied permission to meet Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati to submit a memorandum seeking restoration of the MGNREGA, which the Centre recently replaced with the VB-G RAM G. The party claimed that a security officer at...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Tuesday announced a one-month-long house listing exercise from mid-April as part of the work for Census 2027, a notification said. The notification issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management department said that the house listing exercise will be carried out across the...

Sambalpur: Over 4.21 lakh birds visited Hirakud reservoir in Odisha's Sambalpur district this winter, registering a significant increase from last year. During the bird census at the reservoir covering 5.72 sq km of the power channel area upto the Chhattisgarh border, a total of 4,21,763...