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Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to experience rainfall over the next week, with thunderstorms and lightning expected in several areas and heavy rain forecast in parts of the state, the Regional Centre of India Meteorological Department said Wednesday. A yellow warning has been issued for Mayurbhanj,...

Colombo: Pasindu Sooriyabandara top-scored with a 92 as Sri Lanka reached 229 for six at stumps in their second innings after being forced to follow on by India on the fourth day of the second Test here Wednesday. India bowled out Sri Lanka for 290...

Puri: Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati has demanded a complete ban on the animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath, scheduled for release August 28. Saraswati, who is also the permanent chairman of the Mukti Mandap Pandit Sabha of the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, wrote to...

Colombo: Pasindu Sooriyabandara blocked Indian bowlers for a whole session to make a defiant unbeaten 90, carrying Sri Lanka to 199 for three in their second innings at tea on day four of the second and final Test here Wednesday. Skipper Dhananjaya de Silva (4)...

Dubai: Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has attained the No. 1 position in the ICC Test rankings for the first time in his career after his 10-wicket haul in MacKay helped win the second match of their ICC World Test Championship series against Bangladesh. The...

Nayagada: The Odisha Crime Branch has launched a search operation to trace a former inspector in-charge of a police station in Nayagada district, after a local court issued a non-bailable warrant against him in a rape case. The accused former inspector in-charge of Sarankul police...

New Delhi: Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar has criticised the ICC and the BCCI for their handling of recent disciplinary violations by young players Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, saying that the two bodies are "training" them to repeat such behaviour by letting them get...

Bhadrak: A pregnant woman in Odisha’s Bhadrak district was taken to a community health centre on a makeshift raft after floodwater cut off her village and prevented an ambulance from reaching her. The incident took place in Dadhibamanpur Pal village under Jagannath Prasad panchayat in...

Colombo: Indian bowlers inflicted telling blows on the top-order, reducing Sri Lanka to 83 for two in their second innings at lunch after skipper Shubman Gill imposed follow-on on the fourth day of the second and final Test here on Wednesday. Pasindu Sooriyabandara (35) and...

Malkangiri: The Odisha Police Wednesday unearthed a Maoist dump in Malkangiri district, seizing arms and ammunition, a senior officer said. Based on inputs provided by surrendered Maoists, a search was launched in Mathili police station area bordering Chhattisgarh, resulting in the seizure of the cache,...