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Vadodara: Gautami Naik struck a fine half-century to take Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a respectable 178 for six against Gujarat Giants in a Women's Premier League match Monday. Sent in to bat, table-toppers RCB didn't have the best of starts, losing Grace Harris and Georgia...

Kendrapara: Bhitarkanika National Park, a designated Ramsar wetland site in Odisha's Kendrapara district, has a total of 1,858 estuarine crocodiles according to the latest census survey, a senior Forest department official said Monday. The official said there has been an increase of 32 crocodiles in...

Bhadrak: A newborn girl was found abandoned in a washroom at Bhadrak District Headquarter Hospital (DHH), and was later declared dead, officials said Monday. The incident took place in the gynaecology ward of the Bhadrak District Headquarter Hospital, where an unidentified woman was suspected of...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Monday demanded dismissal of Steel and Mines minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena in the wake of ED raids against illegal sand and black stone mining in Ganjam district. During the raids January 16, ED in a statement stated that its sleuths seized Rs...

Vadodara: Gujarat Giants won the toss and elected to bowl against table toppers Royal Challengers Begaluru in a Women's Premier League match here Monday. GG made two changes, with Anushka Sharma returning and Happy Kumari making her debut. RCB are unchanged. The Teams: Gujarat Giants:...

New Delhi: The ICC has asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to decide on its participation in the T20 World Cup in India by January 21 or "risk being replaced by another team" in the tournament beginning February 7. Despite the back and forth between...

Bhubaneswar: A three-day 'Matsya Prani Samavesh Odisha 2026' will be organised in Bhubaneswar from January 21, a minister said Monday. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to inaugurate the fair at Janata Maidan, while...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress, under the banner of the Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan (RGPRS) Monday organised a satyagraha (protest march) at the Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar, protesting the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with the newly introduced VB–G...

Barbil: Armed miscreants looted gold jewellery worth an estimated Rs 7.5 crore and cash of about Rs 4.34 lakh from the Bank of Maharashtra’s Barbil branch in Keonjhar district Monday afternoon, police said. The robbery took place at the branch located barely 200 meters from...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other prominent personalities Monday paid tributes to freedom fighter and social reformer Prabati Giri on her birth centenary. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly,...