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Ahmedabad: Hard-hitting India batters Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya hammered fine half-centuries while spinner Varun Chakravarthy snared four wickets as India defeated South Africa by 30 runs to clinch the five-match T20I series 3-1 in Ahmedabad Saturday. With Varma (73 off 42 balls) and Pandya...

Bhubaneswar: Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat Friday joined a protest rally of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), demanding interest free loans to women self help groups, and met Commissioner of Police in Bhubaneswar seeking early release of a tribal leader taken to custody last...

Ahmedabad: Skipper Suryakumar Yadav's poor run with the bat continued but India still managed a massive 231 for 5 thanks to Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya's blazing half-centuries and Sanju Samson's useful contribution at the top in the fifth and final T20 International in Anmedabad...

Hyderabad/Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has garnered investment intents worth around Rs 67,000 crore during a two-day investor meet in Hyderabad, an official said in Bhubaneswar Friday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended the investors meet and road show seeking investment for Odisha in various sectors. “Odisha...

Sambalpur: Normal life was affected in Odisha's Sambalpur district Friday due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by farmers demanding speedy procurement of paddy. The bandh, called by 'Sambalpur Zilla Krushak Surakhya Sangathan', the apex body of farmers in the district, passed off peacefully as no...

Rayagada: A woman doctor in Odisha’s Rayagada district has fallen victim to a cybercrime, reportedly losing more than Rs 12 lakh in a digital arrest scam. Dr. Mamata Choudhury, Additional District Public Health Officer in the district, filed an FIR with the Rayagada police following...

Jajpur: A 70-year-old woman was allegedly run over and killed by her grandson in Odisha's Jajpur district over a property dispute, police said Friday. The incident occurred at Khandarapur-Singada village under the Panikoili Police Station limits Thursday, when the 23-year-old man mowed down his grandmother...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition BJD Friday urged Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to reconsider the proposed hike in salaries and allowances of lawmakers in the assembly, a day after ruling BJP MLAs made a similar request to the leader of the House. The Odisha Assembly,...

New Delhi: With less than two months remaining before the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the Ajit Agarkar-led BCCI selection committee is set to meet at its Mumbai headquarters Saturday to finalise India’s squad for the marquee tournament. During the meeting, the selection committee...

Bijapur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district Friday, a police official said. The exchange of fire started in the morning in the forested hills of Bhairamgarh-Indravati area when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Naxalite...