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Navi Mumbai: Phoebe Litchfield raced to a majestic hundred while Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner scored half-centuries as Australia put on a brilliant display of power hitting before they were all out for 338 against India in the second semifinal of the ICC Women's ODI...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar police were able to prevent a burglary and insurance fraud due to an alert citizen and arrested 13 people when they were preparing to commit the crime, an officer said Thursday. According to police, one Santosh Kumar Moharana has been running a...

Puri: Devotees will be allowed to enter the Shree Jagannath Temple here only through the Singhadwar (Lion's gate) during the 'Panchuka' celebrations, an official said Thursday. This was decided at the coordination meeting between the civil administration and police ahead of the 'Panchuka' (the last...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has begun a comprehensive survey to assess the extent of damage caused by heavy rainfall and landslides triggered by Cyclone ‘Montha’ across several districts of the state, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Thursday. Speaking to mediapersons, Pujari said that...

Navi Mumbai: Members of the Indian and Australian teams will be sporting a black armband throughout their semi-final encounter of the Women’s World Cup in memory of Ben Austin, a 17-year-old Aussie teen who died in Melbourne after being hit by the ball on the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has signed an MoU for the development and operation of two national waterways, an official statement said. The agreement was signed Tuesday during the India Maritime-2025 in Mumbai among the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), the Odisha government, Paradip Port Authority...

Phulbani: A court in Odisha's Kandhamal district has sentenced five persons to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting them of dacoity and gangrape of a minor girl at gunpoint 16 months ago. Fast-track court judge Kailash Chandra Swain of Phulbani also imposed a fine...

Sonepur: With barely a month-and-a-half left for the 2025–26 Kharif paddy procurement to begin in Subarnapur district, concerns have been raised over the sluggish lifting of rice from mills under the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024–25. As of Monday, only 59.39% of custom-milled rice (CMR)...

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Authorities in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district have decided to rope in school and college students in the upcoming All India Tiger Estimation (AITE)-2025-26. With the objective and theme of ‘conserve today for a wilder tomorrow’, the forest department has decided to engage...

Manguli/Jagatpur: Come to Tangi-Choudwar area in Cuttack district and take a driving test as several electricity poles have been left in the middle of the roads after expansion works were completed, thanks to lack of monitoring by officials concerned. According to reports, the poles, located...