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Bengaluru: Devdutt Padikkal and Tim David hit a strong fifties as Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode on a superlative top-order show to post the highest total of this IPL season, a mammoth 250 for 3 against Chennai Super Kings here Sunday. Sent in to bat, Padikkal...

Sonepur: The Odisha Police Sunday arrested two persons and seized 3,750 cough syrup bottles worth around Rs 20 lakh from their possession in Sonepur district, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a van in Sonepur town and seized the cough syrup...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) Sunday said that its revenue generation will remain unaffected even after the transfer of the Palasa-Ichchapuram section to the South Coast Railway (SCoR). The ECoR issued this clarification after all opposition political parties in Odisha, including BJD and Congress,...

Bhubaneswar: A clash broke out between two groups in Odisha's Malkangiri district, a senior police officer said Sunday. The incident took place at a tribal-populated Palkonda village Saturday evening over the holding of prayer by a particular group of people in the village, the police...

Balasore: The Odisha police have registered an FIR over the death of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who allegedly drowned during a shoot of a Bengali television serial at Talsari beach in Balasore district, officials said Sunday. Banerjee, 43, drowned during a TV serial shooting at...

Bengaluru: Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League match Sunday. Both sides are unchanged. Teams: Chennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (w), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube,...

Hyderabad: Mohammed Shami's inspirational opening spell was pivotal in Lucknow Super Giants restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to 156 for 9 despite a fantastic counter-attacking century stand by Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy in an IPL match  Sunday. After having their backs to the wall with...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to distribute nearly 80,000 smartphones to anganwadi workers for effective monitoring of the nutritional status of mothers and children, officials said Sunday. A total of 93 crore will be spent on the project, they said. These devices will enable...

Bhawanipatna: A woman was killed and three others were critically injured after a lightning strike in Kalahandi district Sunday afternoon. The incident took place in Baladiamal village under Junagarh police limits when the victims were returning home after working in agricultural fields. The deceased has been...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has made e-KYC mandatory for domestic consumers to avail LPG cylinders from distributors, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister K C Patra said Sunday. The move will ensure that only genuine customers get LPG cylinders, he asserted. "We have issued instructions...