New Delhi: India all-rounder Axar Patel was Monday ruled out of the remaining two T20 Internationals against South Africa due to illness, with the BCCI's selection committee naming Shahbaz Ahmed as his replacement. Axar had also missed the third T20I in Dharamsala Sunday, with wrist...
Malkangiri: Normalcy returned to Odisha's Malkangiri district Monday, nearly a week after around 200 villages were damaged in violent clashes, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said. Additional District Magistrate Bedabar Pradhan said internet services, suspended across the district December...
New Delhi: Argentina football legend Lionel Messi was presented with India vs USA Men's T20 World Cup 2026 tickets by ICC chairman Jay Shah on the last leg of the GOAT India Tour, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta also attended...
New Delhi: The BCCI has made it mandatory for all current national team players to turn up in at least two one-day matches of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy starting December 24. It is understood that with a gap of three weeks between the last...
Bhubaneswar: With a threefold hike in the salary and allowances of Odisha MLAs triggering a political row and Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik announcing that he would forgo the enhanced benefits, all eyes are now on Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, whose assent is required for...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday announced a hefty increase in the stipend for the post-graduation students of government Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic colleges in the state. The stipend of PG first-year students has been increased by 55 per cent. While earlier their monthly...
Bhubaneswar: Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police Crime Branch has arrested a man for his alleged involvement in an inter-state job racket, an officer said Monday. The accused has been identified as Gautam Kumar, a native of Bihar. He was arrested from New Delhi's...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar will soon get a global visa application centre after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday approved a proposal in this regard, officials said. The proposed centre will operate from the Babasaheb Ambedkar Bus Terminal building at Baramunda, where the state government...
Cuttack: Former Odisha MLA and senior leader Mohammed Moquim, who was expelled from Congress over involvement in "anti-party activities", Monday said that party national president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi are "not able to deliver" and a change in leadership is necessary....
Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday condemned the attack on supporters of former MLA and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pranab Kumar Balabantaray in the Dharmasala area of Jajpur district on Sunday, demanding stringent action against the culprits behind...
The BJP-led NDA government’s proposed change in the nomenclature of the Centre’s flagship social welfare scheme for the poor, the...
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It is not a bad idea, it appears, if top-notch politicians get incarcerated, at least for some days, so as...
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The United States on 11 December unveiled a new strategic initiative ‘Pax Silica’ aimed at building a secure and trusted...
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Governance is hard and good governance, meaning efficient and effective governance, is harder. Optics is a poor substitute for outcomes,...
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