Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an IPL match in Jaipur Saturday. Jaiswal is leading the side against GT after regular skipper Riyan Parag pulled his hamstring in RR's previous match. GT made...
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Odisha's Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik Saturday congratulated BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on being sworn in as the Chief Minister of neighbouring West Bengal. Patnaik, who was the longest-serving CM of Odisha, said he was hopeful that West Bengal would reach new heights of...
Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple authorities Saturday said the inventory process of the sacred 'Ratna Bhandar' of the Puri temple will resume May 11 and will continue for two days, adhering to the SOPs approved by the Odisha government. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator...
New Delhi/Balasore: India has successfully test-fired an Advanced Agni missile with the strategic ability to deploy multiple payloads to separate targets simultaneously -- a milestone that places the country among a select league of global powers. The testing of the missile with Multiple Independently Targeted...
Bhubaneswar: Six more people were arrested for allegedly being involved in the lynching of a 32-year-old GRP constable, who was accused of attempting to rape a woman in Odisha's Khurda district two days ago, police said. With these arrests, the number of people apprehended in...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Renowned Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta has been left frustrated in his attempts to secure the prize money for the Odisha Open title he won earlier this year, with repeated assurances from the organisers yielding no result. Despite writing several letters to the All...
Bhubaneswar: Barricades installed outside ‘Naveen Niwas’, the residence of former Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik, may be removed after the Orissa High Court made strong observations over their alleged obstruction of a public road. Following the court’s remarks, the state Works Department reportedly wrote...
Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and nearly 30 others injured in separate road accidents in Odisha's Ganjam, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh districts, police said Saturday. In Ganjam district, a bus carrying around 30 pilgrims from Polasara to Puri collided head-on with a truck near Bali Dhaba...
Bhubaneswar: A low pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around May 12 or 13, raising the possibility of widespread rainfall across Odisha, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Saturday. According to the weather office, a cyclonic circulation has formed over...
Dhenkanal: A former police constable climbed a telecommunications tower near the Dhenkanal Town Police Station Saturday in an alleged suicide attempt, claiming he was unfairly dismissed from service and that repeated appeals for reinstatement had gone unheard. The man was identified as Rudra Narayan Das,...
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people in the country on 10 May to curb fuel use, reduce overseas...
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The framers of the Constitution envisaged the office of the Governor as a neutral constitutional authority, detached from partisan politics...
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Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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