New Delhi: Ahead of the five-match Test tour of England, T. Dilip has been restored as the fielding coach of the Indian men's cricket team. Dilip, who was brought into the national set-up in November 2021 when Rahul Dravid was the head coach and given an extension till March this year, had been removed from the team’s...

Riyadh: Former minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is part of an all-party delegation, has been admitted to a hospital and is now under medical supervision, BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda said Tuesday. "Halfway into our delegation's tour, Shri @ghulamnazad has had to be admitted to hospital. He is stable, under medical supervision, and will be undergoing some...

Puri : The Puri district administration Tuesday stated that the probe into the boat capsize in which former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly's brother and sister-in-law had a narrow escape found that the private agency involved was operating in a high tide zone unsuitable for water sports. Puri district Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain said, "The private...

Berhampur: Nine people were arrested with arms and ammunition in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Tuesday. The arrests were made Monday night as the district police continued its special drive against criminals, they said. "Acting on a tip-off, police raided the Jilundi area. On seeing the police, some of the anti socials started to flee. Police, however,...

Devadasi dance staged at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar SUCI stages protest in Bhubaneswar against draft proposal to hike bus fares Soumyanjali Nrutyakala felicitates distinguished guests and artistes with Soumyanjali Samman at Bhanja Kala Mandap, Bhubaneswar Artist performs Odissi dance at Bhanja Kala Mandap, Bhubaneswar Speaker Surama Padhy, along with others, unveils 'A Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly'...

Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant struck a blistering hundred as his team scored 227 for three against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final league fixture of the ongoing Indian Premier League here Tuesday. Asked to bat first, LSG were well served by Pant's 61-ball unbeaten knock and Mitchell Marsh's 37-ball 67. The LSG captain reached...

Mumbai: Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise's latest outing, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is enjoying a great run at the box office. Showing his gratitude to the fans for showering the movie with love, Cruise penned a heartfelt note on his X (Previously known as Twitter). Thanking the team, he penned, “This weekend was one for the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police Tuesday arrested the prime accused in the alleged assault of a journalist in Bolangir district, an officer said. According to police, Bijoy Pradhan, a reporter of a local TV channel, had visited Kulthipali village on Saturday to report on alleged irregularities in the construction of a guard wall when the accused persons allegedly snatched...

New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, dancer Shobana Chandrakumar, actor Anant Nag and Vice Chancellor of prestigious King George's Medical University Soniya Nityanand were among 68 eminent personalities conferred with the coveted Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday. A total of 139 distinguished persons were named for the country's civilian awards --...

Beijing: Five people were killed and six others reported missing after an explosion rocked one of the largest chemical plants in China Tuesday, generating a huge fireball and sending plumes of smoke hundreds of feet into the air. The explosion took place at the state-owned Shandong Youdao Chemical, the world's largest producer of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, located...