Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha are reeling under gruelling heatwave conditions, with daytime temperatures rising to above 40 degrees Celsius in as many as 29 locations across the state Tuesday. Baripada City has become the hottest place during the season in the state, with the mercury hovering at 43.6 degrees Celsius. IMD sources said about 18 cities...

Kendrapara: Five people died Tuesday in various places in Kendrapara district when lightning struck. Ashutosh Jena, an eighteen-year-old from Bangari village under Talakusuma GP, Kudanagari Police Station, died when lightning struck him as he was returning from the agriculture field after covering polythene sheets to protect the green gram heap from rain. Similarly, Purna Chandra Thattoi,( 70)...

Kendrapara: Ad-hoc Additional Session Judge (Fast Track Special Court), Tribikram Keshari Chinhara Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine amount of Rs 31,000 for raping a married woman. According to Additional Public prosecutor Sanjaya Kumar Jena, the convict identified as Gunanidhi Malik June 16, 2019 had barged into the...

Sambalpur: The Odisha Police claimed to have busted an illegal firearms manufacturing unit in Sambalpur Tuesday and arrested three persons. Twenty-two rifles were also seized by police during a raid on the unit, an officer said. “A special team of police conducted the raid and recovered 21 single-barrel rifles and one double-barrel rifle, and apprehended three persons,”...

Baripada: Two girls drowned in a pond in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Tuesday, police said. The incident happened in Pratappur village in the Barasahi police station area, they said. Surekha Nayak (15) and Lily Nayak (17) went to bathe in the village pond when the mishap happened, they added. A case of unnatural death was registered, and the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday deprecated criticism of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and calls for reverting to ballot papers, saying the electoral process in India is a "humongous task" and attempts should not be made to "bring down the system". It also recalled how polling booths were captured in the era of ballot papers to manipulate...

Kolkata: Sunil Narine smashed a whirlwind century to single-handedly power Kolkata Knight Riders to a mammoth 223 for six against Rajasthan Royals in an Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Sent into bat, Narine smashed 109 off just 56 balls with the help of 13 boundaries and six hits over the fence to guide KKR to the...

New Delhi: A total of 250 candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha election have criminal cases against them, with three facing murder charges, according to an analysis of self-sworn affidavits of the contestants by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch. The analysis was carried out on...

Jerusalem: Astronomers have found BH3, which is by far the heaviest known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, 33 times the mass of the Sun. An international research team found the black hole when looking into the latest data group recorded in the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope, Israel's Tel Aviv University (TAU) said...

Kolkata: Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl first against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Opener Jos Buttler and premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have regained fitness and will return to the field. While Ashwin is in the playing eleven, Buttler has been listed in the impact...