Lucknow: Openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock, who made classy fifties on a slow pitch, produced a chasing masterclass to power Lucknow Super Giants to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match here Friday. Asked to bat first, Ravindra Jadeja came up with a solid unbeaten 57 before Mooen Ali (30...

Kohima: Election officials across 738 polling stations in six Eastern Nagaland districts waited for over nine hours Friday, but none of the 4 lakh (approx) voters from the region showed up due to a call to abstain from the electoral process given by the Naga organisations pressing for their demand for a separate ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory’. Elsewhere,...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD Friday moved Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), seeking action against BJP MP candidate from Bhubaneswar, Aparajita Sarangi, for alleged misuse of children in poll campaigns. “It has come to our notice that Sarangi has been using small children in BJP election meetings and rallies for political gains. This is a clear violation of...

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Kendrapara: The Odisha government suspended Kendrapara District Excise Superintendent, Debi Prasad Mishra, Friday for dereliction of duty. Acting on the inquiry report of the Joint Commissioner of the Excise Department, the state government placed Kendrapara Excise Superintendent under suspension for negligence in his duty. Additionally, the district Collector of Kendrapara had also submitted an inquiry report to...

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha reeling under intense heatwave conditions over the last few days, the state has reported the season's first sunstroke death, officials said Friday. Sixty-two-year-old Laxmikanta Sahu of Maheshpur in Balasore district died due to sunstroke April 15. This was the first sunstroke death this summer, an official at the Special Relief Commissioner's office said. Public...

Balasore: A local court in Odisha's Balasore district Friday sentenced a couple to life imprisonment for the murder of their differently-abled minor child in 2022. Additional Sessions Judge Biswajit Das delivered the verdict, ordering Ganesh Jena and his second wife Pratima Jena, residents of Chandmaripadia under Sahadevkhunta police station limits in Balasore town, to undergo life imprisonment...

Lucknow: MS Dhoni's quick-fire 28 off nine deliveries after Ravindra Jadeja's unbeaten half-century lifted Chennai Super Kings to 176 for 6 in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants in match 34 of the Indian Premier League at Ekana Cricket Stadium. Given the chance to bat first Chennai got off to a poor start as Mohsin Khan from...

New Delhi: An aggregate 60.03 per cent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls Friday, the Election Commission (EC) said. While the figures were issued after the conclusion of polls, the commission said people who were in the queue when voting ended at 6 pm were allowed to exercise their franchise. "The...

New Delhi: Air India cancelled its flights to and from Dubai Friday due to continued operational disruptions at the airport in the Emirates. Passengers of Air India who have booked the flights for travel till April 21 will be offered a one-time waiver on rescheduling and full refunds for cancellation. An Air India spokesperson said the airline...