Hyderabad: Rajat Patidar's explosive innings stood in stark contrast to Virat Kohli's measured approach as Royal Challengers Bengaluru put up 206 for seven against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL here Thursday. Patidar (50 off 20 balls) did the bulk of the work in his 65-run stand with Kohli (51 off 43) who was focused on giving the...

Bhubaneswar: Heat wave conditions in Odisha may persist for a week to ten days as weather conditions were influenced by the prevailing climate over Pakistan and Afghanistan, Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) said Thursday. Model products indicated that the maximum day temperature in north Odisha varied between 43 to 45 degrees...

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has opened a dedicated heat stroke unit in response to the prevailing scorching heat wave conditions in Odisha. Dr. Ashutosh Biswas, the Executive Director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, emphasized the necessity of this unit due to the intense heat wave conditions in the state. Equipped with necessary medical facilities and staffed by doctors from various...

People take a dip in Mahanadi river near Tulasipur area of Cuttack to get relief from sizzling heat   Cuttack streets wear a deserted look amid scorching heat   A flock of pigeons feed on paddy at Cuttack's Buxi Bazar area     Broken concrete stairs of Gadagadia Ghat at Bali Jatra lower ground in Cuttack yet...

Balasore: Special Judge POCSO Ranjan Kumar Sutar Thursday convicted a rape accused and sentenced him to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment with a penalty of Rs 5,000. The court further ordered two more years of RI in case of default in paying the fine amount. According to the prosecution Tanmay Dhopal, the convict of Bishnupur village under...

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will provide economy meals at nine important stations across its jurisdiction in the summer. ECoR sources here Thursday said economy meals are being provided to passengers at Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Titilagarh, Balangir, Kantabanji, Palasa, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, and Srikakulam Railway Stations. To ensure easy access, these meals will be available at counters...

Sonepur: Former Indian hockey captain Prabodh Tirkey Thursday joined the BJP, days after resigning from the Congress which withdrew his election nomination. Tirkey was fielded by the Congress in the Talsara assembly seat in Sundergarh district, but the party later withdrew his nomination and named Devendra Bhitaria in his place. He was welcomed to the BJP by...

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha has readied two specially-designed buses for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to tour the state during the campaign trail, party leaders said Thursday. Patnaik, who kicked off the party's campaign from his home turf Hinjili in Ganjam district Wednesday, is slated to address 36 rallies across the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in...

New Delhi: The senior national selectors are likely to meet this weekend in Mumbai to name the 15-member Indian squad for the ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to be played in the West Indies and the USA later this year, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sources told IANS. The ICC has set a deadline...

New Delhi: Hackers have attacked Indian organisations on average 2,444 times per week in the last six months, compared to 1,151 attacks per organisation globally, a new report revealed Thursday. According to the cyber security platform provider Check Point Software, at present, over 90 per cent of attacks on companies originate from malicious emails. In the last...