Berhampur: Police arrested three persons and seized a pistol and ammunition from their possession here, an officer said Friday. A 9-mm pistol loaded with two rounds of live ammunition, an iron sword, and two mobile handsets were seized from their possession, the officer said. The trio was involved in various criminal cases previously, said SP (Berhampur) Sarthak...

Students of Ramadevi Women's University protest in front of varsity gate demanding postponement of 4th-semester examinations in view of ongoing heatwave in Odisha

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday pulled up the city government over the issue of non-supply of books to the children studying in MCD schools, saying the continuation of Arvind Kejriwal as the chief minister even after his arrest puts political interest over national interest. The court said the Delhi government was "interested in appropriation of...

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders scored an imposing 261/6 against Punjab Kings in their Indian Premier League match here Friday. Sent into bat, KKR rode on a 138-run partnership between openers Phil Salt (75 off 37 balls) and Sunil Narine (71 off 32 balls). The batters that followed the openers then consolidated the home team's position and took...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP Friday alleged that Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, who is contesting from two seats, will vacate one of them to facilitate his close aide Kartik Pandian's entry into the Assembly. The allegation was levelled by former BJP president Samir Mohanty at a press conference here, a day after Union Home Minister...

New Delhi: Nearly 61 per cent polling was reported in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 88 seats across 13 states amid few complaints of EVM glitches and bogus voting in some states. Voters in some villages of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura, Rajasthan's Banswara and Maharashtra's Parbhani were boycotting the polls over various issues but were...

Bhubaneswar: There seemed to be no respite from the hot and humid weather conditions in Odisha, with 12 places recording temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius Friday and the IMD forecasting similar weather conditions for the next five days. In its evening bulletin, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that the maximum...

Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda is scheduled to visit Odisha April 28 (Sunday) for election campaigning, a party leader said Friday. Speaking to mediapersons, senior BJP leader Samir Mohanty said that JP Nadda will address a public meeting at Berhampur in Ganjam district April 28. He will later hold a meeting with party workers...

New Delhi: Former chief election commissioners Friday welcomed the Supreme Court order rejecting pleas to go back to the ballot system and hold complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with paper trail machines, and said the present system of matching results was sufficient. Delivering its verdict on a clutch of petitions, the top court said persistent...

Kolkata: Punjab Kings skipper Sam Curran won the toss and opted to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders here Friday. Shikhar Dhawan continues to be on the sidelines owing to his injury while Liam Livingstone made way for Jonny Bairstow in the PBKS playing XI. As far as the KKR XI is...