Navi Mumbai: In-form Ishan Kishan's minute-a-mile half-century helped him lock his place in the top order as India completed a 30-run victory over South Africa in their only warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup Wednesday. Ishan went hammer and tongs to smash seven sixes and two fours as his 20-ball 53 underlined another dominant show...

Rairangpur: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday said the state government is considering setting up four more medical colleges to address the shortage of doctors in the state. Majhi announced while addressing a public meeting in Mayurbhanj district, where President Droupadi Murmu laid the foundation stone for an AYUSH Hospital-cum-Ayurvedic College at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district....

Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday said he held an “excellent” and wide-ranging telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping, touching on trade, security, geopolitics, and energy, and signaling what he described as a positive trajectory for U.S.-China relations over the next three years. Trump said the call was “long and thorough,” and covered “many important subjects,”...

Mayurbhanj: President Droupadi Murmu said  Wednesday that the Union government is making special efforts for the economic development of tribals, including Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). While attending a special programme at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in Odisha's Rairangpur, located in the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district, President Murmu highlighted various schemes launched by the Union government...

Harare: Aaron George's silken hundred seamlessly merged with the explosive fifties from IPL stars Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre guided India to the ICC U19 World Cup final with a seven-wicket win over Afghanistan Wednesday. India now face England in the summit clash here  Friday. It will be India's 10th final in the U19 showpiece, a testimony...

Baramati: In a poignant moment Wednesday, NCP(SP) President Sharad Pawar paid emotional tribute to his nephew and late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar who died in a plane crash in Baramati January 28. Arriving from Govind Baug, the senior Pawar appeared visibly shaken. Assisted by security personnel, he approached the portrait of his nephew with trembling...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday orally asked the Union government to reconsider the continued preventive detention of Ladakh-based social activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA). A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Wangchuk’s wife, Dr Gitanjali Angmo, terming his detention "illegal" and an...

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Forest Department has introduced AI-enabled cameras and drones this year, enabling early detection and rapid intervention to prevent forest fires. Speaking to media persons here, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force (PCCF & HoFF), K. Murugesan, Wednesday, stated that timely detection through satellite-based fire alerts and swift action by...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police has rescued 5,451 missing children and women and reunited them with their families during a special drive named 'Operation Anweshan-II' conducted across the state from January 21 to 30, officials said Wednesday. All district and urban police units in the state participated in the drive and succeeded in safely rescuing a record number of...