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Balasore: The railway police have rescued 27 people, including 19 minors, from Soro railway station in Balasore district, as the authorities suspect they were being trafficked, police said Sunday. The incident happened Saturday evening when the group came in a bus from Kaptipada and its...

Dharamsala: Royal Challengers Bengaluru rode on fluent half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Venkatesh Iyer, along with a decisive opening spell from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, to thrash Punjab Kings by 23 runs and seal a playoff berth in the IPL in Dharamsala Sunday. Kohli (58 off...

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match in New Delhi Sunday. Tripurana Vijay makes his debut for DC. For RR also, Ravi Singh makes his debut, replacing Ravindra Jadeja...

Bhubaneswar: The body of a 34-year-old man who had been missing for two days was recovered from a stone quarry in Odisha's Nayagarh district Sunday, police said. The man's family has lodged a complaint with the local police, alleging murd*r. Based on the complaint, two...

Tangi(Cuttack): An FIR was lodged against actor and BJP leader Arindam Roy and BJP leader Abhaya Barik at Tangi police station Sunday over allegations of “threatening and misbehaving” with Assistant Block Development Officer (ABDO) Shashwat Jena during a Panchayat Committee meeting. The complaint was filed...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a statewide special drive by the Odisha Police against criminals and illegal trade, Director General of Police (DGP) YB Khurania Sunday issued a stern warning, stating that individuals involved in criminal activities have no place in the state. “The Odisha Police have launched...

Rourkela: Public transport services under the ‘Ama Bus’ scheme came to a complete halt across Rourkela Sunday after employees staged strike demanding salary hikes and resolution of Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) issues. According to a source, not a single Ama Bus operated during the day,...

Dharamsala: Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss in his 100th IPL game as skipper and opted to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bengaluru Sunday. Punjab made two changes to their playing XI from the last match, bringing in Harpreet Brar and Lockie Ferguson....

Nabarangpur: Two women were killed and three others critically injured after a car collided head-on with a goods-laden truck near the Rajamatu traffic junction in the Pradhaniguda area of Odisha’s Nabarangpur district around midnight, police said Sunday. Local residents and police personnel rushed to the...

Nayagarh: Odisha Vigilance Sunday arrested a junior engineer of the Rural Works (RW) Section in Nayagarh district and his associate while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.36 lakh from a contractor for clearing pending bills and facilitating the refund of security deposits,...