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Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings shared a point apiece after their Indian Premier League match was called off due to incessant rain and the subsequent wet outfield Monday. The home side's skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bat, but his...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Sasmit Patra, a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and Rajya Sabha MP, Monday wrote to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, seeking his immediate intervention to ensure that the proposed Metro Rail project, initiated during the previous government, is...

Berhampur: Odisha government-run Berhampur University Monday signed an MoU with National Library, Kolkata, for promotion of collaborative research in areas of mutual interest. The MoU was signed between Sachidanand Nayak, registrar of the university and Partha Sarathi Das of the National Library, officials said. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Monday appointed vice-chancellors to 14 state-run universities. Chandi Prasad Nanda was appointed the new VC of Utkal University, Santosh Kumar Tripathy the new VC of Fakir Mohan University and Arka Kumar Das Mohapatra the VC of Ravenshaw University. Among...

Bhubaneswar: Nor'westers and hailstorms wreaked havoc in parts of Odisha Monday, officials said. Strong winds, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, rocked Athagarh town in Cuttack district and Daspalla area in Nayagarh district, they said. A car was damaged after a cement structure put up by...

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bat against Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League match Monday. KKR, who have lost both their opening games this season, made two changes, bringing in Rovman Powell and Navdeep Saini in...

Bhubaneswar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday took over the probe into Sundarpada rooftop explosion case in Bhubaneswar. The blast happened January 27 in the Azad Nagar area of Sundarpada. The explosion reportedly took place while the prime suspect, Shahnawaz Malik, was “handling” explosive materials on...

New Delhi: Newly elected Rajya Sabha members from Odisha took oath in their mother tongue, Odia, in the Upper House Monday. The three MPs from Odisha who took oath are Manmohan Samal, Santrupta Mishra and Dilip Kumar Ray, a BJP-supported Independent candidate. Vice President and...

Cuttack: The Odisha government has barred entry and operation of commercial vehicles older than 10 years registered in other states, aiming to improve road safety and streamline transport systems. The directive, issued under instructions from Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena, insists that all...

Puri: Shree Jagannath temple in Puri would remain out of bounds for devotees for four hours Monday evening for a special ritual inside the shrine, the temple administration said in a public notice. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) notice said, "On Monday, the 6th April...