New Delhi: The ICC has asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to decide on its participation in the T20 World Cup in India by January 21 or "risk being replaced by another team" in the tournament beginning February 7. Despite the back and forth between...
Bhubaneswar: A three-day 'Matsya Prani Samavesh Odisha 2026' will be organised in Bhubaneswar from January 21, a minister said Monday. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Minister Gokulananda Mallik said that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to inaugurate the fair at Janata Maidan, while...
Bhubaneswar: The Congress, under the banner of the Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan (RGPRS) Monday organised a satyagraha (protest march) at the Lower PMG Square in Bhubaneswar, protesting the replacement of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) with the newly introduced VB–G...
Barbil: Armed miscreants looted gold jewellery worth an estimated Rs 7.5 crore and cash of about Rs 4.34 lakh from the Bank of Maharashtra’s Barbil branch in Keonjhar district Monday afternoon, police said. The robbery took place at the branch located barely 200 meters from...
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and other prominent personalities Monday paid tributes to freedom fighter and social reformer Prabati Giri on her birth centenary. Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly,...
Cuttack: A gas pipeline burst in the CDA area of Cuttack city during construction work Monday, causing panic among the people, police said. Emergency teams were rushed to the spot for immediate repairs, a senior officer said. The incident took place at Sector 9 of...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has unveiled the state government's mouthpiece 'Pragati Prabaha', published by the Department of Information and Public Relations. The mouthpiece, which would disseminate information about the ongoing developmental works and the state government's key initiatives, was launched by Majhi...
Baripada: Opium plantation was detected inside Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district and poppy plants worth Rs 1.91 crore were destroyed, police said Monday. A joint team of police, excise and forest departments detected two patches of illegal poppy plantation on a total of...
Bhubaneswar/ Bhawanipatna: Amid protests over the alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement in Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said his government is making arrangements to buy the crop from farmers, as the Centre has agreed to lift 8 lakh tonnes of rice. Addressing a programme...
Digapahandi: Police Sunday arrested Balakrushna Patra of Sanadumbala village in connection with a knife attack on a woman and her two daughters in Indira Awas Colony at Kandeswar village under Digapahandi block of Ganjam district. The victims remain in critical condition. The injured have been...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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