Berhampur: Police Thursday arrested a woman for allegedly killing her nine-year-old niece in Odisha's Ganjam district, officials said. The incident took place at Laxmanapalli, near Chhamunda village, under Jagannath Prasad police station limits of the district Wednesday. The victim's mother alleged that after committing the murder, the woman wrapped the body in a plastic sheet and dumped...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday inaugurated three new grid substations and eight transmission lines established at Rs 600 crore, and assured the people of Bhubaneswar and adjoining areas of uninterrupted and high-quality power supply. He said the new power facilities will benefit about 22 lakh consumers in the region. Majhi launched the new grid...

Kolkata: Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match here Thursday. LSG are unchanged, while KKR made one change, bringing in Sunil Narine in place of injured Varun Chakravarthy. The Teams: Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad,...

London: Britain Thursday accused Russia of conducting covert attack submarine operations in and around its waters, which it said had been successfully repelled by its armed forces. The Ministry of Defence claimed British aircraft and warships identified a Russian attack submarine entering international waters in the High North several weeks ago and tracked its activity around the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Thursday launched a self-defence training programme for 5,000 women Self Help Group (SHG) members here in the presence of National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar. The programme, is being implemented by the Department of Mission Shakti in partnership with NCW, aims to provide self-defence and personal safety...

Dubai: Iran's parliament speaker warned Thursday that continued Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon would bring "explicit costs and STRONG responses." Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf issued the warning in a message on X. He insisted, like other Iranian officials, the two-week ceasefire extended to Lebanon, something denied by both Israel and the U.S. "Ceasefire violations carry explicit and...

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala crossed the voter turnout of 75 per cent by 5 pm, as polling continued in 140 assembly constituencies Thursday. The crucial elections will decide whether the ruling LDF will get a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if BJP springs a surprise in an otherwise bipolar battle. According to Election...

Bhubaneswar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has begun its probe into a blast in Bhubaneswar in January that left two persons dead, officials said Thursday. A three-member NIA team visited the Airfield police station here and collected documents, including FIRs and forensic reports, in connection with the blast that took place in Azad Nagar January 27, a...

New Delhi: Delhi and District Cricket Association director Anand Verma has alleged that valid ticket-holders are being denied access to IPL matches at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here by "unauthorised persons" who have obtained duplicate tickets through fraud, a charge that DDCA's top brass has rejected. In a complaint to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central District),...

Dubai: The head of the United Arab Emirates' major oil company Thursday sharpened his rhetoric against Iran over the Strait of Hormuz being closed off, saying "the weaponisation of this vital waterway, in any form, cannot stand." Sultan al-Jaber, the CEO of the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co in the United Arab Emirates, said online that...