Prime News

Gandhinagar: First-term MLA Bhupendra Patel was Monday sworn in Gujarat chief minister, two days after Vijay Rupani's surprise exit from the post, a year ahead of the Assembly polls. Patel (59), unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader Sunday, was sworn in as the state's 17th...

New Delhi: BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal Monday rubbished reports suggesting that Team India captain Virat Kohli is likely to step down as skipper of the limited-overs format after the ICC T20 World Cup. There are reports doing the rounds that Kohli might lose his white-ball...

Gandhinagar: BJP MLA Bhupendra Patel will be the new chief minister of Gujarat. Patel (55) was unanimously elected BJP legislature party leader here Sunday. His name was proposed by CM Vijay Rupani, whose resignation from the post Saturday surprised many. Patel won the 2017 Gujarat...

New Delhi: India and Australia have called for a ‘broad-based and inclusive’ government in Afghanistan to ensure long-term peace and stability in the war-torn country, signalling their clear unwillingness to accord any recognition to the Taliban regime. In a joint statement issued early Sunday following...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other senior leaders of the country Saturday extended their greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of Nuakhai festival. Nuakhai, an agricultural festival, is usually celebrated one day after the Ganesh...

Bhubaneswar: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat won the badminton gold in the SL3 event of the recently-concluded Tokyo Paralympics arrived here Friday amid a tumultuous welcome. In the evening Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Pramod Bhagat at the Kalinga Stadium here. Bhagat was handed a...

Manchester: The fifth Test between India and England was cancelled Friday just a few hours before its scheduled start. The cancellation came amid a chaotic turn of events. First the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said in a statement regarding the visitors are ‘unable...

New Delhi: A research study has shown that China has lavishly spent huge sums of money to buy influence in India's film world, universities, social institutions, research think-tanks, social media, and the tech industry, posing a serious threat to national security and democracy. The 76-page...

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) Thursday announced dates for bypolls to seven Rajya Sabha seats that have fallen vacant due to various reasons like resignations, death and end of tenure of members. According to a notification issued by the EC, there are two such...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 69,369 teaching posts are lying vacant in government-run schools and colleges across Odisha, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash told Odisha Assembly Wednesday. Replying to a question of MLA Amar Satpathy during the Questions Hour, Dash said that 68,362...