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Bhubaneswar: Odisha's ruling BJP Saturday lodged a police complaint against BJD MP Sulata Deo, accusing her of posting objectionable content on social media targeting party national president Nitin Nabin. A BJP delegation led by party spokesperson Satarupa Mishra submitted a complaint at the Capital police...

Bhubaneswar/Kendujhar: Odisha government Saturday ordered a probe into the alleged discharge of excess water by a private power generation company into the Baitarani River "without informing" the authorities amid floods in Kendujhar district. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari, after reviewing the flood situation...

Baleshwar: A teacher of a private school died of electrocution, and three students were injured while trying to fix an iron pipe to hoist the national flag on Independence Day in Odisha's Baleshwar district Saturday, police said. The incident took place at Maitapur in Simulia...

New Delhi: Central government cut export duties on petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) from Saturday, setting the petrol levy at zero and cutting charges on diesel and ATF. The government reduced the petrol export duty to nil from Rs 3.5 per litre, cut...

New Delhi: The Income Tax Department Saturday notified a new voluntary disclosure scheme allowing small taxpayers to declare certain undisclosed foreign assets and income by paying an effective 60 per cent tax, as the government seeks to bring overseas holdings into the tax net without...

Amstelveen (The Netherlands): India made a winning start to their men's Hockey World Cup campaign, defeating Wales 3-1 in a Pool D match Saturday, with captain Harmanpreet Singh scoring twice from penalty corners. Playing in front of a large crowd at the nearly 10,000-capacity Wagener...

New Delhi: Opposition parties Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "dimaagi Naxal" remark, saying he should not have used his Independence Day speech for politics, and claimed his pitch on 33 per cent women's reservation in legislatures displayed the ruling BJP's "hypocrisy" after...

Galle: Devdutt Padikkal made a memorable return to Test cricket with a marvellous unbeaten 131, helping India construct a commanding 288 for two against Sri Lanka at stumps on the opening day of the first match Saturday. Padikkal, whose last appearance in whites was against...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday announced the scrapping of the six-attempt limit for the Odisha Civil Services Examination and free textbooks for students of Classes 9 and 10, while outlining several other initiatives in education, youth employment and agriculture in his Independence...

Galle: Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul played contrasting knocks of unbeaten 84 and 77 respectively as India reached a commanding 197 for one at tea on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka here Saturday. Rahul flicked his Zen mode on during...