Bhubaneswar: BJP president JP Nadda and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will address election rallies in Odisha May 23, a senior party leader said Tuesday. While Nadda will address four meetings at Karanjia, Dhamnagar, Barchana and Balikuda, Adityanath, who will campaign in Odisha for the first time this election,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in money laundering and corruption cases lodged by the ED and the CBI respectively in connection with the alleged liquor scam. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who started pronouncing the order at 6:28 pm for 22 minutes, said Sisodia allegedly...

Ahmedabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in the first Qualifier of the Indian Premier League here Tuesday. Both teams are playing an unchanged eleven. The winners of the game will make the summit clash in Chennai Sunday. The losing team on the other hand will meet...

Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday expressed shock and surprise over the Juvenile Justice Board taking a lenient view of the Pune car crash involving a minor boy who fatally knocked down two motorbike-borne IT professionals with his speeding luxury vehicle. Amid an outrage over the accident involving the 17-year-old boy who crashed his Porsche...

New Delhi/ Puri: The Congress Tuesday slammed the BJP over the party's Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra's 'Lord Jagannath' remark and demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology over the issue. Patra Monday had said that Odisha's most revered deity "Lord Jagannath is a devotee of Prime Minister Narendra Modi". He, however, later clarified that it was...

Nayagarh: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah Tuesday asserted that Odisha lost 25 years of development under the 25-year BJD rule in the state, during which various sectors like healthcare, education and infrastructure got “derailed”. Shah, addressing a poll rally at Nayagarh, also sought clarification from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on the missing keys...

New Delhi: The combined market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies hit the $5-trillion milestone for the first time Tuesday. At the close of trade, the total valuation of the exchange-listed companies stood at an all-time high of Rs 4,14,62,306.56 crore ($4.97 trillion), the BSE data showed. The 30-share Sensex declined 52.63 points, or 0.07 per cent, to settle...

Kabul: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has announced the appointment of West Indies legend, Dwayne Bravo as the team’s bowling consultant for the 2024 T20 World Cup. Bravo was a vital part of the West Indies side that lifted the T20 World Cup in 2016 and his experience, not just in ICC tournaments but of playing in...

Mumbai: The 5th hero from the upcoming sci-fi epic movie Kalki 2898 AD will be unveiled at Hyderabad during the trailer launch event May 22. The makers of the film earlier introduced veteran Hindi film megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s character as Ashwatthama through a monumental projection at Nemawar, Narmada Ghat in Madhya Pradesh. The selection of Nemawar and...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Tuesday visited the Iranian embassy in Delhi and conveyed India's deepest condolences on the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash over the weekend. A one-day state mourning is being observed across India Tuesday as a mark of respect for Raisi. Jaishankar said...