Bhubaneswar: Amidst speculation surrounding the announcement of BJP's chief ministerial candidate, the party's Odisha unit chief, Manmohan Samal, Monday said the party's parliamentary committee will take a decision on the matter. Samal made the remark during a press conference, attended by senior leaders including Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former Union minister and Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi, Bhubaneswar...

Amsterdam: Experienced Scott Edwards was Monday named as the captain of the Netherlands for next month's T20 World Cup, the Royal Dutch Cricket Association announced. The 27-year-old Edwards was elected the skipper despite his modest outings in the recent tri-series, involving hosts Nepal and Namibia. Overall, he has played 56 T20I for the Netherlands, scoring 671 runs...

Kathmandu: Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister and senior Madhesi leader Upendra Yadav Monday tendered his resignation and his party pulled out of the government, a setback to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda-led coalition government. Yadav, also the Minister for Health and Population, submitted his resignation to Prime Minister “Prachanda” Monday morning, according to sources close to the...

Gadchiroli: Three Naxalites, including two females, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district Monday, police said. An intelligence input was received that some members of the Perimili Dalam of Naxalites were camping in a forest near Katrangatta village in Bhamragad taluka with an aim to carry out subversive activities during their ongoing...

New Delhi: AAP's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal Monday went to the Civil Lines police station and alleged that a member of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal staff ‘assaulted' her at the chief minister's official residence, police officials said. Police have not yet received a formal complaint. There was no response to messages and calls made...

Bhubaneswar: Around 52.91 per cent of the over 62.87 lakh voters have exercised their franchise till 3pm in four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly constituencies in Odisha Monday, officials said. Voting started at 7am in 7,303 polling stations in Berhampur, Koraput, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi parliamentary constituencies along with 28 Assembly segments within the jurisdiction of these Lok...

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar MP and BJP leader Aparajita Sarangi Monday asked the Odisha government to make public the details of expenditure made on the Srimandir Parikrama project in Puri. Addressing news persons in Bhubaneswar, Sarangi questioned the state government over entrusting the work to ‘Bhoomi Putra', which according to her is a south Indian firm with no prior...

New Delhi: Online food delivery firm Zomato Ltd Monday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 175 crore in the March quarter on the back of higher revenue. The company had posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 188 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, Zomato Ltd said in a regulatory filing. Consolidated revenue from operations...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge will visit Odisha May 15 and May 16 respectively to address election rallies. Briefing media persons in Bhubaneswar, AICC in-charge of Odisha, Ajoy Kumar Monday said Gandhi is scheduled to address an election rally in Bolangir May 15. He will arrive at Bhubaneswar airport at around 11am...

New Delhi: Students scoring above 90 per cent and 95 per cent marks in the CBSE Class-XII exams, the results of which were declared Monday, rose by more than 1,400 and 4,000, respectively, compared to last year. The pass percentage also witnessed a marginal increase, rising to 87.98 per cent from last year's 87.33 per cent. Girls...