Patna: Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi died Monday night, the party said. Modi, 72, was suffering from cancer. He died at AIIMS in New Delhi at 9.45 pm, hospital sources said. "The BJP family is deeply saddened by the news of the demise of former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar...

Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans' hopes of qualifying for the Indian Premier League play-offs was dashed on Monday as rain washed out their must-win match against Kolkata Knight Riders here without a ball being bowled. It meant KKR were assured of a top two finish with 19 points from 13 games and a place in the Qualifier 1. GT,...

Bhubaneswar: The first phase of Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha on Monday was peaceful barring some sporadic incidents of violence, with a voter turnout of over 64 per cent, officials said. The electoral fate of 280 candidates contesting in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 assembly segments in the first phase was sealed in the...

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Bhubaneswar: Intensifying the attack on the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday targeted BJD over issues varying from the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati to the alleged use of deep fake video of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the elections. BJP National Vice President and Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate...

Keonjhar: The body of a government official was found on railway tracks in Odisha's Keonjhar district Monday, police said. The deceased, identified as 49-year-old Bidubhushan Jena, was serving as the additional block development officer of Harichandanpur block in Keonjhar district, a police officer said. Jena had boarded a train from Harichandanpur at 1.25 am Monday to visit...

Berhampur: Theme-based polling stations, modelled on train coaches to bus ticket counters, welcomed voters in Odisha's Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls Monday, officials said. As many as 272 out of 1,131 polling stations in five assembly segments in Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency were modeled on various themes, they said. "These polling stations were modelled...

New Delhi: A voter turnout of nearly 63 per cent was recorded Monday in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections covering 96 constituencies spread over 10 states and Union Territories, with scattered incidents of violence reported in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. West Bengal again recorded an impressive turnout at 75.94 per cent, the highest...

Cuttack: A court in Odisha's Cuttack district Monday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against actor-turned-Lok Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty in connection with a four-year-old domestic violence case registered against him by his now-divorced wife. The judicial magistrate's court issued the warrant after Mohanty failed to appear before it for the second time and asked the police to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal as the Delhi chief minister after his arrest in a money laundering case, holding that the petitioner had no legal right to seek his ouster. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said resignation in such circumstances is a matter of...