Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderbad pulled off a nervy one-run win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match here Thursday. Nitish Reddy (76 not out) and Travis Head (58) scored half centuries to help Sunrisers Hyderabad post 201/3 after opting to bat. In reply, Riyan Parag (77) and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal (67) stitched a 133-run stand after...

Kolkata: Hours after a temporary female staff at the Raj Bhavan filed a written complaint with the police accusing West Bengal Governor CV Bose of 'outraging her modesty', the latter denied the charges Thursday night, calling the accusation an attempt to gain electoral benefits. “Truth shall triumph. I refuse to be cowed down by engineered narratives. If...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Thursday lodged a complaint to the Election Commission against a senior IPS officer, alleging that the police officer violated the model code of conduct (MCC) and demanding his transfer outside Odisha. A delegation of state BJP leaders submitted a petition before the Odisha chief electoral officer and complained that IPS officer Ashish Singh violated...

Bhubaneswar: The social media monitoring cell of the Odisha Police has blocked 292 offensive posts related to the general elections 2024. These posts were posted by supporters of various political parties and other groups on social media platforms like ‘YouTube’, ‘Instagram’, ‘Facebook’ and ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), a release said Thursday. On the orders of Election Commission of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to be under the grip of a severe heatwave Thursday, with the mercury shooting past the 44 degrees Celsius mark at several places, the Met Department said. Bolangir sizzled at 45 degrees Celsius, followed by Angul town at 44.7 deg C, Nuapada (44.6 deg C), Talcher (44.5 deg C), Boudh (44.3 deg C), Baripada...

Mumbai: Chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar Thursday described the omission of Rinku Singh from India's T20 World Cup squad as the "toughest" call, saying the in-from swashbuckler has "done nothing wrong" and it all came down to combinations. Rinku, Kolkata Knight Riders' big-hitting finisher from Aligarh, could not find a place in the 15-member squad as the...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, former central minister Jual Oram and several other leaders of Odisha Thursday filed nomination papers for the ensuing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Patnaik filed his nomination papers from the Kantabanji assembly segment under the Bolangir parliamentary constituency in the state's western region, two days...

New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday ordered the immediate transfer of senior Odisha bureaucrat Sujata R Karthikeyan to a non-public dealing department following complaints of alleged misuse of public office, sources said. She is the wife of BJD leader Kartik Pandian, a close associate of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Karthikeyan was holding the post of commissioner...

Heat, humidity disrupt life in Bhubaneswar   Vehicles parked at ‘no parking zone’ in front of Chandinichowk Lalbagh police station in Cuttack   As mercury level rises in Bhubaneswar, govt sets up coverings at traffic signals for comfort of commuters

Keonjhar: Nine workers of a steel plant suffered critical burn injuries following a blast at the induction furnace at Barpada under Rugudi police limits in Keonjhar district, Thursday. Among the injured, condition of three of the workers is stated to be very critical. All the injured were shifted to a private hospital in Cuttack after administration of...