Bhubaneswar: With voting completed in 15 Lok Sabha seats and 105 Assembly segments in Odisha, both the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP have claimed they will secure an absolute majority to form the government. A day after Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik asserted that his party would provide a "very stable" government, his close...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asserted that the BJP will get a bigger win in opposition-ruled states due to a "positive mandate" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha polls, as he slammed the opposition's criticism of the Election Commission as a ploy to cover up for its impending loss. Making his...

Chennai: Kolkata Knight Riders lifted their third trophy in the Indian Premier League with a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in a completely one-sided final here Sunday. Having lost the toss, KKR produced a clinical effort with the ball to dismiss SRH for 113, the lowest ever total in an IPL title clash. KKR chased down...

Bhubaneswar: Top leaders of the BJP and the Congress will again make a beeline to Odisha ahead of the last phase of simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls in the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha on May 29 and address three public meetings in Baripada, Balasore and Kendrapara, BJP's Odisha unit vice-president Golak Mohapatra...

Bhubaneswar: Parents of a 21-month-old male baby who was declared brain dead at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here showed magnanimity by donating the child’s organs to save two other lives elsewhere. The baby, born in the hospital in July 2022, had developed health issues subsequently and felt sick intermittently. He was brought to...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha BJP president, KV Singh Deo, said Sunday that after the BJP government comes to power, it will make public reports of all the 24 Commissions set up by the BJD government during its 25 years of rule. Addressing a press conference here, he said during its 25 years of rule, the BJD government had...

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said a Uniform Civil Code for the entire country will be implemented within the next five years after extensive consultations with all stakeholders if the BJP returns to power. In a wide-ranging interview with PTI, Shah said the Modi government in its next term will also implement 'One Nation,...

Chennai: Mitchell Starc justified his eye-popping auction billing with a magical delivery as Kolkata Knight Riders produced a complete bowling performance to dismantle Sunrisers Hyderabad for a paltry 113 in what is turning out to be a lopsided IPL-17 final here Sunday. This is the lowest total by a team batting first in an IPL final as...

Kolkata: Severe cyclonic storm 'Remal' has intensified and is expected to make landfall between the coasts of Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal around Sunday midnight, prompting the evacuation of over 1 lakh people from vulnerable areas of the state to safety. Bengal's coastal areas have been put on high alert as the cyclone, accompanied by high-velocity winds,...

Bhubaneswar: A BJP candidate was arrested in Odisha's Khurda district for allegedly vandalising an EVM as he had to wait in queue for a long to cast his vote because the machine malfunctioned, officials said Sunday. Prasanta Jagadev, the BJP MLA of Chilika, has been fielded this time from the Khurda assembly segment. The incident happened on...