Bhubaneswar: Around 63 per cent of 62.87 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5pm in the 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 seats. Lok Sabha...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal Monday suspended three polling officials and directed the police to arrest two of them for "serious dereliction of duty". Speaking to reporters, Dhal said, "We have directed the Ganjam collector to suspend three presiding officers of three polling booths and arrest two of them for serious dereliction of duty."...

Fact-Check The Verdict Misleading The comments by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar originate from 2022, a time when he was part of the grand alliance in the state, opposing the BJP. Claim ID 7cdd31f9 What is the claim? A video featuring Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been circulating on social media. In the video, Kumar questions whether...

New Delhi: Retail inflation eased to 4.83 per cent in April as prices of some kitchen items declined, according to government data released Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.85 per cent in March. It was 4.7 per cent in April 2023. Inflation in the food basket was at 8.70 per cent in...

Nabarangpur: Jharigam BJP MLA candidate Narsing Bhatra was "attacked" allegedly by BJD workers when he tried to stop “rigging” in a polling booth in the Jharigam Assembly constituency under Nabarangpur Parliamentary constituency. Bhatra said on hearing the news that some anti-socials had entered into a polling booth under his Assembly constituency he rushed to the booth to...

New Delhi: India and Iran Monday signed a long-term contract for the operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port terminal at Chabahar in Iran. The contract was signed by India Ports Global Ltd and Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in the presence Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, according to a series of posts on X...

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...