Chennai: Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the IPL final with a 36-run win over Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 here Friday. SRH will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the final here Sunday. Sent in to bat, SRH posted 175 for nine, riding on Heinrich Klaasen's 34-ball 50 and contributions from Travis Head (34) and Rahul Tripathi (37). In...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the gruelling heat and humidity, Odisha is all set for the third round of voting Saturday, covering six Lok Sabha and 42 assembly segments, with the main contenders being the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP. The parliamentary constituencies going to the polls are Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Puri. A total of 64...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday asserted that he is in ‘very good health’ and campaigning in the elections for the Lok Sabha and Assembly all over the state. His statement followed comments of BJP president JP Nadda and other party leaders that Patnaik should be given rest in the wake of his health...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has asked the authorities of four districts to take preparatory measures as a depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to concentrate into a severe cyclonic storm, officials said. The cyclone is likely to make landfall along the adjoining coasts of West Bengal and Bangladesh around May 26 midnight, bringing heavy rain...

Baripada/Balasore: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik Friday said President Droupadi Murmu was the "daughter of the soil" and that was why his BJD supported her in the presidential elections. Addressing an election rally in Murmu's native place of Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district, Patnaik referred to her as his sister. "The daughter of the soil and my sister Droupadi...

A dancer performs Odissi at Suchana Bhawan in Bhubaneswar   Election awareness sand art by Subala Maharana at Rabindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar   Female polling officials leave for respective all-women booths ahead of third-phase elections in Odisha May 25

Chennai: Pace duo of Trent Boult and Avesh Khan snapped three wickets each but Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to post a competitive 175 for nine against Rajasthan Royals in the IPL Qualifier 2 here Friday. Apart from Boult (3/45) and Avesh Khan (3/27), Sandeep Sharma (2/25) also claimed two wickets after RR won the toss and elected to...

The Hague: The top United Nations court ordered Israel Friday to immediately halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. While Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. Criticism of Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza has been growing —...

Chennai: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL Qualifier 2 here Friday. Rajasthan did not make any changes to their playing 11 from the Eliminator against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The Hyderabad outfit brought in middle-order batter Aiden Markram for this game in the lone change they...

New Delhi: A court in Delhi Friday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal, to four-day judicial custody. Produced before the court on the expiry of his five-day police custody, he was sent to judicial custody till May 28. Bibhav...