Bhubaneswar: A total of 13 of the 40 candidates in fray for the five Lok Sabha seats in Odisha that are going to polls in the fifth phase May 20 are 'crorepatis', according to a report. Sitting MP and BJP's nominee for Bolangir seat, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, is the richest candidate, with total assets worth Rs...

Bengaluru: Delhi Capitals won the toss and opted to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL here Sunday. Axar Patel is captaining Delhi in place of Rishabh Pant, who was handed a one-match suspension for a third slow over rate offence this season. Teams: Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel (w), Shai Hope, Kumar Kushagra, Tristan...

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings Sunday clinched a five-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in a low-scoring thriller to brighten their IPL playoffs qualification chances in Chennai Sunday. Chasing a modest 142 on a tricky surface, CSK made 145 for five in 18.2 overs with skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad dropping the anchor to make a well-compiled unbeaten 42 (41 balls,...

Vilcha: Thousands more civilians have fled Russia's renewed ground offensive in Ukraine's northeast that has targeted towns and villages with a barrage of artillery and mortar fire, officials said Sunday. The intense battles have forced at least one Ukrainian unit to withdraw in the Kharkiv region, capitulating more land to Russian forces across less defended settlements in...

New Delhi: At least eight hospitals in the national capital – including Burari Government Hospital and Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Mangolpuri -- received bomb threats through email Sunday, a source said. The source added that police promptly carried out searches on the premises of the hospitals. Police personnel along with bomb disposal teams and sniffer dogs rushed...

Amravati/Lucknow: The electoral fate of several prominent candidates like Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Union minister Giriraj Singh, TMC's firebrand leader Mohua Moitra and AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi will be decided on Monday when polling will be held in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories in the fourth phase of the general elections. According...

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Jharkhand Rural Development Minister and Congress leader Alamgir Alam for questioning in a money laundering case May 14, official sources said Sunday. The federal agency had last week arrested Alam's personal secretary and state administrative service officer Sanjeev Kumar Lal (52) and the latter's domestic help Jahangir Alam (42) following the...

Islamabad: One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, media reports said Sunday. The disputed region witnessed clashes Saturday between the police and activists of a rights movement amid a wheel-jam and...

Bhubaneswar: The stage is set for simultaneous elections to four Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 Assembly segments in Odisha Monday, with the EC making elaborate arrangements to ensure free and fair polling, officials said. Voting will be held in Berhampur, Koraput, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituencies and 28 Assembly segments under the jurisdiction of these parliamentary...

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader Kartik Pandian Sunday claimed that Odisha is "much ahead" of Gujarat in various parameters, in a rebuttal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise that the BJP would make the eastern state "number one" in the country if voted to power after the Assembly polls. Pandian, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, shared statistics, comparing various indices of Gujarat...