Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a two-day visit to Odisha from May 19, state BJP chief Manmohan Samal said Friday. Upon his arrival Sunday evening, PM Modi will convene a meeting with state BJP leaders in Bhubaneswar and spend the night in the city, Samal added. The following day, he is slated...

Sambalpur: A faux pas by BJD leader Kartik Pandian on iconic poets of Odisha during an election campaign here Friday has provided new ammunition to the BJP, which attacked the bureaucrat-turned-politician over the ‘Odia asmita' (pride) issue. Pandian, a close associate of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, uttered names of some of the eminent personalities of the state...

Mumbai: Nicholas Pooran's whirlwind 75 covered for skipper KL Rahul's sedate 55, providing a much-needed impetus to Lucknow Super Giants' impressive total of 214 for 6 against Mumbai Indians in an IPL encounter here Friday. Struggling for momentum on what appeared to be a two-paced wicket at the start, LSG could only manage 69 for 3 at...

  Hindi film actress and Mathura MP Hema Malini attends BJP's Ashirbad Samabesh at Salia Sahi in Bhubaneswar   Police conduct flag march in Khallikote Assembly constituency under Aska Lok Sabha seat amid Ganjam poll violence that claimed one life

Fact-Check The Verdict False The flag in question is not Pakistan’s national flag but the common Islamic flag. Claim ID: c268f098  What is the claim? A video of a green flag with a white crescent moon and star attached to the arm of a crane is being shared on various social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and...

New Delhi: The government will fund up to 50 per cent of AI compute infrastructure that will be created in partnership with the private sector, a senior official said Friday. While speaking at a CII Annual Business Summit, Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) Secretary S Krishnan said the government is looking to set up at least...

Fact-Check The Verdict: Misleading The viral video is from 2021 and depicts BJP leader Anirban Ganguly being attacked by a mob in Bolpur during the state Assembly elections. Claim ID: 5e6bd388 What is the claim?  A video circulating on social media purportedly shows Anirban Ganguly, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Jadavpur, a Lok Sabha constituency...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought a response within a week from the Election Commission on a plea by an NGO seeking a direction to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of conclusion of polling for each phase of the Lok Sabha elections. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians opted to field against Lucknow Super Giants in the final IPL encounter for both teams here Friday. MI inducted seamer Arjun Tendulkar in playing eleven with premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah being rested ahead of T20 World Cup. Also, the injured Tilak Varma has been replaced by Dewald Brevis. Meanwhile, LSG too made a change,...

Beirut: The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across the border with Israel over the past seven months, but the one on Thursday appears...