Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who made a quick visit to the Steel City Wednesday, addressed a massive gathering at the Sector-13 Melana Field. There was a presence of over 50,000 persons from different parts of the district who thronged here braving the scorching sun. The CM was found in a very jolly mood as he broke...

Cuttack: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday held a roadshow here to bolster the prospects of party candidates in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha. Standing on a saffron-coloured vehicle decorated with flowers, Shah embarked on the road show from Gopabandhu park, covered several important junctions in the city including Buxi Bazaar, Tinikonia Bagicha,...

Guwahati: Punjab Kings restricted Rajasthan Royals to a meagre 144 for nine in an IPL match here Wednesday. For Royals, local hero Riyan Parag scored 48 off 34 balls on a difficult track while Punjab skipper Sam Curran (2/24 in 3 overs), Harshal Patel (2/28 in 4 overs), Nathan Ellis (1/24 in 4 overs) and Rahul Chahar...

Bhubaneswar: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in men's javelin throw event of the Federation Cup here, his spear shimmering through the balmy Wednesday evening sky after an unusually slow start in his first competitive outing on Indian soil in three years. The 26-year-old superstar struggled to get going in the competition and he was...

New Delhi: Southwest Monsoon is likely to arrive over Kerala around May 31, setting the stage for the four-month rainfall season crucial for India's farm-based economy. "This year, the Southwest Monsoon is likely to set over Kerala May 31 with a model error of four days," the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. "This is not early....

Claim Image shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi serving food from an empty bucket. Fact The bucket, and ladle were not empty. A video of the same event shows the Prime Minister placing food on the plates. A photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding a steel vessel, and a ladle serving devotees at a Gurudwara, is being...

Odisha Chief Electoral Officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal launches ‘Mo Booth' mobile application through which voters can find name, route to their polling stations in Odisha's Khurda district

Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief electoral officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal Wednesday launched ‘Mo Booth' mobile application through which voters can easily find the name and route to their polling stations. "Using the app, voters of Khurda district including Bhubaneswar city can know about their booth, its location and direction," Dhal added. The app now offers a feature enabling citizens...

Bratislava (Slovakia): Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital. Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital,...

Cuttack: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said while there is no dispute with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, he expressed concerns about the state's administration being led by an officer from outside the state. "We have no dispute with Naveen Babu, but the manner in which an officer from outside is running the state government in...