Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad Thursday qualified for the Indian Premier League play-offs after rain washed out their IPL match against Gujarat Titans here without a ball being bowled. SRH thus became the third team to make the cut after following Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, who are currently occupying the top two places in the standings. The...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP will ensure that the missing key of the Ratna Bhandar at Puri's Jagannath temple is found if it is voted to power in Odisha, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Thursday. Sarma addressed back-to-back election rallies in Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda, Bonai in Sundargarh district, Attabira in Bargarh and Jatni in Khurda district. "Whenever...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 87 of the total 265 candidates contesting 35 Assembly seats and 12 of the total 40 candidates contesting 5 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha have declared criminal cases pending against them, according to the Odisha Election Watch Report. The Odisha Election Watch in association with the Association of Democratic Reform(ADR) has analysed the...

Jajpur: Three workers died and a few others were injured when a large chunk of earth caved in on them while they were working on laying pipelines at Kapilarahisina in Odisha’s Jajpur district Thursday. Police said the deceased workers, hailing from Bihar and Tamil Nadu, were engaged by a construction company when the mishap occurred. A huge...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's roadshow in Bhubaneswar     Shop gutted in fire mishap at GGP Colony, Bhubaneswar          Chariot construction work in full swing ahead of Rath Yatra in Puri

New Delhi: AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal Thursday broke her silence over the alleged assault on her, saying she has recorded her statement with the Delhi Police and the BJP should not indulge in politics over the incident. Three days after the alleged incident at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence, where his close aide Bibhav Kumar...

Malda: At least 11 people were killed Thursday afternoon after being struck by lightning in different places across Malda district of West Bengal, a government official said. The district administration has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of the deceased, he said. "So far, 11 people have been killed due to lightning...

Sitamarhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday declared that India would take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), if the BJP-led NDA headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was voted to power again after the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Shah, while addressing a public meeting in favour of NDA candidate here, said that Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) was result...

Bhubaneswar: Asserting that INDIA bloc will form the next government at the Centre, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday said the BJP and its partners are struggling to get 200 seats as people are opposed to their policies. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the NDA will secure 400-plus seats this time, Kharge asked, "From where...

New Delhi: Compulsory acquisition of private properties will be unconstitutional if proper procedure is not established or followed before depriving a person of their right to property, the Supreme Court said Thursday. In a significant verdict, the top court said even the statutory scheme of payment of compensation in return for acquisition of private properties will not...