News from Odisha

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will proceed to investigate Davinder Singh and not wait for official notification (signing of documents) to interrogate the disgraced DSP, sources said. Davinder Singh was arrested on Saturday along with Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu, his accomplice Rafi and a lawyer named Irfan from a car on the highway […]

New Delhi: In trouble brewing for the Gautam Adani-led M/S Adani Enterprises, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said it has registered a case against former officials of the National Co-operative Consumer Federation (NCCF) and others over alleged irregularities in supply of coal to the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) in 2010. The […]

Mumbai: Soon after BCCI announced the Annual Player Contracts for Senior Men’s team for the period between October 2019 and September 2020, all eyes went hunting for one name – Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The Grade A list where the former Indian skipper featured for some years now comprised players like Ravi Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar […]

Sambalpur: The quaint little shop in Kunjelpada area in Sambalpur where Prabhulal Gupta and his wife Rekha Gupta prepare a local delicacy, Sarsatia is now witnessing a mad rush. For the Guptas, things have been quite hectic as the word of mouth on Sarsatia has spread like a wildfire drawing attention from different corners of […]

Jakarta: World champion shuttler P V Sindhu suffered a quarterfinal defeat at the hands of Sayaka Takahashi of Japan in a closely-fought women’s singles contest to bring curtains on the Indian challenge in the Indonesia Masters here on Thursday. Sindhu frittered away a one-game lead to lose 21-16 16-21 19-21 in a thrilling quarterfinal match […]

New Delhi: “Give us Delhi Police and law-and-order responsibility for two days and we will hang Nirbhaya convicts,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday, hitting back at the BJP for holding the AAP government responsible for the “delay” in the hanging. Sisodia’s retort came hours after Union minister Prakash Javadekar blamed the AAP […]

Chennai: The Indian Coast Guard has planned to acquire 16 advanced light helicopters apart from 50 vessels to its fleet as part of its vision to have 200 ships and 100 aircraft inventory by 2025. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Coast Guard Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan said, “Today we have 50 ships under construction in […]

United Nations/Islamabad: India has slammed Pakistan for repeatedly trying to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council with China’s help where it failed again to find any support, with New Delhi asserting that Islamabad needs to focus on the “hard tasks” it has to address to ensure normal bilateral ties. China, Pakistan’s ‘all-weather […]

Bengaluru: Residence of South Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna at Virajpet in Kodagu district has been reportedly raided by Income Tax sleuths. As per reports, the IT officials conducted searches at her residence and properties. Besides, searches were conducted at Serenity Marriage Hall, which is owned by her family. IT officials from Bengaluru reportedly reached Virajpet […]

Washington: The US House of Representatives passed a resolution and submitted the articles of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate for a historic trial to remove him from office, a move described by the unfazed President as “another con job” by the Opposition Democrats. The House, controlled by the Democratic Party on Wednesday voted […]

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday released five politicians including three former legislators after keeping them in preventive detention for more than five months following abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution. Officials said the five mainstream politicians were released from preventive detention this afternoon. The leaders who were released include Altaf Kaloo (ex-MLA […]

Chandigarh: A man wanted for killing a woman friend on New Year’s eve at a hotel here was arrested from a television studio after he confessed to the crime while on air, police said on Thursday. The accused, Maninder Singh, was wanted by the police for allegedly killing Sarabjit Kaur (27), a nurse at a […]

Amaravati(AP): Old allies Jana Sena and BJP came together once again and announced an alliance on Thursday, seeking to emerge as the “third alternative” in Andhra Pradesh. The reunion of the two parties, which comes after a separation of three years due to what they termed “communication gap,” may alter the political scenario in the […]

New Delhi: Social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok may have to scramble for developing account identity-verification option to check “fake news, malicious content, misinformation, racial slurs, gender abuse that may have an impact on the individual and society as a whole”. This may form part of the social media guidelines […]

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the annual player contracts for senior women cricketers for the period between October 2019 to September 2020. The contract has been divided into three grades -A, B and C. India’s T20I skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, opener Smriti Mandhana and spinner Poonam Yadav will […]