New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a probe by the CBI or ED into whether businessmen Adani and Ambani sent black money to his party and taunted if Modi was speaking from his personal experience that they send their money in a tempo. He also asked Modi []

New Delhi: Air India Express cancelled more than 100 flights since Tuesday night as a section of cabin crew reported sick to protest against the alleged mismanagement at the Tata Group-owned airline, impacting around 15,000 passengers. Faced with cabin crew shortage, the airline, which operates a significant number of flights to the Gulf, has decided []

Bhubaneswar: Nine Maoists, including two women, hailing from Chhattisgarh surrendered before Odisha Police Wednesday, a statement said. The formal surrender took place at Boudh before Southern Range Inspector General of Police J N Pankaj and Boudh Superintendent of Police Raj Prasad. The Maoists are residents of Muler village in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh and were []

Koraput: Intensifying the BJPs electioneering in the tribal-majority Koraput and Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seats, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai attacked the ruling Biju Janata Dal government, accusing it of exploiting tribal communities as a mere vote bank without genuine development efforts. Speaking at a gathering in Kundra under the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency Wednesday, []

Bhubaneswar: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win all 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha this time. The Union Minister addressed two public meetings in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts Wednesday. Rajnath Singh urged the voters to elect BJP candidates contesting in Koraput and Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituencies []

Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers started brilliantly before losing the plot as Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran joined hands to guide Lucknow Super Giants to a competitive 165 for four on a sluggish pitch in an Indian Premier League match here Wednesday. Electing to bat, LSG were in all sorts of trouble at 66 for 4 []

New Delhi: Congress leader Sam Pitroda Wednesday resigned as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress after his controversial remarks spurred the BJP to label the party racist. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on X that party chief Mallikarjun Kharge has accepted Pitrodas decision. Mr Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as Chairman []

Hyderabad: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat in the Indian Premier League match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Wednesday. South African wicketkeeper-batter Quniton de Kock was included in the LSG playing XI, while left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan missed out due to injury. SRH skipper Pat Cummins included allrounder []

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will not allow either the Centre or the West Bengal government to raise any political issue during the arguments on the states lawsuit which alleged that the CBI is going ahead with its investigations despite withdrawal of general consent by the state. A bench of Justices BR []

Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized smuggled gold worth Rs 2.79 crore from four passengers at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar, a statement said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, DRI officers identified four passengers arriving from Dubai and on searching them, found 3.77 kilogram of smuggled gold in their possession []

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam May 10. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the bench which heard Kejriwals petition against his arrest in the case, said, We will pronounce the []

Nabarangpur: Two children in Odishas Nabarangpur district have been found to be infected with Rubella virus, a health official said Wednesday. The cases have been detected in Nandahandi and Tentulikhunti blocks of the tribal-dominated district, said Malaya Tripathy, chief district medical officer in-charge, Nabarangpur. Five samples have been sent for testing to the ICMR laboratory, []

Bhubaneswar: Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra has confirmed his participation in the Federation Cup, starting from May 12, which will be his first domestic tournament in three years. Neeraj last competed in the 2021 Federation Cup which was held before the Tokyo Olympics, the javelin thrower made his mark by becoming the first Indian to win []

Bhawanipatna: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday claimed that poverty would be completely eradicated from India in the next 10-15 years and this is Modi ki guarantee. Singh said this while addressing the BJPs Vijay Sankalp rally at Bhawanipatna in the district headquarters town of Kalahandi. Though Congress leaders beginning from Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru to []

Mumbai: Actor Huma Qureshi is set to reprise her role of Pushpa Pandey in the third installment of the courtroom comedy franchise Jolly LLB. Actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi recently started filming for the project, titled Jolly LLB 3. Warsi played the role of Jagdish Tyagi aka Jolly in 2013s Jolly LLB and Kumar []

Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra has wrapped up the shoot of her next film Head Of State, which, she revealed, will be releasing digitally. She added that the set was always so full of laughter and professionalism, something that doesnt always happen. Priyanka took to Instagram, where she shared a reel, featuring moments from the films []

Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan made his wife Natasha Dalals 36th birthday extra special by sharing a small lovey-dovey note. Varun took to Instagram, where he shared a video of him and his wife, whom he lovingly called his caretaker, at an international location and enjoying some music on the street. In the clip, they are []

Fact-Check The VerdictMisleading The video of Rahul Gandhi referring to the BJPs remark on the Constitution is edited and shared out of context. Claim ID 9c4b3dae Whats being claimed? Avideofeaturing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is circulating on social media. In the video, he can be heard saying in Hindi, If our government comes to power, []

Hyderabad: As many as seven persons, including a four-year-old child were killed when a retaining wall at an under-construction apartment came crashing down due to heavy rains in Bachupally area in Hyderabad, police said Wednesday. According to Bachupally police, the deceased were migrant workers who belonged to Odisha and Chhattisgarh and the incident happened Tuesday []

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaiks close aide Kartik Pandian Wednesday alleged that the opposition BJP is not fighting elections in Odisha to win polls but to increase its seat number with an intention to break the Biju Janata Dal after elections. This was stated by the bureaucrat turned politician while meeting a []

New Delhi: UK-based pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca has started global withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, which was provided in India as Covishield in partnership with Serum Institute of India, days after it admitted to rare side effects of blood clotting and low platelet counts. The withdrawal has been initiated due to a surplus of available updated []

Jaipur: Repolling was underway at a booth in Rajasthans Barmer Lok Sabha seat Wednesday on the instructions of the Election Commission due to a breach of confidentiality reported during polling April 26, said officials here. Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said that re-polling was being held Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the []

Bengaluru: Even as a special court is expected to give its verdict on the bail plea of JD(S) MLA HD Revanna Wednesday, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the sex videos case is expecting the arrival of prime accused, JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna. Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowdas grandson Prajwal Revanna had sought seven []

Dublin: Cricket Ireland has named a 15-member mens squad to represent Ireland in the ICC Mens T20 World Cup with opener Paul Stirling leading the side in the mega event to be played in the Caribbean and the USA in June. The European side are placed in Group A of the tournament, alongside India, Pakistan, []

Jajpur: Nagada villages in forested areas under Chingudipal panchayat in this district shot into the limelight in 2016 after 19 children died due to malnutrition. Since then approximately eight years have elapsed, but the woes continue for the inhabitants of these villages including children. Sources said that due to scarcity of food many kids from []

Bhawanipatna: Miscreants allegedly attacked the independent nominee for the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency, Naresh Nihal while he was on his way to take part in a meeting here. Sources said that miscreants waylaid Nihals car near Karlapada and the moment he got down from the vehicle, they severely assaulted him with sticks. Locals rescued the []

Bhubaneswar: In a gesture of appreciation, the Utkal Cine Chamber of Commerce (UCCC) offered electrolyte drinks to the traffic cops in the City Tuesday for sincerely discharging their duties in the scorching summer. UCCC secretary N Gangadhar Reddy also sent a letter to Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda applauding the traffic police department for their dedicated []

Bhubaneswar: The state government has undertaken a campaign at hostels to make girls aware about ways to tackle possible sexual assault by relatives during summer vacation, a senior official said. The drive, which started last week and ended Monday, was undertaken in around 5,800 hostels, targeting over 2.5 lakh girls, most of whom left for []

Hyderabad: As many as seven persons, including a four-year-old child, were killed when a retaining wall at an under-construction apartment came crashing down due to heavy rains in Bachupally area here, police said Wednesday. According to Bachupally police, the deceased were migrant workers who belonged to Odisha and Chhattisgarh and the incident happened Tuesday evening. []

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The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Far-right allies has been growing authoritarian by the day, throwing to the winds that countrys democratic credentials. But, two days after World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, it has shown its intolerance of free speech and expression by unanimously banning the Qatari news channel []

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has restricted the use of drone during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other VVIPs in the state and declared as no drone zone and no flying zone the venue of the function addressed by the VVIPs. The decision was taken as during the previous visit of the VVIP []

Bhubaneswar: A team of doctors of AIIMS Bhubaneswar successfully conducted a rare scalp tumour operation on a 51-year-old man from neighbouring West Bengal, officials said Tuesday. The executive director of AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Ashutosh Biswas, said the patient had gone to several medical colleges and hospitals for treatment before finally reaching the Department of Plastic Surgery []

Bhadrak: The Odisha Police has arrested three persons for allegedly cheating in the NEET-UG examination held May 5, police said. They were caught cheating in the examination held at a private institution near Gelpur village in the district, a police officer said. PTI

Baripada: A court in Odishas Mayurbhanj district Tuesday sentenced three persons to life imprisonment for murdering a 17-year-old boy in 2021. Mayurbhanj District Additional Sessions Judge Satyanarayan Patra convicted the three accused Sovakar Mohanto (53), Jatrindranath Mohanto (43) and Kamal Lochan Mohanto (45) and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000, said Krushna []

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police has arrested four cyber fraudsters from Gujarat on the charges of duping a person from Bhubaneswar of Rs 60 lakh through online trading scam, said a crime branch official Tuesday. The accused persons were identified as Fakir Alfazsha Bismillasha (20), Ahmad Khan Sardar Khan Baloch (38), Shaikh Huma []

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Tuesday challenged Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for an open debate on various issues faced by the state despite being a recipient of huge financial aid from the Central government. Speaking at a press meeting in Sambalpur, Pradhan said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a few questions regarding the []

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Tuesday night said she is divesting her nephew Akash Anand of his responsibilities as the partys national co-ordinator and her successor, barely five months after she had anointed him. Announcing it on X, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said she has taken the decision in the interest of []

New Delhi: A nearly 62 per cent voter turnout was recorded Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories with stray incidents of violence in West Bengal. Assam recorded the highest turnout at 75.53 per cent followed by Goa at 74.47 per cent and []

Bhubaneswar: In a curious development, sitting Puri MLA and BJD nominee Rudra Pratap Maharathys wife has filed her nomination as an independent candidate from the same seat, though the reason behind the move is not yet known. Maharathys wife Jagruti (32) declined to comment on her candidature from the same constituency, while her MLA husband []

Amsterdam: German police Tuesday broke up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied a courtyard at Berlins Free University earlier in the day, the latest such action by authorities as protests that have roiled campuses in the United States spread across Europe. Some demonstrators have even called for a break in academic []

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Tuesday it doesnt want Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to discharge his official duties if he is released on interim bail in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam as it would lead to a conflict of interest. Kejriwal failed to get any relief from []

New Delhi: Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin jolted Delhi Capitals with wickets in his successive overs but pacer Avesh Khan bled runs as the hosts posted 221 for eight in their must-win contest against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Tuesday. Had it not been some smart bowling by Ashwin and fellow off-spinner []

Phulbani: A member of the outlawed CPI (Maoist) surrendered before the Odisha Police Tuesday, an officer said. Samaya Madkam, who was the commander of a team of the Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) division of the Maoist group, surrendered before Berhampur Southern Range IG JN Pankaj and Kandhamal SP Suvendu Kumar Patra at Phulbani. He is a native []

Chandigarh: In a setback to the ruling BJP in Haryana amid the Lok Sabha elections, three Independent MLAs Tuesday announced that they have withdrawn their support to the Nayab Singh Saini-led government in the state. The three MLAs Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Gollen and Dharampal Gonder also said that they have decided to extend []

New Delhi: Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer will visit India May 9, in the first high-level trip from Male after the Maldives pro-China president Mohamed Muizzu assumed office six months ago. Announcing Zameers visit, the Ministry of External Affairs said it is expected to lend further momentum to the bilateral cooperation. The ties between the []

New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals opted to field against Delhi Capitals in an IPL match here Tuesday. Delhi Capitals drafted in Afghanistan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib and veteran pacer Ishant Sharma in their playing XI, while Royals named South African all-rounder Donovan Ferreira and batter Shubham Dubey in the playing eleven. Teams Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (c/wk), []

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal failed to get any relief from the Supreme Court Tuesday, with a two-judge bench rising without pronouncing an order on granting him interim bail to enable him to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. Kejriwal has been accused of money laundering in a case linked to the alleged []

Bengaluru: JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy has claimed that 25,000 pen drives with videos of women being sexually abused allegedly by his nephew, Lok Sabha election candidate Prajwal Revanna, were distributed before polls, and accused Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar of a conspiracy. The former chief minister also sought to discredit the []

Bengaluru: JD(S) MLA HD Revanna, who is in the custody of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), Tuesday failed to get relief from the Special Court for Elected Representatives here, which adjourned his bail plea hearing to Wednesday. The 66-year-old former Minister was arrested by the SIT Saturday in an alleged case of abduction of a []