Odia News

New Delhi: Having undergone a complete overhaul as far as the coaching staff is concerned, a bigger and trickier call for the Mumbai Indians‘ decision-making group will be deciding on a possible captain, with the two likely options being the tried and tested Rohit Sharma or a relatively inexperienced Tilak Varma. There are two more

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Thursday approved 22 industrial investment proposals worth Rs 3,855 crore, which are expected to generate 7,765 jobs, officials said. The proposals were cleared by the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), headed by Chief Secretary Anu Garg, an official statement said. The projects span 11 sectors, including tourism, biofuel, manufacturing,

New York: Three news outlets have beefed up their legal complaint against the White House over access, saying it is continuing to defy a judge’s orders by refusing to let them return to covering President Donald Trump in the Oval Office and on Air Force One – thus violating their free speech rights by continuing

Kataka: The Orissa High Court Thursday issued notices to five BJD MLAs in a case filed by the regional outfit seeking their disqualification for allegedly defying the party’s collective decision and cross-voting in the March 16 Rajya Sabha elections. Justice M S Sahoo directed the five MLAs to file their replies by December 4. The

Washington: Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna called for abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while his Republican challenger Ritesh Tandon pressed for ending country caps on green cards, in a debate between the two Indian American candidates for California’s 17th Congressional District. The roughly 50-minute online forum Wednesday evening, US time, streamed live on Tandon’s

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Thursday said opposition from bar associations had stopped the Supreme Court’s attempt to bring retired judges back to high courts as ad hoc judges to battle the pendency of cases. “Chief Justice Bobde, Justice Kaul and my bench, we virtually revived the practice of appointing ad hoc

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar-Kataka Commissionerate Police returned stolen mobile phones to their owners Tuesday at a special event called ‘Mobile Handover Mela’, held at the Commissionerate Police headquarters Thursday. Most of the phones were reportedly stolen during the festive period between Rath Yatra and Durga Puja. Police traced the missing devices using mobile tracking technology and

Dubai: The US military is denying Iran’s claim that it seized control of an American surveillance drone and captured it intact near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state television reported Thursday that the Revolutionary Guard, in an “electronic warfare operation,” detected and identified the MQM-170 Outlaw drone, and took control of its control systems before

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will introduce ‘AI for All’ as a value-added course for students enrolled in the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP), replacing the Good Citizenship course in the second semester of the 2026-27 academic session, an official said Thursday. The course aims to equip students with basic AI knowledge and practical skills to improve their

Bhubaneswar/Koraput: Odisha’s Congress unit Thursday demanded the formation of a dedicated council and a special financial package for the comprehensive development of the Kotia cluster of villages in Koraput district, which is also claimed by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. The dispute between the two states dates back to the British era, while Kotia has remained part