Putting buzz about demolition of Barabati stadium here to rest, former Odisha Olympic Assocation (OOA) and Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Ashirbad Behera Sunday said that there is not an iota of truth behind the rumour.

Ahead of the simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, former minister and four-time BJD legislator Debasis Nayak, and ex-Congress MLA Nihar Ranjan Mohananda Sunday joined the BJP.

The Indian National Lok Dal’s (INLD) Haryana unit president Nafe Singh Rathee and a party worker were killed when unidentified assailants sprayed bullets on their SUV in Bahadurgarh near Delhi .

More than 270 cases of rape in custody were registered from 2017 till 2022, according to NCRB data with women rights activists attributing such instances to lack of sensitisation and accountability within law enforcement systems.

A major fire broke out at the Badmal ordnance factory in Bolangir district Sunday, police said. However, no injuries have been reported in the incident that took place in the evening.

The historical Mahurigarh fort, the seat of erstwhile Mahuri royals near Aska in Ganjam district, is on the verge of extinction due to lack of proper upkeep and government apathy.

A TMC delegation visited the troubletorn Sandeshkhali in West Bengal for the second consecutive day Sunday and heard the grievances of villagers who have been protesting against alleged atrocities by local leaders of the ruling party.

The INDIA “janbandhan” is locked and loaded, ready to dispel the “darkness of the anyay kaal”, the Congress said Sunday after Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav joined Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Agra.

Development was taking place under his government at a rate many times faster than what happened in the past six to seven decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday, and emphasised that his guarantee begins from where hope ends from others.

India will add 18 more nuclear power reactors with a cumulative capacity to generate 13,800 MWe of electricity, taking the total share of atomic power in the energy mix to 22,480 MWe by 2031-32.

 Stateowned oil and gas giants including IndianOil, ONGC and GAIL (India) have been slapped fines for the third straight quarter for failing to meet listing norm requirements of having the requisite number of directors on their board.

 Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) continued their bullish stance on the country’s debt markets with a net infusion of over `18,500 crore so far this month, driven by upcoming inclusion of Indian government bonds in the JP Morgan Index.

Housing.com, India’s premier digital real estate platform, announces the launch of its operations in the City of Temples, Bhubaneswar. With a focus on expanding into emerging markets, the company aims for a high double-digit annual growth rate over the next three years from tier–II markets

 The per capita monthly household expenditure more than doubled in 2022-23 as compared to 2011-12, according to the latest study of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). NSSO.

The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Ireland 4-0 at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium here to finish the Rourkela leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2023/24 on a high. Nilakanta Sharma (14th minute), Akashdeep Singh (15th), Gurjant Singh (38th) and Jugraj Singh (60th) scored a goal each for the home team.