Doha: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has been named India captain for the crucial tie against Qatar in the FIFA World Cup 2026 and AFC Asian Cup 2027 Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 match to be held at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium on Tuesday. Earlier, head coach Igor Stimac had named a 23-member squad to travel…
New Delhi: Three newly elected members of Parliament from Odisha have been included in the union cabinet. Dharmendra Pradhan, who won the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Odisha’s Sambalpur constituency, was on Sunday sworn in as a minister in Narendra Modi’s 3.0 Union Cabinet. Pradhan was the 10th minister, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday sworn in for his third term in power, heading the NDA government. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Prime Minister at a colourful event at the Rashtrapati Bhavan attended by top leaders of friendly neighbouring countries, political leaders, religious leaders,…
Bhubaneswar: Schools across Odisha are set to reopen on June 17 following the summer vacation. The School and Mass Education Department has issued a notification to all schools, instructing them to prepare for the reopening. The notification outlines several key directives to ensure a smooth transition back to school. It mandates that all classrooms and…
Bhubaneswar: VK Pandian, the IAS officer-turned-politician, announced his retirement from active politics on Sunday through a heartfelt video message circulated on social media. “Odisha and my guru Naveen Babu shall always remain in the core of my heart and breath,” Pandian stated in the video. He explained that his transition from the Indian Administrative Service…
Louisville: Mixed martial arts athlete, Puja “The Cyclone” Tomar, made her UFC debut as India’s first female fighter in UFC, and scored a victory to make history by becoming the first Indian fighter to register a win inside the UFC octagon. Tomar who hails from Uttar Pradesh, faced Rayanne dos Santos at strawweight in the…
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will take oath as the Prime Minister for the third straight term on Sunday evening. Alongside PM Modi, sources said that some members of his council of ministers will also take their oath. The oath ceremony will take place at 7.15 p.m. at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. PM Modi started the day…
Paris: World no.1 Iga Swiatek has defeated Italian Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the women’s singles final of the French Open to claim her third title, here on Saturday. Poland’s Swiatek successfully defended her title in a 68-minute long encounter. The 23-year-old also became the first woman in 10 years to win three straight titles at…
Stavanger: Magnus Carlsen and Ju Wenjun clinch Norway Chess 2024 titles in both men’s and women’s category as the final round came to an end. Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana drew their classical game, and the winner was decided with an Armageddon tie-breaker. It was Carlsen who got the better of Caruana, and with this…
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has experienced its first electoral defeat since its inception in 1997 after splitting from the erstwhile Janata Dal. The party, which had remained dominant for over two decades, initially rose to power on the popularity of Biju Patnaik in the 2000 Assembly elections. Commenting on the defeat, BJD president…
