Kansas City, 12/7: Julian Alvarez scored the tiebreaker in the 112th minute and Lautaro Martinez added an insurance goal in stoppage time as defending champion Argentina defeated 10-man Switzerland 3-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals on a hot and humid Saturday night in Kansas City.Alexis Mac Allister also tallied, off an assist from Lionel Messi,…
Mysuru, 11/7:Veteran playback singer S Janaki passed away on Saturday at the age of 88. Known as the ‘Nightingale of South India’, she was the recipient of four National Film Awards and 33 different State Film Awards.She breathed her last at Apollo hospital in Mysuru at around 7.30 pm. She was admitted on Saturday at…
Tehran, 11/7: Amid the rapid escalating tensions between US and Iran, Trump has “left instructions to bomb Iran” if Tehran succeeds in assassinating him. United States President Donald Trump has reiterated that he has been number one on the kill list for Iran. On Saturday, taking to his Truth Social account, Trump warned Iran and…
Srinagar, 11/7: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday alleged that the BJP attempted to lure National Conference (NC) legislators with offers of ₹20–30 crore, a ministerial berth and restoration of statehood in exchange for switching loyalties. Addressing the NC’s ‘Madar-e-Meharban’ Day rally at Hazratbal, Abdullah claimed fresh attempts were being made to…
Vietnam, 11/7: Fifteen Indians tourists were killed as a boat capsized near Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam on Saturday. The speed boat was carrying 36 people, including 32 Indian tourists, three crew members and one attendant. It capsized about 400 metres off Hon May Rut Ngoai, an island in the An Thoi archipelago off the…
Bhubaneswar/Jharsuguda: Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) Saturday issued notices to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, former Jharsuguda MLA Dipali Das and BJD leader Ipsita Sahoo over the alleged “participation of schoolchildren in a party protest in Jharsuguda”, seeking their responses to the matter.According to reports, the issue relates to…
Urgent Alerts Issued For Coastal Districts.Weather conditions deteriorated rapidly across coastal districts on Saturday afternoon as sudden downpours hit multiple areas. Meteorological Centre Bhubaneswar issued immediate alerts for Cuttack, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur due to active storm clouds moving inland. Residents must track changing atmospheric patterns as heavy rain showers combine with frequent lightning strikes. State…
Odisha Crime Branch’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested inter-state ganja smuggling mastermind Ratan Mondal from East Medinipur in West Bengal.Mondal, identified as a key receiver of ganja smuggled from Kandhamal, Boudh, and Sonepur districts, had been absconding since January 2025. STF officials confirmed that he was operating a smuggling network while hiding in West…
Bhubaneswar: In a heart-wrenching incident, at two workers died reportedly after falling inside an under-construction toilet tank in BJB Nagar area of Bhubaneswar today.One Dhuma Tudu from Mayurbhanj district along with another worker from West Bengal were reportedly doing the centering work of the under-construction toilet tank near the Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir at around…
Bhubaneswar: With millions of devotees expected to visit Puri for the annual Rath Yatra, the Crime Investigation Department-Crime Branch (CID-CB), Odisha, has launched a comprehensive Cyber Safety Awareness Campaign to protect pilgrims and tourists from online fraud during the festival.The initiative, launched on the direction of Odisha Director General of Police (DGP), aims to raise…
