Ahmedabad: Skipper Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan smashed brilliant hundreds in a record-equalling double hundred plus opening stand to power Gujarat Titans to a comfortable 35-run win over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match here Friday. Gujarat with this win stay alive in theory for a place in play-offs. Sudharsan struck 103 off []

Puri: The Twenty-one day annual water sports summer festival popularly known as Chandan Yatra of lord Jagannath began in a traditional ceremony Friday evening. Madan Mohan, the representative image of Lord Sri Jagannath accompanied by five Shivas, visits the huge Narendra tank to enjoy boating to cool themselves. The practice goes on for twenty-one days []

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a roadshow in the Odisha state capital Friday as part of his campaign for BJP candidates for the Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat and seven Assembly segments under it where polling will be held May 25. A large number of people gathered on both sides of the road cheered for []

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has announced Summer Special Train Services towards various destinations of the country from its jurisdiction to cater to the travel needs of passengers from various regions. These trains will connect important destinations, offering convenience, comfort, and safety for seamless journeys and memorable experiences throughout the season. ECoR release here []

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of the auspicious Akshaya Tritiya festival Friday, a number of candidates including Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal, partys national vice-president Baijayant Panda and former state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik filed their nominations for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. The day is considered auspicious for beginning any work []

Bhubaneswar: The Second Additional District Judge, cum Special Judge, Bhubaneswar, has sentenced three accused to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1 lakh each under the NDPS Act, 1985, for transporting contraband brown sugar. The three convicts, namely Debasish Behera, Prabir Kumar Singh, and Sk Kausar Alli, would serve another year []

Ranpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said the atmosphere in Odisha is indicating that the time has come for the exit of BJD in Odisha. Addressing an election meeting christened as Vijaya Sanklap Samavesh, Rajnath said the Congress had ruled Odisha for 50 years while the BJD for 25 years but now the people []

Puri: The construction of three big chariots for the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, his elder brother Lord Balavadra and their sister Devi Subhadra began on the auspicious occasion of Akshyay Tritiya Friday. As per the religious tradition, temple priests handed over Ajnya Mallya (the order of Lord Jagannath) to the three heads of []

Ahmedabad: Sai Sudharsan matched his skipper Shubman Gill stroke for stroke as the two openers notched destructive centuries to propel Gujarat Titans to 231 for three against Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. Gill (104 off 55 deliveries) and Sudarshan (103 off 51 balls) put up a six-hitting exhibition as []

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday filed a fresh charge sheet in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case naming BRS leader K Kavitha and four others as accused, official sources said. The sources said the nearly 200-page prosecution complaint (charge sheet) along with annexures was filed under the provisions of the Prevention of []

Mumbai/ New Delhi: Air India Express Friday cancelled around 75 flights due to cabin crew shortage and operations are expected to normalise by Sunday, an official said, a day after a section of the cabin crew called off their strike, that had resulted in significant operational disruptions. The revenue losses caused due to the flight []

New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyars remarks on Pakistan sparked a row Friday, with his party quick to dissociate itself from the comments while the BJP latched on to them, accusing the party of being an apologist for Pakistan and the terrorism emanating from its soil. Aiyar said the video was old and dredged []

Sambalpur: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Friday described the election manifesto released by the BJD as nothing but full of fake promises. There is nothing new in the election manifesto released by the BJD, Pradhan said, adding that attempts have been made to copy BJPs style in many ways. The Union Minister, who celebrated Akshimuthi []

New Delhi: Embattled Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal walked out of the Tihar Jail Friday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a money laundering case to enable him to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections, in a huge relief to his party struggling to gain momentum in the absence of []

Ahmedabad: Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League match here on Friday. CSK made one change, bringing in Rachin Ravindra in place of Richard Gleeson. GT made a few changes with injured Wriddhiman Saha making way for Matthew Wade and Kartik []

In light of the 2024 General elections, a video (here&here) featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, in which he can be heard saying, If our government comes to power, we will abolish the Constitution, is being widely shared on social media. Lets verify the authenticity of the video. The archived post can be seenhere Claim:Rahul Gandhi []

By: Umme Kulsum Screenshot of post showing the ad by Amul on 2024 Indian general elections. (Source: X/Modified by Logically Facts) Fact-Check The VerdictFake The dairy cooperative society has clarified that it has not published any such advertisement. Claim ID 4b9b568c Whats the claim? An image purportedly showing an advertisement by the Indiandairy cooperative society []

Bengaluru: Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday said the Indian team management should make Virat Kohli open in next months T20 World Cup to exploit the star batters rich vein of form in the ongoing Indian Premier League. Kohli is the current Orange Cap holder in this IPL with 634 runs from 12 matches, averaging []

New Delhi: The Election Commission Friday took strong exception to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharges letter to opposition leaders over voter turnout data, terming it an attempt to push a biased narrative under the guise of seeking clarifications. In a five-page response with annexures, the poll panel rejected charges of mismanagement and delay in the release []

New Delhi: The mystery of missing actor Gurucharan Singh, who played Roshan Singh Sodhis character in TV serial Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, has become deeper as the Delhi Police has found that the actor was using 27 separate email accounts in the fear of being surveillanced by someone. According to a police officer, who []

New Delhi: Tata Motors Friday reported an over three-fold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 17,528.59 crore in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2024. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 5,496.04 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal, Tata Motors said in a regulatory filing. Total consolidated revenue []

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday disposed of a plea filed by former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren seeking a direction to the high court to deliver its verdict on his petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta observed that []

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party Friday thanked the Supreme Court for granting interim bail to its national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying his release from judicial custody will pave the way for big changes in the country. At a joint press conference at the party office here, AAP leader and Delhi []

Bengaluru: Delhi Capitals (DC) pacer Khaleel Ahmed is delighted to be included in the Indian reserve list of the T20 World Cup squad 2024 after a splendid run in the IPL 2024, having picked up 14 wickets in 12 matches thus far. The left-arm pacer, who last played for India in December 2019, has made []

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of his Odisha visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday highlighted that Akshaya Tritiya is an auspicious day in Odisha as chariot making of Lord Jagannath begins on this day for the annual Rath Yatra. Taking to X, Modi said: Akshaya Tritiya is a very auspicious day in Odisha and for the great Odia []

New Delhi: In a major relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court Friday granted him interim bail till June 1 to campaign in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said Kejriwal, arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, []

New York: The UN General Assembly is scheduled to vote Friday on granting Palestinians greater representation and participation rights in the UNs largest body. The draft resolution grants Palestine significantly extended rights to participate in the sessions of the General Assembly but does not give it regular voting rights. Adoption of the resolution would also []

New Delhi: Star pacer Mohammed Shami has termed Sanjiv Goenkas public reprimand of his India teammate KL Rahul as shameful and said the Lucknow Super Giants team owners reaction to a loss in front of TV cameras does not have any place in sports. Goenkas animated chat purportedly reprimanding Rahul after Lucknow Super Giants record []

Koraput: Lack of drinking water facility, better price of agricultural produce of tribal farmers and good healthcare facilities are the main demands of the voters of Koraput Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha which will go to the polls May 13. Koraput has more women voters than male. Out of total 14.80 lakh voters, 7,73, 885 []

Mumbai: BCCI Secretary Jay Shah says the Impact Player rule, which has divided opinions in the ongoing IPL, can be revisited if thats what the stakeholders want given that it was introduced as a test case. The impact player rule has had a heavy bearing on the ongoing edition with teams crossing 250-run mark as []

Mumbai: The exclusion of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer from the list of centrally-contracted players was a decision that was solely taken by chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar, BCCI secretary Jay Shah has revealed, asserting that nobody is indispensable. Kishan and Iyer were left out after failing to show up for domestic engagements despite a []

Mumbai: Actress Neha Dhupia, on her sixth marriage anniversary, penned a romantic post for the love of her life, actor Angad Bedi, saying that she would live her adventurous life over and over again with him. Neha took to Instagram Friday and shared a series of pictures from her beautiful married life with Angad and []

The VerdictFake BJP leader Bandi Sanjays audio from a press interaction has been edited to make it appear he said reservations for SC, ST, and OBCs will be canceled. Claim ID 56bb15e1 What is the claim? A purportedaudio-visualof Bandi Sanjay, Bharatiya Janata Partys Member of Parliament from Telanganas Karimnagar, has gone viral on social media []

Fact-Check The Verdict: False Rahul Gandhi has mentioned industrialists Adani and Ambani at least 25 times in his election rallies since March 17, 2024. Claim ID afa90d2c What is the claim? At an election rally held in Telanganas Karimnagar on May 8, 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modiclaimedthat Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had []

Moscow: A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russias Kaluga region after the crash of a Ukrainian drone, local emergency services said Friday. A fire occurred on the territory of First Plant LLC due to the fall of a drone. There were no deaths or injuries, said a spokesperson of the emergency services, []

Pottangi: The efforts of the Andhra Pradesh government to induct villages under the Kotia panchayat in Koraput district continue. The Andhra government in the past had attempted to do so by offering lucrative sops to residents of various villages in Koraput district. Despite being thwarted on a number of occasions, the Andhra government has persisted []

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a former accountant of a company for Rs 2.63 crore alleged fraud. The accused has been identified as Saroj Kumar Mohanty of Kaliabora in Jagatsinghpur district. EOW sleuths arrested him from City May 8 on the basis of a complaint lodged by managing director of Sealcoat Structural []

New Delhi: Yesteryear actor Vyjayanthimala Bali, Telugu star Konidela Chiranjeevi, the first woman judge of the Supreme Court late M Fathima Beevi and Bombay Samachar owner Hormusji N Cama were among the eminent persons conferred Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu Thursday. BJP leader O Rajagopal, Ladakhs spiritual leader Togdan Rinpochey, Tamil actor late Captain []

Bhubaneswar: The first phase of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state is going to be held May 13. The Cuttack Lok Sabha seat, one of the 21 parliamentary constituencies in the state, will go for voting in the third phase, May 25. This Lok Sabha seat holds a special significance as the []

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Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday unveiled its manifesto for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly polls with the goal of making Odisha the No. 1 state in the country by 2036. Releasing the regional partys manifesto, BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced the introduction of Kalingashree and Kalinga Bhushan awards annually, akin to []

New Delhi: India Thursday said Canada has informed it about the arrest of three Indian citizens in the case of killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar but it has not provided any specific evidence or information in the matter yet. Let me first make it clear that no specific or relevant evidence or information []

Bolangir: Adrija Manjari Singh, the estranged wife of the scion of Bolangirs former royal family Arkesh Narayan Singh Deo, on Thursday said she will campaign against her brother-in-law Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, who is the BJD candidate for the assembly polls. She told a press conference that she was surprised to learn that BJD had []

Dharamsala: A classic 47-ball 92 by Virat Kohli and Rajat Patidars breezy fifty powered Royal Challengers Bengaluru to 241/7 against Punjab Kings in a rain-interrupted IPL match here Thursday. The butterfingered Punjab fielders were guilty of dropping catches as Kohli and Patidar capitalised on the reprieves to put on 72 off 32 balls after they []

Koraput: Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai Thursday said there is a need for the BJPs double-engine government in Odisha to accelerate the pace of development. Addressing an election rally at Laxmipur in Koraput Lok Sabha constituency, he said Odisha is rich in mineral resources, and has forests, fertile land and water resources, still, the BJD []

Berhampur: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday urged voters not to support dishonest and unscrupulous candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. Addressing three election rallies in Gopalpur, Aska, and Phulbani under Berhampur, Aska, and Kandhamal Lok Sabha seats, where polling is scheduled for May 13, Patnaik interacted with the []

Koraput: With gradual improvement in the situation in Maoist-affected Swabhiman Anchal in Odishas Malkangiri district, the administration has decided not to air-drop polling personnel and security forces to polling stations as was done in 2019. Since the construction of the Gurupriya Bridge, in 2018, which connected almost all the 151 villages in Swabhiman Anchal, which []

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Thursday campaigned for BJP candidates in Puri Lok Sabha and Brahmagiri Assembly segments, unveiling plans for significant infrastructural developments in Odisha. He announced the decision to establish an airport in Paradip with an investment of Rs 200 crore and initiate work on the 111-km 6-lane Bhubaneswar ring road costing Rs []

Nabarangpur: A hardcore Maoist was killed in a gun battle with the Special Operation Group (SOG) jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) inside a forest in Odishas Nabarangpur district Thursday. Police sources said the encounter took place inside Raigarh forest in Nabarangpur district during a combing operation jointly conducted by the SOG and the District []

New York: Donald Trumps defense attorneys grilled Stormy Daniels Thursday on the transaction at the center of the former presidents hush money trial, pressing her on why she accepted a USD 1,30,000 payment to keep quiet about her alleged sexual encounter with Trump instead of going public. Why didnt you do that? attorney Susan []