Here is a guide to the week ahead for you. This is your forecast for May 20-26. Aries This week, make sure you do not sound arrogant or insensitive to others. Keep a balance between your excitement and being considerate to those around you. If you are looking for a job, this is a good []

Bhubaneswar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and partys senior leader Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit Odisha next week for campaigning in simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state, a senior party leader said Sunday. Speaking to reporters here, AICC in-charge of Odisha, Ajoy Kumar said Gandhi and Kharge are expected to visit the []

Bhubaneswar: In the wake of pre-poll violence at Khaliikote in Odishas Ganjam district recently that resulted in death of a BJP worker, the police are on their toes to contain any untoward incident during the fifth phase of polling which will be held in five Parliamentary constituencies Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Aska and []

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday arrived here on a two-day visit to Odisha to campaign for BJP candidates in simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the state. After his arrival at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar, Modi went to Odisha BJPs headquarters where he was scheduled to hold a meeting with []

Malkangiri: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a final reminder warning of coercive action to the Malkangiri District Collector over his failure to address the plights of the villagers. Acting on a petition filed by Human Rights Activist and Lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy the NHRC passed the order on May 16 calling for the []

Dubai: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi suffered a hard landing Sunday, Iranian state media reported, without immediately elaborating. Raisi was travelling in Irans East Azerbaijan province. State TV said the incident happened near Jolfa, a city on the border with the nation of Azerbaijan, some 600 kilometres (375 miles) northwest of the Iranian []

Prayagraj: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Sunday abandoned a joint poll meeting in Phulpur area here without delivering speech as their supporters broke through barricades trying to reach the dais. According to police sources, scores of Congress and SP supporters had reached the venue to attend the rally. When Yadav []

Bhubaneswar: Tight security arrangements have been made, with the deployment of over 33,000 personnel, for elections to five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly constituencies in Odisha Monday, officials said. Over 70.69 lakh voters, including 40.33 lakh men, 39.35 lakh women and 851 transgender persons, are eligible to cast their votes at 9,162 polling stations in []

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Sunday said that over eight crore voters will exercise their franchise in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections May 20 while polling for 35 Assembly constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will also take place simultaneously. In the 5th phase, at least over 8.95 crore voters []

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wasarrestedon 21 March 2024, in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. After nearly 50 days in judicial custody, on 10 May 2024, the Supreme Court granted Kejriwal interimbailuntil 01 June 2024. In this context, a video showing a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi behind bars, with Khalistan flags and []

A video of a few people stabbing a person is widely circulating across social media platforms (here,here,here&here). The claim accompanying the video suggests that it shows a Hindu man being attacked by Muslims in the Seelampur area of Delhi. Through this article, lets fact-check the claim made in the post. The archived versions of similar []

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before heading towards the BJP headquarters, while addressing party leaders and workers at AAP headquarters, said that they would march till the allowed way and sit there for half an hour, and if they are not arrested, it will be the saffron partys defeat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi []

Hyderabad: A half-century by Punjab Kings opener Prabhsimran Singh and his 97-run partnership with Atharva Taide guided the side to 214 for 5 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the penultimate league match of the IPL here Sunday. Prabhsimran, who scored his second half-century this IPL season, made 71 off 45 balls before a faint edge off []

Bhubaneswar: Around 33,000 security personnel, including 102 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and 66 platoons of Odisha Armed Police, have been deployed for the May 20 simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. In the second phase, the fifth at the national level, five parliamentary constituencies Aska, Kandhamal, Bargarh, Bolangir, []

Purulia/Bishnupur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees remarks against Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha and said threats are being issued against these socio-religious organisations to appease TMCs vote bank. Addressing a rally in Purulia, Modi said the TMC has crossed the limits of decency by stooping so low []

Sambalpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday claimed that as many as 25 crore people have been pulled out from poverty under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Singh said this while addressing an election rally at Rairakhole under the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is the BJP candidate in the []

Mumbai: The financial capital of the country, Mumbai, is set to vote for the Lok Sabha polls May 20. To ensure a high voter turnout, celebrities are urging citizens to exercise their right to vote and come out in large numbers. Actors like Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Suniel Shetty, Ayushmann Khurrana, and music composer []

Mumbai: Actor Manoj Bajpayee has come a long way since his debut in 1994 with Droh Kaal. Over a career spanning three decades, the actor has worked across various lines of cinema, diverse genres, and a myriad of characters. With his 100th film Bhaiyya Ji on the horizon, the actor shared the secret behind keeping []

New Delhi: More than $239 million was raised by 26 Indian startups in funding last week, which includes nine growth-stage deals and 15 early-stage deals. Two early-stage startups did not disclose the amount raised, reports Entrackr. In the week of May 6-11, around 24 early and growth-stage startups collectively raised nearly $320 million in funding. []

New Delhi: A team of Delhi Police Sunday seized digital video record (DVR) from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals residence as a part of its ongoing probe into the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal by CMs Personal Secretary Bibhav Kumar May 13. According to sources, police teams have collected electronic devices including []

New Delhi: Foreign investors have pulled out a massive Rs 28,200 crore from Indian equities so far this month, owing to uncertainties about the outcome of the general elections and attractive valuations of Chinese markets. The withdrawal was way higher than a net pullout of over Rs 8,700 crore in April on concerns over a []

New Delhi: Eight of the top-10 most valued firms added Rs 1,47,935.19 crore in market valuation last week, with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest gainers. Last week, the BSE benchmark climbed 1,341.47 points or 1.84 per cent. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and BSE conducted a special []

Bhubaneswar: In a boost to the BJP in Odisha, BJD Nimapara MLA Samir Ranjan Dash Sunday joined the saffron party after quitting the regional outfit. BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal, partys Odisha in-charge Vijay Pal Singh Tomar and other leaders welcomed Dash at the party headquarters in Bhubaneswar. Dash had earlier in the day []

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has beefed up security at the BJP headquarters here in view of a protest announced by AAPs national convenor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal there Sunday, officials said. The traffic police have also issued an advisory in view of the protest planned outside the BJP office on the Deen Dayal []

Berlin: Bayer Leverkusen became the first-ever unbeaten champions in the Bundesliga history after edging Augsburg 2-1 and extending their invincible run to overall 51 matches while Cologne were relegated into the second division after losing 4-1 to newly promoted Heidenheim in the last round in Bundesliga. The Werkself started brightly into the last match of []

Hubballi: The Karnataka Police Saturday suspended DCP P Rajeev for alleged negligence in handling the case related to 20-year-old Anjali Ambigera, who was stabbed to death by a youth at her house in the Veerapur Oni area of Hubballi Wednesday early morning. Meanwhile, Ambigeras minor sister reportedly attempted to end her life by consuming poison, []

New Delhi: The Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Kochi had to make a full-scale emergency landing at Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) due to a fire in one of its engines. The sources said that the crew members alerted the Air Traffic Controller after a fire was noticed soon after the takeoff. As []

On 13 May this year, a headline was published which read: UNlinked body defers NHRC-India accreditation for second year in a row. Beneath this was the line The decision could now affect Indias ability to vote at the Human Rights Council and some UNGA bodies. NHRC stands for the National Human Rights Commission and this []

Koraput: The body of Suku Pradhani, a 35-year-old man who was missing since Thursday in a boat capsize incident at Jabagad river ghat under Bilaput panchayat and Nandapur block in Koraput district, was fished out by a team of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF), Saturday, informed Nandapur Tahasildar, Anadi Charan Sahu. According to reports, []

Dhenkikote: A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her neighbours following a fight over the erection of a fence at Parabha Sahi, Khantaghar village under Dhenkikote police beat house limits in Odishas Keonjhar district, Friday night. The deceased was identified as Kuntala Nayak, 55, wife of Banshidhar Nayak in the village. On being informed, []

Rayagada: There seems to be no let-up in migration from Rayagada as labourers from the district have again started migrating to their work places in other states to earn a livelihood after the first phase polling in the district ended, May 13. According to reports, Rayagada district has turned into a hub for trafficking of []

Rourkela: At a tender age of 12 he is competing with people much older than him in an arduous game like mountain terrain biking, and winning too. Meet Tanush Kohli, 12, a Standard VI student of Delhi Public School (DPS) in Rourkela, who made the sport a passion ever since he turned eight when []

Aries: You are likely to remain careful and watchful today, foretells Ganesha. And because youll be invited to parties and other social events, your enthusiasm will remain buoyant. You will also strike the right balance between business and pleasure, says Ganesha. Taurus: In all probability, you will discuss certain sacred issues with your beloved today, []

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeated defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 27 runs to secure the fourth and final play-off spot in the Indian Premier League here Saturday. Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad had already qualified for the play-offs. Sent into bat, RCB posted a challenging 218 for five against CSK in []

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are scheduled to address election meetings in Odisha in the next three days, a senior BJP leader said Saturday. The defence minister will address three meetings on Sunday at Rairakhol, Patna and Khurda, Odisha BJP vice-president Golak Mohapatra said. Modi []

Bhubaneswar: Lashing out at visiting Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik Saturday said that political tourists promising to make Odisha number one in the country should first concentrate on their own states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and chief ministers of BJP-ruled Assam, Chhattisgarh and []

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru posted a challenging 218 for five against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in a must-win Indian Premier League match here Saturday. Sent into bat, skipper Faf du Plessis (54) and Virat Kohli (47) shared 78 runs for the opening stand in 9.4 overs after the match was interrupted by showers for []

Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area is likely to form over the southwest Bay of Bengal around May 22 which will move initially northeastwards and concentrate into a depression over central parts of the Bay of Bengal, May 24, IMD said. It said Fridays trough runs from south Chhattisgarh to the Comorin area and now runs from []

Bhubaneswar: The CID- CB of Odisha Police has issued an important advisory to protect citizens from falling prey to the rampant rise in online investment fraud cases in the state. In a release issued here Saturday, the CID-CB said there has been a steep and concerning rise in cases of fraud through online investment apps, []

Bhubaneswar: The Assistant Sessions Judge, Titilagarh, Saturday convicted one accused in a fake currency note case. Convict Lingaraj Behera, was convicted and sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for 5 Years for the offence U/s.489-B IPC & three years imprisonment for the offence U/s.489-C IPC and with fine. Both punishments will run concurrently, the judge []

Kyiv: A divisive mobilisation law in Ukraine came into force Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraines second-largest city. The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country. []

Bhubaneswar: The high-decibel campaigning ended Saturday for five Lok Sabha seats and 35 Assembly constituencies in Odisha, which will go to polls May 20. Among the prominent candidates in the second round of simultaneous elections in the state are BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his colleagues in the state government Bikram Keshari []

Bengaluru: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in a crucial Indian Premier League match here Saturday. CSK has made one change, bringing in Mitchell Santner in place of Moeen Ali. For RCB, Will Jacks has been replaced by Glenn Maxwell, while Swapnil Singh has been named as []

Bangkok: Indias premier mens doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the final of the Thailand Open badminton tournament with an easy straight-game victory over Lu Ming-Che and Tang Kai-Wei of Chinese Taipei here Saturday. The Asian Games champions needed just 35 minutes to beat their world No. 80 opponents 21-11 21-12 in []

Claim BJP West Bengal tweets out a poster hailing PM Narendra Modi for his contribution towards developing Indias Metro rail network, using a photo of an elevated Metro line. The archived version of the tweet can be seenhere. Fact Newschecker noticed that multiple users in the comments had pointed out that the photo used in []

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said that he and other AAP leaders would go to the BJP headquarters March 19 so that the prime minister can send anyone he wants to jail. The BJP is saying they will send AAP MP Raghav Chadha and Delhi ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj to jail []

Bhubaneswar: One hundred and twenty-six candidates in fray for the third phase of Assembly elections in Odisha are crorepati, with BJD candidate from Champua segment Sanatan Mahakud the richest with Rs 227.67 crore assets. Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Puri and Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituencies along with 42 Assembly seats under these Lok Sabha segments will []

Raksha Bandhan is around the corner, and it is a festival that people wholeheartedly wait for, not just in India but throughout the world. Raksha Bandhan is one of the few festivals in the world that celebrate the beautiful bond of brother and sister. Siblings have unconditional love and respect for each other, and Raksha []

Fact-Check The Verdict: FakeAs per ECI guidelines, no exit poll results have been released for the 2024 Lok Sabha and concurrent Assembly elections. The screenshot is edited. Claim ID: 2beeb625 What is the claim? A screenshot, purportedly showing an exit poll by the Indian news channel Times Now, has gone viral on social media. This []

New Delhi: India has become an alternative investment destination for many Western companies, according to the latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report of the UN. The report which has increased the forecast of Indias GDP growth by 0.7 percentage points to 6.9 per cent identifies increased foreign investments as an important factor that is []