Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for 5th straight term

Naveen Patnaik, who led his Biju Janata Dal to a landslide victory in the assembly elections, took oath as the chief minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term on Wednesday. Patnaik......

Odisha health minister quits in wake of hospital fire tragedy

Odisha’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Friday resigned in the wake of death of 25 people in a hospital fire tragedy, while opposition parties asked Chief......

Why did 65 infants die in Odisha?

'I kept begging the doctors to put my three year old on the ventilator. But the doctors and nurses kept saying no ventilator was available. When the breathing apparatus ultimately became available,......

Why Lodha reforms for BCCI have fallen flat

'It means that the same person in the family cannot keep the control of an association in his hands for ever. No way. He has to give it to the other member of his family . May be his son, daughter,......

Sports Shorts: Srikanth, Sindhu approved for TOPS scheme

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: PV Sindhu will be one of the beneficiaries of the TOPS scheme. The Target Olympic Podium Scheme is a flagship programme of the......

BCCI secy had invited disqualified office bearers: CAB to SC

The Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) on Monday targetted BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary in the Supreme Court for allegedly disregarding the apex court direction by inviting disqualified......

SC drops contempt, perjury proceedings against Anurag Thakur

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur on Friday got relief from the Supreme Court which dropped the contempt and perjury proceedings against him after he tendered an......

Leadership logjam continues in BCCI

N Srinivasan at Jagmohan Dalmiya's funeral. Photograph: PTI Hectic parleys and backroom manoeuvring continued among Board of Control for Cricket in India bigwigs but there was still no......