Bhubaneswar, 02.04.2022: The only Central Navratna Public Sector Enterprise headquartered in Bhubaneswar and rooted in Odisha celebrated UtkalDiwas in a befitting manner. A series of activities was lined up throughout the day, which included community recitation of BandeUtkalJanani in the morning, led by Nalco MahilaSamiti members. At a special gathering held on the occasion in…
Tikiri/Bhubaneswar: Utkal Alumina International Ltd., a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries limited of Aditya Birla Group is committed to preserve and promote tribal folk dance “Dhimsa”. The company has been organizing this unique Dhimsa Dance Festival since last 8 years and is receiving overwhelming response from amongst the villagers of the periphery. This year also, the…
Colombo, 2/4: Sri Lanka declared a 36-hour nationwide curfew Saturday and deployed troops backed with sweeping new powers under a state of emergency to quell protests against the president, his relatives and even his most trusted shaman. The lockdown will go into effect at dusk Saturday and be lifted on Monday morning, police said…
Islamabad, 2/4: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa said that his country is ready to move forward on Kashmir if India agrees, Dawn reported. “Pakistan continues to believe in using dialogue and diplomacy to resolve all outstanding issues, including the Kashmir dispute and is ready to move forward on this…
Mumbai, 2/4: Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field in their IPL game against Rajasthan Royals here on Saturday. Mumbai Indians have not included star batter Suryakumar Yadav and are playing the same XI. Rajasthan have made one change to their playing XI with pacer Navdeep Saini…
New Delhi, 2/4: Petrol and diesel prices were on Saturday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 12 days to Rs 7.20 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 102.61 per litre as against Rs 101.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone…
New Delhi 2/4: In a shocking development, Prabhakar Sail, a panch witness in the drugs-on-cruise case involving the Narcotics Control Bureau raid on Cordelia cruise liner, died of a suspected heart attack on Friday evening. The case pertains to a drug bust in which a total of 20 persons were arrested in the intervening…
Colombo, 2/4: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Friday declared a state of emergency giving security forces sweeping powers a day after hundreds of people tried to storm his residence amid an unprecedented economic crisis. But the current crisis was accelerated by deep tax cuts promised by Rajapaksa during a 2019 election campaign that were enacted…
New Delhi, 1/4: Google’s billing system for app developers is “unfair and discriminatory,” India’s antitrust regulator said in the initial findings of an extensive investigation, paving the way for potential penalties in future. The Competition Commission of India found Google discriminated against developers in its Play store billing policy, according to documents seen by…
Bangalore, 1/4: With Assembly elections a year away, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked his party to win not less than 150 seats in the 2023 Assembly polls and launched a major offensive against the Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government. “India’s most corrupt government is in Karnataka,” Rahul said during his address to…
