New Delhi,30/3: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Tuesday ordered a probe into the recent incidents of Ola Electric and Okinawa electric scooters catching fire. The news raised fresh concerns about the safety of electric vehicles and could make more Indians stay away from investing in them until there was more clarity, experts…
New Delhi, 29/3: The Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET) will neither make the board exams irrelevant nor give a push to “coaching culture”, University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar said on Tuesday, asserting that students from state boards will not be at a disadvantage in the undergraduate admission process. The National Testing…
Kalinganagar, : A blood donation drive was organised by Employee Relations Forum, Iron Making & Logistics, Tata Steel Kalinganagar (TSK) in association with District Headquarter Hospital, Jajpur Town and Government Blood Bank, Jajpur Road at Occupational Health Centre within the plant premises at Kalinganagar on Tuesday. Despite the scorching heat of summer, employees voluntarily lined…
BBSR : His Holiness Swami Sarvapriyananda, Minister & Spiritual Leader, Vedanta Society of New York delivered KIIT Knowledge Tree Lecture at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar on 29th March 2022. KIIT Knowledge Tree Lecture series is a unique initiative of KIIT-DU to host, on regular basis, eminent scholars, spiritual leaders, celebrities, public servants, and leaders,…
Chilika A large loot was reported near Injanpur chowk under Khordha district’s Balugaon police station on Tuesday . According to reports, Bhubaneswar Rath, assistant secretary of Badkul Cooperative Society , collected about Rs 725,000 in agricultural loans this March. On the way to deposit the money at the Khordha Central Cooperative Society Bank on Balugaon…
Bangalore, 29/3: Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday told the Karnataka Assembly that he would use his office to seek an explanation from the Election Commission about the 19 lakh “missing” electronic voting machines (EVMs). Kageri said this after senior Congress member HK Patil quoted statistics, based on RTI replies, on missing EVMs…
UP, 29/3: The Uttar Pradesh government has countered before the Supreme Court a charge as “completely false and untrue” that it did not effectively oppose a bail plea filed by Ashish Mishra, the prime accused and son of a Union minister, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case before the Allahabad High Court. It also…
New Delhi, 29/3: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said FDI into the country during the Modi government was $500.5 billion, which is 65 per cent more than the amount received in the 10 years of the UPA government, as investors have trusted the economic management of the current regime. Replying to the…
In a major development,Bikunja Biswal, GRS, Labanyadeipur GP, Kaptipada Block, Dist- Mayurbhanj has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs 5000/- from a Complainant for issuance of job cards. The entire bribe money has been recovered from Sri Biswal and seized. Following trap, simultaneous searches have been launched on properties of…
Kolkata, 29/3: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to all Opposition leaders and chief ministers “expressing concern over BJP’s direct attacks on democracy” with the use of central agencies. “Central agencies are jolted to action when elections are round the corner,” Mamata wrote. “I urge that all of us…
