Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she has the highest regard for the judiciary but could not accept the Supreme Court’s verdict invalidating the appointments of school teachers. The SC invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff of state-run and state-aided schools. While I have the highest respect for…
Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued yellow warning for rain with thunderstorm and lightning in 18 districts of Odisha. According to the Duty Officer Meteorological Centre of Bhubaneswar said that light to moderate thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rain with gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph likely…
New Delhi, 3/4: Asking the Modi government to explain what it is doing to reclaim territory usurped by China and the 26% tariff imposed by “ally” United States, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the ruling BJP claiming that both the saffron party and RSS bow their heads before every…
Bhubaneswar: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) fined 581 individuals and collected a total fine of Rs 1,17,100 from them for spitting and littering at Bhubaneswar Railway Station during March 2025, informed the East Coast Railway. The RPF’s action is part of a sustained initiative aimed at improving cleanliness and maintaining hygiene across railway premises, the East…
Baripada: A horrific case of school ragging has come to light at Basipitha SSD High School Khunta police station in Mayurbhanj district where a sixth-class student was brutally tortured by his senior classmates, leaving him with severe injuries. The father of the victim student lodged a complaint at Khunta police station, based on which police launched…
New Delhi, 3/4: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to relax the ban imposed on the manufacture, storage and sale on firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) noting air pollution levels had remained alarming for a considerable time. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said a large section of the population…
Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court in Cuttack on Thursday sentenced a former Junior Clerk of the office of the Kujanga Tahasildar in Jagatsinghpur district Sukanta Kumar Das to four years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) after convicting him in a corruption case. Das, who is currently posted as Junior Clerk in Jagatsinghpur Collectorate was charge sheeted by…
Deogarh: A woman was allegedly beaten to death by her sister-in-law over a trivial dispute over firewood at Nilabairni Sahi under Debagarh Municipality in Deogarh district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Jyotsna Bhoj (55), widow of Pradyumna Bhoj. The accused is Geeta Bohoj (45), wife of Pratap Bhoj. As per reports, the…
Islamabad: Pakistan is set to intensify the deportation of Afghan refugees post Eid holidays as the March 31 deadline for refugees, including Afghan Citizen Card holders, to voluntarily return to their home country, has ended, local media reported on Thursday. Reports suggest that the repatriation process could not formally begin due to the Eid holidays. The…
Mayurbhanj: An incident of brutal ragging has come to the fore from a school in Basipitha under Khunta police station in Mayurbhanj district. A Class 9 student has allegedly slit a Class 6 boy’s hand with blade and tortured him as he saw the former while drinking alcohol. According to information, the Class 9 students were…
