Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday announced that August 29, a day after the Nuakhai festival, will be observed as an additional holiday across the state. According to a notification issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department, all government offices along with revenue and magisterial courts will remain closed on August 29 to mark the…
Sambalpur: Burla Police during a raid in the early hours of Tuesday seized a huge cache of cough syrup bottles allegedly meant for illegal sale. Police have arrested two persons in this connection.According to the police, acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Sub-Inspector Asish Kumar Nayak of Burla Police Station conducted a raid…
Bhubaneswar, 26/8:Naveen Patnaik Signs First Appointments After Hospital Discharge BJD President Naveen Patnaik has announced major organizational appointments in the party’s youth and student wings. These are the first appointments signed by Shri Patnaik after his recent discharge from hospital, signaling his return to active party work. Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) Ipsita…
New Delhi: Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, planned for later this week, has been cancelled, sources in Kabul told IANS on Tuesday.As Delhi and Kabul are facing a new tectonic shift in their bilateral relations after the takeover of the Taliban in 2021, both nations have enhanced their diplomatic relations, and…
Patna, 26/8: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday joined her brother Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, during the latter’s ‘Voters Adhikar Yatra’ in Bihar which resumed at Supaul after a day’s break. Sitting on the roof of an SUV, Priyanka, flanked by Rahul, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, RJD leader…
Mumbai: Actress Saiyami Kher has joined the cast of filmmaker Priyadarshan’s “Haiwaan” and said that she feels incredibly blessed to be a small part of a film that “already feels so special ”The film, which features Bollywood powerhouses Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan, has commenced its shoot in Kochi.“Walking onto the set of Haiwaan has…
Rajgir: Hockey India on Tuesday announced that entry for all matches of the Men’s Asia Cup in Rajgir, Bihar will be free of cost. The tournament, scheduled to be played from August 29 to September 7 at the newly built Rajgir Hockey Stadium, promises to be a grand celebration of hockey in the heart of Bihar.The…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s international wheelchair fencer and national gold medalist Pujaswini Nayak has been selected to represent India at the prestigious 2025 Para Fencing World Championship scheduled to be held in South Korea from September 2 to 7.Over the past five years, Nayak has brought laurels to the state by winning as many as 33 medals…
New Delhi: Two people sustained minor injuries in Delhi’s Mohan Garden on Tuesday after a four-floor roof collapsed in Siddhatri Enclave, police said.The roof collapsed due to incessant rain and the incident occurred under the Mohan Garden PS area in Dwarka district. No life-threatening injuries have been reported to the two injured, as they were shifted…
Doda: Flash floods were triggered due to massive cloudburst in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Tuesday. Normal life was thrown out of gear with the Jammu-Srinagar highway forced to be closed. Heavy rainfall lashed out and led to landslides at multiple locations in the route.Vehicular movement was halted as landslides occurred thus leading to traffic…
