Berhampur, August: TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, has inaugurated three new facilities. These include the newly constructed Aska Electrical Division-I (AED-I) Office Building at Taluka Road, Aska; the Vocational Training Centre (VTC) for Welding at Samarjhola, Ganjam; and the Nuagam Electrical Section-I Office…
Bengaluru, 21/8: Bike taxis made a return on the streets of Bengaluru on Thursday morning, after a two-month-long hiatus. After the Karnataka High Court questioned the bike taxi ban and asked the state government to “give it a serious thought. There are lives at stake here”, on August 20, Uber, Ola and Rapido brought back…
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for several places in Odisha for six days starting today. According to IMD, the upper air cyclonic circulation now lies over north Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal at 5.8 km above mean sea level.As per the prediction, heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with…
New Delhi, 21/8: Twelve bills were passed by the Lok Sabha and 14 by the Rajya Sabha during the month-long Monsoon session of Parliament, which has witnessed repeated disruptions, adjournments and walkouts. Barring discussions on Operation Sindoor in both House, the session has seen little business ever since it began on July 21 due to…
Mumbai, 21/8: At a time when talks are underway for an electoral alliance with Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), MNS founder-president Raj Thackeray sprang a surprise when he met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis – sparking off a buzz in Maharashtra politics. Raj, accompanied by his close aide and former minister Bala Nandgaonkar, drove to Varsha,…
Bengaluru, ,21/8: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet has decided to constitute a permanent Scheduled Castes Commission to periodically provide reports on the community. Making a statement in the Legislative Assembly, Siddaramaiah said: “We have decided to form a permanent Scheduled Castes Commission to provide reports based on the mobility amongst SCs,…
Panaji, 20/8: The BJP government in Goa is set for a reshuffle with minister Aleixo Sequeira resigning on Wednesday and veteran leader Digambar Kamat likely to be inducted in the cabinet along with current Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar.. Tawadkar said he would resign as Speaker on Thursday morning. Sequeira told reporters at the government headquarters Mantralaya…
New Delhi, 20/8: The US pressure on India for its procurement of Russian crude oil is “unjustified”, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. We are confident that India-Russia energy cooperation will continue notwithstanding the external pressure, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said.
Kabul, 20/8: An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash on the Herat-Kabul highway involved a motorcycle, a truck and a bus late on Tuesday, said Ahmdullah Muttaqi, head of the information department for Herat’s provincial government. …
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s only direct air link to Dubai may soon be discontinued, with IndiGo reportedly planning to withdraw the service from October 24.Currently, the airline operates the Bhubaneswar–Dubai flight three times a week from Biju Patnaik International Airport. However, the latest schedule released by aviation analytics platform AeroRoutes does not list the route beyond October.If withdrawn,…
