Berhampur: A portion of a wall collapsed and an iron gate was uprooted following a explosion in Arabindanagar Lane-2 under Khallikote NAC in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Thursday morning. Three people sustained injuries in the explosion. The explosion occurred at around 4 am, when residents of the area were asleep.The blast damaged part of the…
New York: Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams was honoured as Grand Marshal of the Veterans Day Parade, which pays tribute to former military members.Williams, a retired Navy captain, led the parade of 20,000 people along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Wednesday (local time).Being the Grand Marshal is “an incredible honour”, she said and recalled, “My time…
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has written an emotional letter to actor Anupam Kher, reflecting on the latter’s 42-year career in cinema, spanning from his debut in Saaransh to his latest role as Jatayu in Ramayana Part: 1.In the note, Bhatt praised Kher’s growth both as an actor and an individual, expressing pride in his former protégé’s…
Kishtwar, Nov 12: Security concerns have intensified in Jammu and Kashmir after the bullet-riddled bodies of two Special Police Officers (SPOs), who had gone missing a day earlier, were recovered from the remote Dachhan area of Kishtwar district early Thursday. The service weapons of the slain personnel were also missing, prompting suspicions of a possible…
Kaniha: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) N. Rajendra, posted at Kaniha police station in Angul district, has been suspended following an allegations of misconduct against a woman Home Guard. Angul SP (Superintendent of Police) Rahul Jain has ordered the suspension of the ASI.According to reports, about 20 days ago, a woman Home Guard working at the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police arrested a man in Surat, who was accused of killing a 76-year-old woman at her residence in Bhubaneswar on the night of November 3, an officer said Thursday.Laxmisagar police, in collaboration with Gujarat Police, arrested the accused, Balbhadra Maharana, in Gujarat Wednesday.The man, who used to look after the elderly woman living…
Pat Cummins prepares to address explosive cricket cheating allegations.Captain Pat Cummins will confront the media on Friday morning regarding fresh allegations surrounding the controversial 2018 South Africa tour. This ongoing saga has cast a long shadow over global cricket, continuously forcing current players to revisit past disciplinary failures. Writing on social media, the fast bowler…
Bhubaneswar: A local court in Surat granted transit remand of the absconding caretaker held in connection with the sensational senior citizen murder case under Laxminagar Police Station in Bhubaneswar.The accused, Balbhadra Maharana (41) was apprehended in Surat while he was absconding.According to the transit warrant issued yesterday, the custody of Maharana has been handed over…
Odisha Excise Department seized 2,400 bottles of cough syrup and 10,500 sleeping tablets from a pickup van during a raid near Hatibari on National Highway 55 in Sambalpur district on Wednesday..The driverf of the vehicle was reportedly detained in connection with the seizure.The vehicle was intercepted following information about a large consignment of cough syrup…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance has arrested Sasikanta Rana, a Senior Revenue Assistant (SRA) of Derabish Block in Kendrapara district, for allegedly embezzling government funds worth more than Rs 3.03 crore by generating fraudulent bills through the Human Resource Management System (HRMS) portal.Rana, who had been absconding for a long time after the financial irregularities came to…
