Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday called upon people to make the state one of the top three in the country in terms of cleanliness. Majhi said this while taking part in a cleanliness drive under the ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ campaign near Shree Lingaraj Temple here. Mayor, ministers, MLAs and members of the…
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast the formation of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal within the next 12 hours, which is likely to intensify into a depression by the evening of September 26. According to the IMD, the system may cross the south Odisha–north Andhra Pradesh coast by the morning of…
Special Vigilance Court, Cuttack on Thursday convicted former Consolidation Officer of Kujanga in Jagatsinghpur district, Bishnupada Grahacharya for possessing disproportionate assets (DA). The court sentenced him to two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of ₹50,000. Grahacharya, who had retired from service, was charge-sheeted by Odisha Vigilance under Section 13(2) read with…
Inaugurating and laying foundation stones for projects worth Rs 1.22 lakh crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Congress for ignoring the country’s energy needs, highlighting his government’s achievement of giving free power to 2.5 crore households since 2014. Addressing a rally at Banswara as part of a visit during which he unveiled…
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, miscreants attacked a youth with sword and other sharp weapons in the Shaheed Nagar area of the capital city on Thursday. They attacked him as he denied to give money for buying intoxicants. The crime was committed in the Tarini slum area under Shaheed Nagar Police Station limits. The critically injured…
Bhubaneswar: A 17-year-old college girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after a dispute with her younger sister over a mobile phone. The shocking incident took place at Murja Disariguda under Baipariguda block in Koraput district. According to reports, the victim, a Plus II science student at Mathili college returned from college and was in…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on Thursday that the state government plans to generate energy and produce coal from garbage. The Housing and Urban Development Department is working on this initiative, the CM said during a cleanliness drive organized by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the old Bhubaneswar area today. The CM…
Mumbai, 25/9:Shubman Gill will the lead India for the two-Test series against West Indies starting on October 2 with Ravindra Jadeja named as his deputy. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday named a 15-member squad , which also features pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah while left-handed batter Devdutt Padikkal has been…
Mumbai, ,25/9: Sameer Wankhede files defamation suit before Delhi High Court against Red Chillies Entertainment, Gauri Khan over allegedly defamatory portrayal of him in Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood.” Wankhede has demanded Rs 2 Crores as damages which is claimed to be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital. The case seeks the permanent injunction of…
Patna, 25/9: Veteran politician Lalu Prasad is fighting three battles at a time. First, a legal battle that is underway, with a judgment likely to be handed down next month in the IRCTC scam, in which he has been charged with graft while serving as Railway Minister in the UPA-I regime.
