New Delhi, 17/4: The Constitution Amendment Bill to tweak women quota law was defeated in Lok Sabha after division of votes, having not managed a two-third majority of 360 votes in its favour The NDA government managed 298 votes in support of the Bill whereas the Opposition pooled in 230 votes against the Bill.
New Delhi, 17/4: Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday urged opposition to support delimitation in the Lok Sabha. He stated that delimitation will lead to rationalisation of voters in every constituency. He also attacked the Opposition for saying southern states will suffer over delimitation, saying “Let me make this clear once again the southern…
Tehran, 17/4: Iran’s foreign minister has said that the passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon. The passage of vessels through the strait will be on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and…
All Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), schools, colleges and Technical Institutions, etc will remain closed in Balangir district in view of severe heatwave conditions. Balangir: All Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), schools, colleges and Technical Institutions, etc will remain closed in Balangir district in view of severe heatwave conditions.According to an order issued by the district Collector, the AWCs,…
Bhubaneswar: Director General of Police Y.B. Khurania has said today Odisha a Maoist-free state.Addressing the media, DGP Khurania said that sustained anti-Maoist operations and a series of surrenders by extremists have successfully eliminated Left Wing Extremism activities from Odisha.“We have not yet withdrawn the police camps in the Maoist-dominated areas. We can now say that…
Bhubaneswar, April 16, 2026: TPCODL (TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited) has Successfully met a peak power demand of2000 MW across its distribution areas of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Paradeep, and Dhenkanal on April 13, 2026 — the highestdemand recorded so far this season amid rising temperatures and prevailing heatwave conditions in Odisha.This comes at a time when…
Hyderabad,, 17/4: As many as 89,000 children under the age of 18 have been found to be engaged in daily wage work across the state, the caste survey conducted by the Congress government in Telangana in 2024-25 has revealed. The survey report, which was made public recently said that of these 89,000 child labourers, 14…
Bangalore, 17/4:The Karnataka government will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy across all sectors at the earliest, Labour Minister Santosh Lad said on Thursday. The statement came after the Karnataka High Court recently directed the state government to “strictly and faithfully” implement the menstrual leave policy, pending formal enactment of the proposed legislation
The Gajapati district administration suspended headmaster Seto Raika of Rubudisingh Upper Primary School after a school gate collapse killed two girl students on April 15.Two students, Edanti Raita (9) and Beckylesh Raita (10), from Rubudisingh village under R Udayagiri police limits, died when an iron gate attached to the boundary wall fell on them while…
Bhubaneswar, April 17: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday dismissed the apprehensions raised by BJD president and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik over the 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill, saying the such claims appeared to be an “attempt to create fear” and were not befitting of an experienced leader.For the context, Patnaik yesterday wrote to all…
