Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today dismissed petitions filed by Bidyabharati Panda and former Paralakhemundi Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sangram Behera, who had challenged the directive of the SDJM court in Paralakhemundi. The case pertains to the death of Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra. The SDJM court had earlier directed Panda and Behera…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is likely to face fuel and LPG shortage across the State due to the ongoing protest of the Odisha Drivers’ Mahasangha, informed Sanjay Lath, the General Secretary of the Utkal Petroleum Dealers’ Association. While speaking to the newsmen about the possible shortage of petrol and diesel, Lath said, “All kinds of transportation have come…
Dubai: India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday broke into the top-10 of the ICC men’s Test batting rankings for the first time in his career after a record-breaking performance against England at Edgbaston. Gill smashed 269 and 161 in the game — becoming only the second player in history to score more than 150 in…
Heavy rains are raining everywhere in the country. The heat of rain has brought relief from the heat, but the problems have increased equally. Due to continuous rains, clothes are getting dirty when they exit, but the biggest problem is coming to dry them. In such a situation, a washing machine is being used to…
Jaipur: A Jaguar aircraft of the IAF crashed in Rajasthan’s Churu district on Wednesday, leading to the death of the two pilots of the twin-seater aircraft. In a statement shortly after the crash, the IAF said, “An IAF Jaguar Trainer aircraft met with an accident during a routine training mission and crashed near Churu in…
In a discovery that could upend our understanding of the cosmos, scientists believe that Earth, along with the entire Milky Way, may be drifting near the centre of a massive cosmic void, an area unusually empty of galaxies and matter.Presented at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting, new research led by Dr Indranil Banik from the University of…
India’s Gaganyatri and Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla in at the International Space Station (ISS) doing scientific research. Group Captain Shukla, who is part of the Axiom Mission 4, or what is sometimes also referred to as Mission Akash Ganga, is India’s first astronaut aboard the ISS.In a conversation with Dr Lucie Low, the chief scientist…
Athagarh: In a shocking incident, a youth was allegedly thrown in front of a speeding vehicle in Cuttack district of Odisha on Tuesday night. As a result the youth sustained critical injury and later succumbed to the injury in the hospital. The incident took place at the Mahakalabasta chhaka under Khuntuni Police Station limits. His family…
Puri : A serious security breach has come to the fore at the Puri Jagannath Temple, where four youths allegedly scaled the Meghanada Pacheri and entered the premises on Wednesday despite the presence of a large number of security personnel deployed both inside and outside the temple premises from Rath Yatra to Niladri Bije. According…
London: As the Indian team gears up for the third Test at the Lord’s, their batting coach Sitanshu Kotak hailed the performance of their two mainstays — newly-appointed skipper Shubman Gill and wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant.Both Gill and Pant have played vital roles in India’s success so far in the series. Kotak credited Pant’s risk-and-reward style of…
