New Delhi: The Lok Sabha suspended eight opposition MPs on Tuesday for “disrupting” the House proceedings and throwing papers towards the Chair for the remainder of the Budget Session. The opposition MPs — Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Manickam Tagore, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, C. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Prashant Yadaorao Padole, S. Venkatesh, and Dean Kuriakose — are from…
Koraput: Cracking down hard on illegal drug cultivation in odisha the Excise Department and koraputt Police under Operation Green Clean have destroyed large scale cannabis plantations worth crores in the district. In a major joint operation, the team conducted a raid in Boipariguda area and destroyed cannabis plants worth over ₹4.5 crore, cultivated across 38 acres of forest…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister’s Kanya Vivah Yojana to be launched from today in Odisha. The Chief Minister’s Kanya Vivah Yojana to be launched in Odisha today. The scheme will be launched at Maa Tara Tarani Pitha in Ganjam district. The Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana will be launched by the Chief Minister from Ganjam. The Mukhyamantri Kanya…
A passenger bus named Patra Maa Bankeswari met with an accident near Pushuguda Chhak in Malkangiri district early Tuesday morning when it lost balance and struck a roadside tree.The bus, bearing registration number OD 30F 5119, was travelling from Motu towards Malkangiri around 6 a.m. when the mishap occurred. Fortunately, no passengers sustained injuries. However, the front…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the India-US trade deal and the reduction in the tariffs, describing the development as a historic advancement in the economic ties between the two countries.Taking to his X handle, CM Majhi wrote, “A historic advancement in India-United States economic relations, setting a…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Excise department, during a special drive, raided two restaurants at separate locations in the City for serving alcohol without a valid liquor licence, seized 22.5 litres of liquor, and arrested the owners, excise officials said Monday. Excise officials raided Hunger Hacker near Pandra and Mawa Restaurant in the Patia area, seizing 7.5 litres…
Odisha Vigilance officials today apprehended Pradesh Prasad Nayak, Junior Engineer (JE), TPSODL, Malkangiri, and his associate Bhanjakishor Swain, while they were demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a bricks factory owner in exchange for providing an electricity connection.The Vigilance team caught the duo near the main gate of the office while they…
Jajpur: President Droupadi Murmu, who is currently on a visit to Odisha, visited the Maa Biraja Temple in Jajpur and offered prayers today. She left Bhubaneswar in the morning and reached Jajpur in a special helicopter. The President also performed Pinda Daan at Nabhi Gaya on the temple premises, a sacred site associated with ancestral rituals. Her visit to…
New Delhi, 3/2: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their appeals against a Competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore over the privacy policy, saying tech giants cannot “play with the right to privacy of citizens in the name of…
New Delhi, 3/2: Congress on Monday night targeted the union government over the Indo-US trade deal announcement by President Donald Trump, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “capitulated finally” and insisting this “cannot be the father of all deals. Soon after Trump announced that the US is lowering tariffs from 25% to 18% and…
