New Delhi, 18/12: Parliament on Thursday passed the nuclear energy bill, with the Rajya Sabha giving its nod to the legislation seeking to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation. The Upper House passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill by a voice vote, while rejecting…
Karachi, 18/12: A popular Pakistani international kabbadi player, Ubaidullah Rajput, faces the prospect of a severe disciplinary action after he appeared for an Indian team in a private tournament in Bahrain on December 16. Ubaidullah found himself in big trouble after videos and pictures of him wearing Indian shirt and waving the Indian flag in…
Muscat, 18/12: India and Oman on Thursday inked a free trade agreement, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Sultan Haitham bin Tarik and explored ways to further add greater depth to the bilateral Strategic Partnership. Modi, who arrived in Oman on Wednesday on the last leg of his three-nation tour, was welcomed by…
Jharsuguda, Odisha, December 18, 2025:Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has introduced a safety initiative at its Jharsuguda facility, ‘Safety on Wheels – Suraksha Safar’, to strengthen its safety-first culture.The program features an onboard display system in the business partner transport bus, continuously screening work-area-specific safety videos during daily commutes.By embedding safety communication into routine travel,…
JK Pur / Rayagada:The 141st Foundation Day of the renowned industrial establishment, JK Paper Mill, located at JK Pur in Rayagada district, was celebrated on Wednesday with great enthusiasm and pride. A special programme was organised on the mill premises, which was attended by senior company officials, employees from various departments, and representatives of labour…
Today i.e. on 18.12.2025, a short while ago, Smt. Sukma Hansdah, Inspector In Charge (IIC) of Dasmantpur Police Station, Dist-Koraput has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking bribe Rs. 20,000/- from a relative of accused in order to submit the Case Diary in the Court in a case registered earlier in the…
Melbourne, 18/12: A 34-year-old Indian-origin man who helped restrain one of the alleged shooters of the Bondi Beach attack in Australia said he wanted to help bring one of the assailants down and assist anyone who needed help. Fifteen people were killed after a father-son duo launched a gun attack on the occasion of a…
Dhaka, 18/12: Two Indian visa application centers in Bangladesh were shut down on Thursday in view of the security situation in the country. The centers are located in Rajshahi and Khulna.
Cochin, 18/12: An Air India Express flight from Jeddah to Kozhikode with 160 passengers made an emergency landing at the Cochin International Airport on Thursday due to issues involving its landing gear and tyre failure. The Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), in a statement, said that it successfully facilitated the safe emergency landing of Air…
New Delhi, 17/12: Taking a serious note of the severe air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a slew of directions and asked the NHAI and the MCD to consider either temporary closing or relocating the nine toll plazas at borders of the national capital to ease usual massive traffic congestion.
