Kendujhar:Odisha Vigilance officials on Sunday arrested Kendujhar District Labour Officer (DLO) Akash Bisoi for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from an electrical contractor for issuing a labour licence.Odisha Cultural Products.According to Vigilance sources, the contractor had been assigned electrical installation work by TPNODL and was required to obtain a labour licence to engage workers for…
Lok Sabha MP Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to establish a regional centre of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C‑DAC) at Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) in Sambalpur and expand the existing Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) facility in the city.In his letter, Pradhan said a C‑DAC centre at…
Mumbai, Aug 30: Daboo Malik has shared an emotional message for his son, music composer Amaal Mallik, following the release and subsequent drama surrounding ‘Awarapan 2.’Celebrating the film’s box-office and musical success, Daboo described himself as a “Proud Father” while reflecting on the challenges his son faced during the project.Taking to Instagram, Daboo addressed the…
Bhadrak: The police has arrested the Sub-Inspector of the Bhadrak Town Police on charges of domestic harassment allegations brought by his wife on Sunday.According to sources, the SI Gananath Sethi, who is working at Bhadrak Town Police Station, allegedly been physically and mentally abusing his wife for a long time.The authorities of the police station…
Tashkent: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Uzbekistan lies at the heart of India’s engagement with Central Asia, noting that there is deep similarity between the aspirations and thinking of both nations.In the joint press meet with Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev following their talks in Tashkent, PM Modi said that India and Uzbekistan,…
Nabarangpur : Senior Nabarangpur leader and former Odisha minister Dambaru Majhi died at the age of 86 on Sunday morning at around 5 AM while undergoing treatment in the ICU of Nabarangpur District Headquarters Hospital.Majhi remained a politician in Nabarangpur for over many decades and had been elected to the Odisha Assembly from Dabugaon constituency…
In a major political development ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, Sofia Firdous will contest from the Odisha Janata Congress (OJC), not the Congress party.Senior leader Mohammed Moquim clarified the decision, stating that the Congress has lost its ideology and direction.Moquim said the Congress no longer represents its founding principles and has become “unfit” for…
Dhenkanal: A suspected motorcycle thief was reportedly caught by locals, stripped and tied up near the fire station in Ward No. 2 under Bhuban police limits in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.According to information, a motorcycle was allegedly stolen from the Ganesh Bazar area on Thursday….
Bhubaneswar: In a major relief for farmers, the state government has extended the deadline for registration for paddy procurement by another seven days.Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra informed about the decision on Saturday.The Minister said the paddy registration process, which began on August 6 this year, was scheduled to end on…
Nepal: Nine hundred and thirty-four people are known to have been trapped or were out of contact across the 11 hydropower projects and tunnels in theRasuw and Nuwakot districts of Nepal.Sources suggest the figure may actually exceed1,000 as a number of the projects are still under construction and have workers without proper registration.A total of…
