Bhubaneswar: Rain in North Odisha is continuing as an impact of the low pressure in Bay of Bengal. The rainfall is likely to continue till July 4.The low pressure developed over the north west Bay of Bengal and adjoining coast of Bangladesh. It will advance towards West and North west direction towards the Gangetic West Bengal…
Bhubaneswar: Taking disciplinary action, Odisha unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday suspended five party members for their alleged involvement in assault on a BMC official in Bhubaneswar. The five members included Corporator Aparup Narayan Rout alias Jeevan Rout, Rashi Ranjan Mahapatra, Debasish Pradhan, Sachikant Swain and Sanjeev Mishra. Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal placed them under…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance arrested Soil Conservation and Watershed Development Joint Director Dayanidhi Bagh in disproportionate assets (DA) case following raid yesterday. During simultaneous house searches, the Vigilance officials had unearthed disproportionate assets including 2 buildings, one 3-BHK flat in Bhubaneswar, 84 acres of land comprising 2 farm houses over 48 acres at Nabarangpur, Gold 312 gms, Bank…
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu is likely to visit Odisha on a two-day tour beginning July 14 to attend a series of events in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.As per reports, the President will attend the convocation ceremony of AIIMS Bhubaneswar on July 14. The following day, July 15, she will attend the convocation ceremony of Ravenshaw University in…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today held discussions with representatives of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and HDFC Bank at the Lok Seva Bhawan here, urging them to improve loan disbursal under various welfare schemes aimed at benefiting the poor.The performance of these three banks in Odisha was unsatisfactory in schemes such as agricultural loans,…
Bengaluru, 1/7: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday morning ordered the suspension of a senior IPS officer in Bengaluru to be set aside. The development was confirmed to DH by Dhanush Menon, the counsel on record for Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vikash Kumar Vikash, who the Karnataka government suspended following the stampede in…
Bengaluru, 1/7: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala continued his series of meetings with the state’s ruling party legislators for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. As part of the first phase of his one-on-one meetings with the MLAs for three days, Surjewala is today slated to meet about 20 legislators from…
Sangareddy, 1/7: The toll in the explosion at the Sigachi Industries’ pharma plant in Pashamylaram has rose to 34, a senior police official said on Tuesday. Several bodies have been found under the debris while removing it. As many as 31 bodies have been extricated from the debris while three died in hospital while undergoing…
Hyderabad, 30/6: Upset over the possible appointment of Ramchander Rao as BJP’s Telangana President, the party’s firebrand MLA Raja Singh on Monday wrote to Union Minister G Kishan Reddy saying that he is resigning from the primary membership of the saffron party. Reddy is presently the state chief and the party high command is likely…
New Delhi,30/6: Star cricketer M S Dhoni is close to trademarking his on field name “Captain Cool” for sports and entertainment services, as reported by Bar and Bench. According to the Trade Marks Registry portal, the application’s status is ‘accepted and advertised’. It was published in the official trademark journal on June 16. The application…
