Ahmedabad: People in Jhulasan, the native village of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, celebrated her safe return to Earth on Wednesday by performing aarti and offering prayers after she spent nearly nine months in space. The celebrations began after the successful splashdown of the Dragon spacecraft, which brought Williams back to Earth along with Crew-9 members…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed the safe return of NASA’s Crew-9, which included astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had been stranded in space for nearly nine months. Taking to the social media platform X, PM Modi expressed his admiration for their resilience, saying, “Welcome back, Crew-9! The Earth missed…
Bhubaneswar: The evaluation of answersheets of the Matric exam conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) began today amid tight security arrangements. The BSE has taken stringent measures to ensure the smooth and fair evaluation process. The board has warned that strict action will be taken against anyone indulging in unfair practices during the…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly was adjourned till noon today as Congress members created uproar over the alarming rise in atrocities against women. The protest began as soon as the House assembled for the day, with Congress members staging a protest holding placards and shouting slogans. Speaker Surama Padhy repeatedly requested the protesting members to return…
Bhubaneswar: The Jagannath temple in Puri will remain closed for five hours today for the Banakalagi ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings. As a result, devotees will be barred from the darshan of the sibling deities from 5 pm to 10 pm today. The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has issued a notification in…
Jharsuguda: A new twist has been witnessed in the murder case of former Odisha minister Naba Das. Today a Crime Branch investigation team visited Jharsuguda airport to probe the case. It has been learnt that probe is being carried out at the hospital and the airport. It is to be noted that after the shootout at…
Bhubaneswar: The much awaited 19th Toshali National Handicrafts Mela-2025 is scheduled to commence from today. The grand fair will continue till March 31, 2025. The mela will remain open every day from 3 PM to 10 PM. As per reports, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will inaugurate Toshali Mela-2025 at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar…
Begunia: In a tragic incident, a man and his wife were killed in a horrendous road accident in Khordha district of Odisha on Wednesday morning. The accident took place after a bus hit the car in which the couple was travelling. The accident took place near Pichukuli Adarsha Vidyalaya on the Khordha-Balangir National Highway number 57…
New Delhi, 19/3: The parents of Sudiksha Konanki, the 20-year-old college student who went missing during a spring break trip to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, said they had come to terms with the possibility that she had drowned, and asked for privacy to mourn her,according to officials and a statement to the media Tuesday. Their…
Washington DC, 19/3: Orbiting in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), hitching a different ride home to close out a saga that began with a bungled test flight more than nine months ago. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in…
