Bhubaneswar: In a heartbreaking tragedy, a woman and her seven-year-old son died after being bitten by poisonous snake Banded Krait while they were asleep.The incident took place at Kadamatāl village under Rayagada block in Gajapati district.According to reports, Ajay Kumar Badaraita was sleeping last night with his wife Lalita (30), son Amit (7) and one-and-a-half-year-old…
Washington DC, 7/8:US President Donald Trump has signed two executive orders to crack down on birth tourism and limit the number of people eligible for birthright citizenship, weeks after the Supreme Court struck down his directive in this regard. One order signed by Trump on Thursday targets people who engage in commercial “birth tourism” by…
Ranchi, 6/8: The job aspirants and students who have been protesting against irregularities in recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, announced on Thursday that they formed an 11-member team to hold discussions with the state government to resolve the issue. The decision was taken a day after Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the doors of his government…
New Delhi, 6/8: The CBI has filed a charge sheet against 11 accused people, including two BJP workers, in connection with the killing of WB Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath, officials said Thursday. The CBI had recently arrested the BJP workers, Sagar Sonkar and his brother Sahib Sonkar, working in Rath’s office for…
New Delhi, 6/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a telephone call from his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and they exchanged views on the recent developments in West Asia.The two leaders also reviewed sustained progress in India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening the bilateral cooperation across various sectors for…
New Delhi, 6/8: Speaking at an interaction with Gen Z and Gen Alpha in Mumbai on Thursday, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat said that young protestors should not be called “anti-nationals”, calling them an “honest generation”. If Gen Z is protesting, they are not anti-nationals. They are our own people, our next generation. I think the…
New Delhi, 6/8: Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Thursday (August 6) asked Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju to “echo the sentiments” of the Opposition to Home Amit Shah about their demand for his presence in the House and make a statement on the police action against protesting students.Amid intense sloganeering by the Opposition…
Kendrapada: A fast-track court in Odisha’s Kendrapada district Thursday sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a teenage girl.Special Judge Tribikram Keshari Chinara convicted the accused under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and relevant sections of the BNS.The court also directed the Odisha…
Balasore (Odisha) [India], August 6 : Medium Range Ballistic Missile ‘Agni-4’ was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha on Thursday.The launch validated all operational and technical parameters, and the test was carried out under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.Agni-4 is a…
Bhubaneswar: The Forest Department has arrested a youth on charges of clicking photos and filming reels with a wild elephant in Odisha’s Keonjhar district.Officials of the Forest Department initiated action against the youth, identified as Ganesh Nayak of Godhurigaon under Champua police limits, after he posted the reels on social media.As per reports, Nayak allegedly…
