Puri: A mega awareness campaign against single-use plastics was held at Puri Sea Beach Tuesday under Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment), bringing together tourists, students and local residents to promote sustainable lifestyles and encourage collective action against plastic pollution.The campaign was organised by the EIACP Hub, Centre for Environmental Studies (CES), Forest, Environment and Climate…
Mumbai: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is already keeping the excitement around his much-awaited film ‘King’ alive with his replies doing all the talking.During the actor’s #AskSRK session, as fans continue to flood social media with questions about the upcoming action thriller, SRK teased them with his signature wit, dropping epic responses without giving away too…
Kendrapada: A 56-year-old woman was killed in a crocodile attack in the Galia River, a distributary of the Mahanadi, near Kharinasi village under Mahakalapada block in Odisha’s Kendrapada district on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Hemalata Das, wife of late Samar Das and a resident of Kharinasi village.According to reports, Hemalata went to the…
Bhubaneswar: The five baby orangutans, rescued from Bichitrapur forest in Bhograi block of Balasore district and currently kept at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar, will be shifted to an open enclosure from the glass enclosure of the zoo, informed Dr. Aditya Prasad Acharya, the Project Coordinator of Centre for Wildlife Health (CWH) at the…
New Delhi, September 15: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea filed by Wildlife SOS co-founder and CEO Kartick Satyanarayan challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision to withdraw interim protection from arrest in an alleged leopard poaching case.Senior advocate Siddhartha Dave mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice…
New Delhi: India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field against Afghanistan in their second T20I here Tuesday.India lead the three-match series, which is being hosted by Afghanistan, 1-0, having won the opening T20I by seven wickets.India were forced to make one change to their playing eleven, with leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi replacing…
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi is scheduled to embark on a high-profile visit to Sambalpur, bringing a slew of development gifts for the district on the auspicious occasion of Nuakhai.With administrative preparations running in full swing, security teams and local officials have finalized arrangements for the Chief Minister’s tightly packed itinerary.According to the official…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Sentence Review Board has once again declined to recommend the premature release of life convict Rabindra Kumar Pal, better known as Dara Singh, who is lodged in Keonjhar district jail in connection in connection with the 1999 murder case of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons.The decision…
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is very likely to visit Odisha in October, informed Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhakta Charan Das informed on Tuesday.“We have sent a proposal in this regard. Rahul Gandhi is very likely to attend the ‘Chhatra Ki Gunj’ programme in Bhubaneswar, where around 20,000 youths are expected…
Bhubaneswar,: Ganapati Puja is celebrated with great pomp and fervour across Maharashtra, particularly in Mumbai. The festival is celebrated on a grand scale by the Ambani family, which hosts a major Ganesh Puja every year. This year too, the Ambani family hosted a grand Ganesh Puja at their residence in Mumbai. Educationist, social worker and…
