Nilagiri: Two brothers reportedly set their own house on fire while intoxicated. The incident took place in Banapur village in Nilagiri area of Balasore district in Odisha yesterday.The two accused persons have been identified as Madhab Biswal and Ganeswar Biswal.According to information, yesterday, the two sons of late Rabindra Biswal of Banapur village in Ward No….
Bhubaneswar: The temperature is dropping in Odisha and is expected to drop more. As a result, the day-to-day activities are disrupted. After the untimely rains in December, as an impact of the low-pressure over Bay of Bengal stopped, the chilliness of winter has risen. IMD has predicted that for the next one week, winter can be…
Sydney, 3/2: Australian batter Steve Smith is “100 per cent” confident that his hand was under the ball when he attempted to catch India’s Virat Kohli at second slip on the opening day of the fifth Test here on Friday. However, the decision was referred to the TV umpire, who ultimately ruled Kohli not out.
Bhubaneswar: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has reportedly threatened to disrupt the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas scheduled to be held in Bhubaneswar from January 8-10.According to reports, Pannu has sent a threatening email and video message to senior journalist Akshay Sahu of Odisha in this regard. However, no complaint has been filed in this regard with the…
California, 3/1: At least two people were killed and 18 were injured when a single-engine plane crashed into a commercial building in Southern California on Thursday afternoon. The aircraft appeared to strike a building near the Fullerton Municipal Airport just after 2 pm, roughly 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles, authorities said. A furniture manufacturing…
Chennai: The Madras High Court has quashed a criminal case against Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) founder and Member of Parliament Thol Thirumavalavan, in a case alleging the degradation of Indian women, particularly Hindu women. A single-judge bench, led by Justice P. Velmurugan, on Thursday quashed the complaint, observing that Thirumavalavan’s remarks were based on what…
Sydney, 2/1: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is likely to sit out of the final Test against Australia in Sydney, reports claimed on Thursday. India take on Australia in the fifth and the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Sydney Cricket Ground from from Friday (January 3). If Rohit is not at the helm, then…
Vienna: On a frosty morning in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, cameraman Peter Lahky expressed his concerns over a looming energy crisis after Ukraine halted Russian gas transit to Europe, fearing that higher energy prices would further add to his financial burden. Lahky told Xinhua that he has been worried about the recent forecasts by Slovakia’s Regulatory Authority…
UP, 2/1: The court commissioner submitted his survey report in Chandausi Court on Thursday in the Sambhal Jama Masjid-Harihar case, reports ANI. Sambhal has been in the eye of the storm since November 19, when a Mughal-era mosque was surveyed on court orders following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. …
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, seeking adequate compensation to the farmers after a proper inquiry for crop damage due to unseasonal rain.Patnaik also empahsized on providing weather updates to the farmers in a timely manner.“…..the government of Odisha must take the plight of our farmers…
