Around Odisha Bureau

5 Terrorists Killed, 2 Army Soldiers Injured In J&K Gunfight

Five terrorists were killed and 2 Army soldiers injured on Thursday in a fierce gunfight in J&K’s Kulgam district. Officials said that five terrorists were killed and two soldiers injured in a fierce encounter between the joint forces and holed up terrorists in Kadder village of Behibagh area of Kulgam district today.This is the largest…

Read More

Congress spreading lies to hide misdeeds: PM Modi defends Shah on Ambedkar row

New Delhi, 19/12: With the Opposition gunning for Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation for remarks on B R Ambedkar during the Constitution debate in Parliament, PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday mounted a strong defence of his Cabinet colleague accusing Congress of spreading “malicious lies to hide their misdeeds, especially their insult towards Ambedkar”. The people…

Read More

Police Recover Student’s Body From Maa Manikeshwari University Hostel

Police on Thursday recovered the hanging body of the student from the hostel of Indravati Students Hostel of Maa Manikeshwari University in Bhawanipatna of Odisha’s Kalahandi district.The deceased student has been identified as Tofali Nayak, a native of Birokot village under Rampur block of the district. He was a first year Plus II student at…

Read More

Return of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore from International Space Station further delayed until late March

Washington DC, 18/12: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore’s return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late March, the agency said, taking what should have been an eight-day stay on the International Space Station to more than nine months. The duo had traveled to the ISS in June for the test…

Read More

Amit Shah denies Congress’ allegations, says party twisted facts about his comments on Ambedkar

New Delhi, 18/12: Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday accused the Congress of twisting facts and distorting his comments in the Rajya Sabha related to B R Ambedkar after BJP leaders “exposed” the opposition party’s repeated “insults” to the architect of the Constitution. Addressing a press conference here, Shah alleged that the Congress in the…

Read More