Bus Hits Tree in Malkangiri, Passengers Safe

A passenger bus named Patra Maa Bankeswari met with an accident near Pushuguda Chhak in Malkangiri district early Tuesday morning when it lost balance and struck a roadside tree.The bus, bearing registration number OD 30F 5119, was travelling from Motu towards Malkangiri around 6 a.m. when the mishap occurred. Fortunately, no passengers sustained injuries. However, the front…

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President Murmu visits Biraja temple in Jajpur, performs Pinda Daan at Nabhi Gaya

Jajpur: President Droupadi Murmu, who is currently on a visit to Odisha, visited the Maa Biraja Temple in Jajpur and offered prayers today. She left Bhubaneswar in the morning and reached Jajpur in a special helicopter. The President also performed Pinda Daan at Nabhi Gaya on the temple premises, a sacred site associated with ancestral rituals. Her visit to…

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Supreme Court slams WhatsApp, Meta over privacy policy, says will pass interim order on February 9

New Delhi, 3/2: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came down heavily on Meta Platforms Inc and WhatsApp while hearing their appeals against a Competition Commission of India order imposing a penalty of Rs 213.14 crore over the privacy policy, saying tech giants cannot “play with the right to privacy of citizens in the name of…

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‘This cannot be the father of all deals’: Congress slams Modi over India–US pact

New Delhi, 3/2: Congress on Monday night targeted the union government over the Indo-US trade deal announcement by President Donald Trump, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “capitulated finally” and insisting this “cannot be the father of all deals. Soon after Trump announced that the US is lowering tariffs from 25% to 18% and…

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Air India Boeing plane grounded over fuel control switch defect amid ongoing probe in last year’s crash: Reports

New Delhi, 2/2:An Air India flight scheduled to operate between London and Bengaluru was grounded after the pilot flagged a possible defect in the plane’s fuel control switch. The Boeing 787-8 aircraft was scheduled to operate flight AI 132 from London to Bengaluru when the issue was flagged during pre-flight procedures, media reports said.  …

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