Cyclone Dana: Evacuations underway in Odisha’s Bhadrak

Bhadrak,24/10: The district administration in Bhadrak, Odisha, has begun evacuating residents to cyclone shelters as Cyclone Dana is expected to make landfallon October 25. We are evacuating the people from vulnerable areas. Some people are coming on their own, while some are being brought by police as they don’t want to leave their homes… Three…

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Shiv Sena (UBT) releases 1st list of 65 candidates; Aaditya Thackeray to contest from Worli

Mumbai, 23/10: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday evening released its first list of 65 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. Former minister Aaditya Thackeray is being fielded from his present Worli constituency in central Mumbai. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party was the first constituent of the Opposition’s Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance to release a list…

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Vigilance Caught Red-handed Taking Bribe of Rs.20,000 Revenue Inspector

Subarnapur, 23/10–Today Mr. Bibekananda Tripathy Asst. RI I/C RI Sindurpur Revenue Circle in Binika Tehsil I/C Revenue Inspector has been appreherded by Odisha Vigilance while taking bribe of Rs. 20,000/ from a complt as Ist instal ( overall demand Rs -60,000/) to furnish enquiry report for conversion & issuance of RoR.Caught Red-handed Taking Bribe of…

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OPSC Civil service examination postponed

Bhubaneswar, 23/10: In a major development, because of impending severe cyclonic storm Dana, the Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) postponed the Odisha Civil Services Preliminary Examination-2023 scheduled to be held on October 27. In view of the impending cyclonic storm β€˜Dana’, the OCS Preliminary Examination-2023, pursuant to Advt. No. 20 of 2023.24 scheduled to be…

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BRICS Summit: PM Modi, Xi Jinping to hold bilateral meet on October 23

Kazan, 23/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold bilateral talks on Wednesday on the margins of the BRICS summit in Russia, in their first structured meeting since the eastern Ladakh border row erupted in May 2020. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri made the announcement, a day after India and China firmed…

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Won’t apologise for Sanatana Dharma comment: Udhayanidhi Stalin

Chennai, 22/10: Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin has made it clear that he will not apologise for his comments on β€œannihilating” Sanatana Dharma that led to a major row, bringing the DMK and its ally, Congress. In his speech at a wedding ceremony on Monday, Udhayanidhi, without mentioning Sanatana Dharma and the row…

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One killed, 14 rescued as under-construction building collapses in Bengaluru’s Hennur amidst heavy rains

Bengaluru:, 22/10 At least one person was killed and five others are still feared trapped after a multistoried under-construction building collapsed on Tuesday near Hennur following heavy rains in Bengaluru. Police sources confirmed that 14 people have been rescued so far from the debris of the six-storied building located in Anjanadri Layout under Hennur police…

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UP govt issues new guidelines on police encounters

Lucknow, 22/10: Amid allegations by the opposition parties that the state police’s encounter spree was a ‘cover’ to hide their failure to nab the real culprits and widespread criticism from the human rights activists, the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesdy . The new guidelines made videography of the encounter spot and postmortem examination mandatory among…

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NTPC-Darlipali Conducts Public Hearing for Stage-II Expansion

Darlipali, 22/10: NTPC Darlipali conducted Public Hearing for stage-II expansion on Tuesday, 22nd October, 2024. The hearing, organized at Mundadhipa Football ground, Tileimal in Jharsuguda district, witnessed huge participation from the villagers residing in the vicinity. Chaired by ADM (Revenue), Jharsuguda and Regional Officer, SPCB, Jharsuguda and attended by senior officials from the SPCB, public…

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