Bhubaneswar: An Army Major and his fiancée have alleged custodial torture and molestation at the Bharatpur police station in Bhubaneswar. The Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) has ordered a Crime Branch probe into the matter to ensure a thorough and impartial investigation. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Sunday when Major…
Assam, 12/2: An earthquake of 4 magnitude hit the central part of Assam on Sunday, an official bulletin said. There was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property, it said. The earthquake was recorded at 4:18 pm, and the epicentre was in Nagaon district on the southern bank of the…
Mumbai, 27/10: India on Saturday scripted a record they could have done without—a first Test series loss on home soil in 12 years. After getting all out for 46 (another unwanted record—lowest-ever total in a Test innings at home) in the first innings of the first Test match against New Zealand in the ongoing series,…
Hyderabad,4/10: An Indian student from Hyderabad was killed in a shooting incident in the US, former minister and BRS MLA T Harish Rao said on Saturday. Expressing concern over the incident, Harish Rao said he and other party leaders visited the bereaved family here and offered condolences. In a post on X, Rao said the…
New Delhi, 2/12:In a major development, Six Covid-19 cases were reported on Wednesday among 3,476 passengers in 11 flights from “at-risk” countries and the samples have been sent for genomic sequencing, the Health Ministry said amid concerns over the Omicron variant of coronavirus. The flights landed across the country, between midnight and 4 pm on…
New Delhi, 21/1 (AO Bureau): In a noble gesture, India has sent 30 lakh dosages of Coronavirus Vaccine Covishield to Nepal and Bangladesh. It has sent 10 lakh dosages to Kathamandu and 20 lakh dosages to Dhaka on Thursday. India is committed to fighting the deadly Coronavirus not only in India but also on the…
Washington DC, 7/2: India has taken significant steps to align sufficiently with the United States on national security, foreign policy and economic matters, President Donald Trump has stated, even as he put in writing what he has been claiming for months – that Prime MinisterModo government has “committed to stop directly and indirectly importing” oil…
Paris, 31/10: Argentina captain Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world on Monday, beating Norway’s UEFA player of the year and treble winner Erling Haaland of Manchester City to the prestigious prize. Inter Miami’s Messi, who last won the award in 2021, played a pivotal role in…
UP, 29/1: Amid claims by the Hindu litigants’ lawyer that the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which conducted a scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi Mosque premises in Varanasi and submitted the survey report in the district court earlier, found evidence of a Hindu temple there, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath…
New Delhi, 20/12: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday suspended two more opposition MPs for showing placards in the House. Thomas Chazhikadan of the Kerala Congress (Mani) and A M Ariff of the CPI(M) were suspended for misconduct after a resolution moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was adopted by the House.
