Brimingham, 1/8: Weightlifter Achinta Sheuli (73kg) lived up to his top billing as he clinched India’s third gold in the Commonwealth Games here. Favourite to win the event, debutant Sheuli heaved 313kg (143kg+170kg) to grab the gold at NEC Hall here on Sunday. Malaysia’s Erry Hidayat Muhammad, who gave Sheuli a tough…
Bhubaneswar: The state government will ensure all necessary facilities for a minor girl from Balanga in Puri district who sustained 70 per cent burn injuries after being set ablaze by unidentified miscreants, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on social media platform X.The girl was airlifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New…
Ahmedabad, 4/2: A tremor of 3.2 magnitude was recorded in Amreli district of Gujarat’s Saurashtra region on Saturday morning, but there was no report of any casualty or damage to property, officials said. This tremor with its epicentre located at 43 km south-south east (SSE) of Amreli town was recorded at 7.51 am, the Institute…
New Delhi, 9/8: At the request of Ratna Debnath—the mother of the victim in 2024 RG Kar rape and murder case—West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced a fresh probe into the same incident. Debnath, who is now a BJP MLA, requested the government for a fresh investigation. Adhikari claimed that the police…
New Delhi,28/4: Raising objection against AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s poisonous snake barb against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP leader and former Union minister Basangouda Patil Yatnal has called Congress leader Sonia Gandhi ‘vishkanya’ (poisonous maiden). He was speaking while campaigning for the BJP candidate in Yalaburga of Koppal district on Thursday night. People have…
New Delhi, 30/7: The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored the critical need for the Election Commission’s independence, questioning Parliament’s decision to keep the Chief Justice of India out of the selection panel for appointing the Chief Election Commissioners. Observing that the Chief Election Commissioner holds one of the most important constitutional offices in a democracy,…
Mumbai, 16/7: A court allowed insolvency proceedings to begin against online tutor Byju’s and installed an interim resolution professional to replace the firm’s once-storied founder. The country’s powerful cricket governing body initiated the process . The country’s powerful cricket governing body initiated the process — Byju’s used to sponsor the national team — and the…
Bhubaneswar dt. 02-09-2024 A high level meeting through VC has been convened today to discuss the status of Control & Containment of recent Avian Influenza outbreak. Sri Manoj Ahuja, Chief Secretary of Odisha, Smt Alaka Upadhyay, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Government of India, senior officers from Govt. of India and from…
Bhubaneswar, April 1: The 89 th Utkal Divas, commemorating the creation of a separate Odisha state on linguistic basis on April 1, 1936, was observed at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) on Monday. Led by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Deans of different institutes, faculty, senior officials and staff members paid…
New Delhi, 19/7 (AO Bureau):In many countries of the world including India, the second wave of Corona Pandemic seems to have stopped, but it is not completely over yet. If we look at the figures of the world, every day five and a half lakh new patients are still coming out and eight and a…
