Kolkata, 11/5: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm — Mocha — overnight and it is likely to make landfall between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Sittwe in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday morning. The cyclone, named Mocha by Yemen — pronounced as ‘Mokha’, is likely to bring heavy…
New Delhi, 15/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday broke Indira Gandhi’s record by delivering 12 consecutive speeches from the ramparts of Red Fort to stand next only to Jawaharlal Nehru who delivered 17 Independence Day addresses in a row. Indira Gandhi held the office between January 1966 and March 1977, and then between January…
New Delhi, 28/8: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Friday said a bill to replace the ordinance promulgated for the creation of an authority for transfers and postings of Group-A officers in Delhi will be taken up by Lok Sabha next week. The law and justice minister was informing the House about the business listed…
Bhubaneswar, 26th November 2024 Smt. Usha Padhee, the Principal Secretary of the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department, Odisha, is attending a prestigious international workshop on Affordable Housing in Seoul, South Korea. The 4-day workshop organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to bring together experts and leaders from various countries to discuss strategies…
Mumbai, 5/12: The nearly fortnight-long political drama in Maharashtra ended on Thursday after Eknath Shinde agreed to be the Deputy chief minister in the new Maha Yuti government. BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis would be sworn in as the new Chief Minister later today. Shinde would take oath as deputy CM along with Ajit Pawar. Governor C…
New Delhi, 1/3 (AO Bureau): In a major development, The Supreme Court judges will get Covid 19 vaccine shots from tomorrow. They have the luxury to choose the vaccine. Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin or Serum Institute of India’s Covishield is currently administered in India. The families of the judges are also eligible for the vaccination. The…
New Delhi, 25/2: Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta expelled 12 AAP MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Atishi, from the House for the day for raising slogans during Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s address on Tuesday. Among the AAP MLAs expelled were Atishi, Gopal Rai, Veer Singh Dhingan, Mukesh Ahlawat, Chaudhary Zubair Ahmed, Anil Jha, Vishesh Ravi…
New Delhi, 31/5: Valmik Thapar, one of India’s most eminent wildlife conservationists and authors, died at his residence Saturday morning. He was 73. Born in New Delhi in 1952, Thapar dedicated his life to the study and conservation of wild tigers, especially in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park. He co-founded the Ranthambhore Foundation in 1988, a…
New Delhi, 15/3:Recently, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has given a statement in the Rajya Sabha regarding the incident of a missile firing of India in the border of Pakistan. He has said that the missile fell by mistake and the government has taken the whole matter seriously. Therefore a high level inquiry has been ordered….
Poonch,14/12: Pakistan’s dreaded terrorist Abu Zarar was killed by security forces in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. Abu Jarar was given the target of carrying out several terrorist attacks in the Valley and promoting terrorist activities in Poonch and Rajouri region. Pakistani terrorist Abu Zarar was first seen in Poonch district in August this year….
