Somalia, 30/1: The Indian Navy vessel INS Sumitra rescued 19 crew members and a vessel from armed Somali pirates, a statement from the navy read. It rescued the fishing vessel Al Naeemi and her crew of 19 Pakistani nationals from 11 Somali pirates. INS Sumitra, Indian Navy’s indigenous Offshore Patrol Vessel had been deployed for…
Kendrapara: Former Odisha MLA from Kendrapara Utkal Keshari Parida passed away on Saturday morning. He was around 65 years old.He took his last breath at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, informed his family source.Utkal Keshari Parida was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kendrapara on an Odisha Gana Parishad (OGP) ticket in the 2004 elections.He…
Bhubaneswar, Dec. 20: The bronze medal winning Indian hockey team at the Paris Olympics had suffered a blow when defender Amit Rohidas received a red card with three- quarters of the vital quarterfinal match against Great Britain remaining. How did the team regroup and fight back to win the tie and enter the semifinal? The…
Jammu and Kashmir: In a tragic incident, an army vehicle fell into a gorge near the Wular Viewpoint in the Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to reports two soldiers died and three were injured after an army vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge. Dr Masarat Iqbal Wani,…
Bangalore, 25/1 (AO Bureau) : Kannada cinema actress and former Bigg Boss Kannada contestant Jayashree Ramaiah was found dead in her home today. Her body was found hanging at her residence in Bangalore. Jayashree Ramaiya had been struggling with depression for quite some time. It is being told that he was undergoing treatment at Sandhya…
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has dissolved all its state-level frontal organisations. The move comes ahead of the party’s forthcoming organisational election. “All the State level Frontal Organisations of Biju Janata Dal such as Biju Mahila Janata Dal, Biju Yuva Janata Dal, Biju Chhatra Janata Dal, Biju Shramika Samukhya, Legal Cell, Apravasi Cell are hereby…
Kashmir, 10/10: Writer Arundhati Roy and a former Kashmiri professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain will face trial on charges of making provocative speeches in 2010 with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena according sanction for prosecution of the duo, officials said on Tuesday. The FIR was filed in November 2010 following the orders of the Court…
Washington: Kalpesh Mehta, Founder of Tribeca Developers and the licensed Indian partner for Trump Towers projects is in the US for Donald Trump’s inauguration as the next President. In an Instagram post, Mehta recently shared photos with Donald Trump, Trump Jr, and Eric Trump. The Donald Trump inauguration celebrations kicked off with an exclusive friends…
Bhubaneswar, 3/1 (AO Bureau): In a major announcement, the Higher Education Department said that the Colleges and Universities to reopen from January 11. The physical class will start on January 11. The notification said,” “The State Public Universities and Government, as well as Non-Government Degree Colleges (coming under H.E. Department), are hereby directed to commence…
New Delhi, 21/4: The CBI has asked former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik to answer certain queries in connection with an alleged insurance scam in the Union Territory, officials said on Friday. Malik had recently alleged that Prime Minister Modi had asked him to keep silent when the government’s “fault” was pointed out…
