Ahmedabad: In a historic moment, Mahamahopadhyay Bhadreshdas Swami, an eminent scholar-saint of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, was honoured with the nation’s prestigious Saraswati Samman 2024 for his monumental Sanskrit work ‘Swaminarayan Siddhant Sudha’. This also marked the first time in the award’s history that a saint has been conferred this honour, and the first Sanskrit work…
Balasore: In a shocking incident, a woman killed self after a heated argument with her husband over Rs 20. The incident happened on Friday in Gobarghoti village under Basta police limits in Balasore district. The woman has been identified as Rinki. Her husband has been identified as Jagan. She reportedly killed self by consuming pesticide. According…
Mumbai, 9/2: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has downgraded Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to Grade B in the new Central Contracts announced on Monday (February 9), while also abolishing the prevailing A+ category carrying a retainership fee of Rs7 crore. The star batting duo currently play only the One-day Internationals….
Pulwama, 18/9: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday inaugurated a multipurpose cinema hall each in the twin south Kashmir districts of Pulwama and Shopian. We will build such multipurpose cinema halls in every district of Jammu and Kashmir soon. Today, I dedicate such cinema halls to the youth of Pulwama and Shopian,”…
MP, 11/4 (AO Bureau):Earthquake tremors were felt this afternoon in the tribal-dominated Shahdol district of the state. Although these shocks were not of high intensity. According to the National Center for Seismology, it has a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale. People came out of the houses due to earthquakes in the district headquarters…
Washington: A CIA intelligence brief listed India among countries where Osama bin Laden intended to carry out attacks in 1998, according to documents released that also detail his network’s Pakistani connections and the Taliban’s refusal to expel him.The August 28, 1998, assessment named India and Pakistan alongside Egypt, countries in the Arabian Peninsula, Uganda and…
Bhubaneswar, Sept 2: Odisha vehicle owners and drivers have received major relief as the state government has reduced fines for PUCC (Pollution Under Control Certificate) violations. The penalty, which was earlier fixed at ₹10,000 since 2019, has now been reduced to ₹1,000–₹6,000, depending on the type of vehicle and repeat offence.Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhushan Jena…
Kolkatta, 14/9: Trinamool Congress has nominated Sushmita Dev as the Rajya Sabha candidate. Sushmita Dev left Congress last month and joined Trinamool Congress. Announcing her nomination for Rajya Sabha, TMC’s Twitter handle said, “Mamata Banerjee’s vision of empowering women and ensuring their maximum participation in politics will help society achieve more.” Dev has been made…
SUBARNAPUR, 12/3 —- A murder over water logging in farmland took place on Monday evening in a paddy field of Lupursingha village under Lachhipur police station of Subarnapur district. In this, Kartik Bariha (50) of the said village was killed. His son Shiba Bariha filed a complaint in this regard at the police station. In…
Bhubaneswar: Two more Congress MLAs have been suspended from Odisha Assembly. Congress MLAs Tara Prasad Bahinipati and Ramesh Jena have been suspended from Assembly for 7 days for disrupting proceedings of the House. As per reports, despite repeated warning by the Speaker, both these MLAs beat ‘ghanta’ inside the house. Accordingly, high noise got created making…
