This is 220 mm more than the normal 786.5 mm, placing the state in the ‘excess’ category with a 28% surplus. Data from the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, shows widespread rainfall across most districts. Fourteen districts reported excess rainfall ranging between 20% and 59% above normal, including Khordha (912.9 mm), Cuttack (1145.1 mm), Puri (945 mm),…
UP, 16/11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on opposition parties and said the previous governments in Uttar Pradesh led by them reduced the state’s vital eastern part to “mafiawaad” and poverty, but the BJP government is now writing a new chapter of development. The prime minister was addressing a…
Pipili, 3/5 (AO Bureau);Keeping in view the rising cases of Coronavirus infection in the state , Pipili Bypolls which is scheduled to be held on May 16 has been deferred by the Election Commission of India until further notice. Fresh notification will be issued by ECI after assessing the pandemic situation
Washington DC, 18/8: US President Donald Trump has cited India’s election system to renew his push for American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Trump, recalling India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asking the US administration how elections in America can be held without a valid photo identification card, highlighted the need for mandatory photo IDs…
Sundergarh: Four people have been arrested for allegedly killing an elderly man on suspicion of practicing sorcery in Kandakhal village under Sanpatrapali Panchayat in Sundergarh district on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Mahadev Pradhan.According to police, the accused from the same village attacked Pradhan late on Tuesday night, beating him to death on the spot…
New Delhi, : The three-month-long campaign in the run up to the Vigilance Awareness Week 2024 at NTPC was launched by Ms Rashmita Jha, Chief Vigilance Officer, NTPC at New Delhi on 16 th August 2024. Vigilance officers posted across NTPC participated in this programme through video conferencing. Speaking on the occasion, Ms Jha appealed…
Mumbai,20/4:: A special court in Mumbai on Saturday allowed BJP MP Pragya Thakur’s plea for exemption from personal appearance in the Malegaon blast case on medical grounds but said ‘necessary order’ will be passed if she fails to appear before it on April25. Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device…
Shivamogga, 20/9: Police arrested two suspected terrorists in Shivamogga, Karnataka on Tuesday. The gang members were in possession of explosives and planned to carry out blasts across the state, the police alleged. The police registered a case on its own against Shariq, Maazi and Syed Yasin who hail from Shivamogga under various sections…
Guwahati, 7/4: In what came as a jolt to peace efforts, two minors including a five-month baby boy was killed in Manipur’s Meitei-dominated Bishnupur district in an attack suspected to have been carried out by Kuki insurgents on Tuesday. Police sources said the attack was carried out at around 1 am on a house at…
New Delhi, 25/5 (AO bureau): The court of Delhi deferred hearing on the bail plea of businessman Navneet Kalra, accused in the black marketing of Oxygen Concentrator. Now the hearing on this matter will be held on May 28. Let us tell you that in the raids of the past days, the police had recovered…
