Continuous rainfall in Rayagada district has led to a tragic incident in Baghdangari village under Ambadola police limits, where a 26‑year‑old woman, Rukuni Bachha, lost her life after a mud wall collapsed early Thursday morning.According to reports, Rukuni, wife of Sanurjya Bachha, was returning home after completing her morning chores when an old, rain‑weakened wall suddenly caved in, burying her…
Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Odisha government and actor-politician Anubhav Mohanty’s former wife, Varsha Priyadarshini, on a plea seeking quashing of criminal proceedings initiated against him over allegations of harassment and mental cruelty.A Bench of Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi passed the order while hearing a special leave petition…
New Delhi, 16/4 (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is increasing rapidly in our country. Many politicians have been infected by the deadly virus. According to reports, Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh and Randeep Surjewala tested Coronavirus positive. Sujerwala tweeted,”I have tested +ve for COVID19 today morning. Anyone who has come in contact with…
New Delhi [India], September 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a bilateral meeting with Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who is in New Delhi to attend the 18th BRICS Summit.President Tokayev participated in the BRICS sessions held at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital. His visit underscores the close and longstanding relations between India…
Bhubaneswar, 23/8:Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated a state-of-the-art phone banking centre at Maitri Vihar in the city. The centre has employed 1200 persons out of which 60 percent are women. The banking centre has been powered by artificial intelligence and robotics. It is well equipped to serve the Bank’s retail, business and…
Senior Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer Bijaya Kumar Mishra has assumed charge as the Additional General Manager (AGM) of East Coast Railway (ECoR).A 1991‑batch IRAS officer, Mishra brings over 35 years of experience in railway finance, project management, train operations and administration. He will continue to serve as the Principal Financial Adviser (PFA) of…
Jharsuguda, 4th December, 2021: Vedanta Limited, Jharsuguda, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products,is observing World AIDS Day with a weeklong awareness program. The program aims to sensitize its employees and business partners and the local community on HIV/AIDS prevention, in line with the theme‘End inequalities, End AIDS, End the Pandemic’. As part of this campaign,…
Bhubaneswar, 15/4: A statue of former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik was on Tuesday set ablaze at Patnagarh town in Bolangir district, police said. The BJD, CPI and other Left parties condemned the incident. IGP (North Range) Himansu Kumar Lal said one man has been detained in the statue burning case. The IGP said the…
Bhubaneswar, 20/1 (AO Bureau): The Odisha famous Adivasi Mela will be held on both physical and virtual mode from January 26. Chief Secretary said “A positive response to the unprecedented pandemic, the department has excellently planned the hybrid model. Adivasi Mela is widely popular within and outside the State. This hybrid model will further widen…
Puri: Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a major fire that broke out in a soap factory in Puri’s Mangalaghat around noon on Wednesday. Fire Services personnel reached the spot after receiving information and made valiant efforts to douse the fire. The fire is yet to be brought under control completely.Preliminary investigation suggests that…
