Odisha Vigilance officials have apprehended Revenue Inspector Sashi Bhusan Behera and private individual Bishnu Ballav Khatua on charges of bribery. The duo was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting Rs 60,000 to facilitate favourable reports in four mutation cases at Gandanali Revenue Circle, Hindol Tahasil, Dhenkanal district. Following complaints of undue delay and demands for bribes,…
Mangaluru, 29/7: The process of exhumation in connection with the Dharmasthala mass burial case has commenced in the spots shown by the complainant witness, in Dharmasthala on Tuesday. Despite heavy rains, a group of seven to eight labourers began digging in a forest area near the Netravathi River beside the Dharmasthala bathing ghat, where the…
Patna, 6/1: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who was on a fast unto death at Gandhi Maidan here to press the demand for cancellation of a Bihar PSC exam, was arrested early on Monday, police said. Police personnel removed him and his supporters from the protest site as they were holding the demonstration near a…
New Delhi, 6/4: The Union Home Ministry on Thursday recommended a CBI probe into the affairs of Oxfam India for alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, sources said. The home ministry found that Oxfam India continued to transfer foreign contributions to various entities even after registering under the FCRA, which prohibits such…
Bhubaneswar : The 10th anniversary of the International Day of Yoga was celebrated with great fervour at the Biju Patnaik Multi Purpose Indoor Stadium, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. Over 4000 students and staff from KIIT & KISS Deemed Universities enthusiastically participated in this significant event. Addressing the gathering, Prof. Achyuta Samanta, Hon’ble Founder of KIIT and…
UP, 1/10: In an apparent bid to counter any possible anti-incumbency, BJP is likely to deny re-nomination to over one hundred sitting legislators in the forthcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, scheduled to be held in March next year. According to the sources in the state BJP in Lucknow, the saffron party has…
Patna, 14/12: It seems the appetite for grooms with stable government jobs among parents with girls to marry in Bihar has reached a fever pitch in 2024. Avnish Kumar, who had recently secure a teacher’s job, was kidnapped on his way to work and forced to marry at gunpoint. On Friday, Kumar was travelling in…
New Delhi, 10/3: India should be able to send its scientists to study the deep ocean 6 km under the sea surface in its own Samudrayaan by the end of next year, Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju has said. In a video interview to PTI, Rijiju said India’s deep-ocean submersible Matsya6000, which will take humans…
Mumbai, 6/10: The country’s new scheduled airline Akasa Air is “well capitalised” and will allow carrying of domesticated dogs and cats onboard along with passengers from November, according to its senior executives. The airline, which began operations on August 7, also plans to launch international operations in the second half of next year….
Dubai, 26/10:After a week’s break in the T20 World Cup, Team India has to play a match against New Zealand (India vs New Zealand). This match to be held on 31 October will be a do or die battle for Virat Kohli’s team. A defeat would mean an almost exit from the tournament. But to…
