New Delhi, 28/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India has set a target to double the crude steel production capacity from 154 million tonnes per annum now to 300 million tonnes per annum in the next 9 to 10 years in an order to boost indigenous capabilities. In his virtual address…
Poonch, 4/5: Five security personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire on two vehicles, including one belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. The attack took place near Shashidhar in the evening when the vehicles were moving towards Sanai Top in the district’s Surankote area,…
New Delhi, 8/4: The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee kept the bank’s key lending rate at a record low on Friday, as expected, as it sought to support economic growth even as inflation edged higher in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war. The monetary policy committee held the lending rate, or…
New Delhi, 2/6: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday dared the Opposition to share evidence of allegations that returning officers and district magistrates were influenced to vitiate the poll process so the panel could take action against them. The Opposition should also tell the Commission about those trying to influence the poll process before…
Washington DC, 7/1: Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy was named speaker of the US House of Representatives on Saturday as he finally quelled a fierce rebellion among his party’s ranks that had paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress for days. McCarthy was always the frontrunner to lead the Republican-led House, but his victory in the…
Bhubaneswar, Sept 20: “There is no shortcut to success – hard work has no substitute,” said H.M. Bangur, Chairman of Shree Cement, while addressing the Marketing Conclave organised by KIIT School of Management on Saturday. Speaking to an audience of young management students, Bangur stressed that those who cultivate the discipline of consistent hard work are…
Bhadrak: Irate locals have staged a protest by burning tyres and sitting on dharna overnight after a child died following a wrong ultrasound report. The incident happened in a private clinic based in Bhadrak on Monday. The town police reached the spot to coax the locals. According to information, Prafulla Giri of Dolasahi Radhanga area had…
Koraput, 8/11: Today i.e. on 08.11.2024, a short while ago, Dr. Biswajit Bhuyan, Medical Officer In-Charge of C.H.C, Boipariguda, Dist-Koraput and Sri Uttam Mahankuda, Pharmacist, Mobile Health Unit (MHU) of National Health Mission (NHM) under CHC, Boipariguda, Dist-Koraput have been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *for demand and acceptance of bribe of Rs 40,000/- in premises…
Bhubaneswar, 18/3: Today team OFFA & Team White Canvas Event has organized a press meet & felicitation ceremony for Omm, a 13 year old child artist of Cuttack Sriman Prajwal Sahoo who has brightened the flame of acting in Bollywood with the comedy king and great actor Kapil Sharma.He made his debut in Kapil Sharma-cast…
New Delhi: The Centre’s scheme to promote millet-based products has boosted local production and procurement of agricultural produce, which has benefited farmers, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Ravneet Singh Bittu informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.Thirty beneficiaries were initially enrolled in the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Millet-Based Products. Following the withdrawal of…
