Odisha government to hold meeting and issue guidelines for disciplined darshan, traffic during Rath Yatra

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government will be soon bringing Guidelines for Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra darshan. A review meeting under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja will be convened today in Bhubaneswar. Crucial discussions on the smooth conduction of Rath Yatra, Bahuda Yatra and several other festivities organised in the Srimandir at Puri will also be…

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AgustaWestland PMLA case: Delhi HC issues notice on Christian Michel bail modification plea

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a petition filed by British Citizen Christian James Michel, seeking Modification to the bail conditions in the money laundering case linked to the AgustaWestland helicopter deal. The bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the notice to the…

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Eid Ul-Fitr 2026 To Be Celebrated On Mar 21 In Odisha, Announces Cuttack Anjuman Islamia

Bhubaneswar: The Muslim community in Odisha will observe Eid ul-Fitr on Saturday (March 21), 2026, marking the joyous end of the holy month of Ramadan. The announcement came from the Anjuman Islamia Ahle Sunnat-O-Jamaat office of the Chand Committee in Cuttack, following no sighting of the Shawwal crescent moon anywhere in the state on the evening…

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Rahul didn’t target Savarkar, only mentioned fact, asserts Ramesh; says remarks won’t affect MVA alliance

New Delhi, 18/11: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday defended Rahul Gandhi, saying that he did not target Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar but only highlighted a “historical fact’. Addressing a press conference at Shegaon in Buldhana district of Maharashtra where the Bharat Jodo Yatra has reached, he also said that although the Uddhav…

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BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly admitted to hospital again

Kolkatta, 27/1 (AO Bureau ): In a tragic development, BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly is admitted to the hospital again after facing chest pain on Wednesday. He was rushed to Apollo Hospital after he complained of uneasiness last night and experienced mind chest pain this afternoon. Previously, Ganguly had undergone angioplasty in Kolkata’s Woodlands hospital earlier…

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PM Modi to meet Ukraine’s Zelenskyy on sidelines of G7 summit: Report

New Delhi, 19/5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, broadcaster CNN-News 18 reported on Friday, their first meeting since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.   News of the meeting came hours after Modi left New Delhi for Hiroshima, where he will…

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Paytm COO Bhavesh Gupta quits; company rejigs senior management

New Delhi, 4/5:  Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications president and chief operating officer Bhavesh Gupta has resigned from the company, an official statement said on Saturday Gupta was steering the lending business, online and offline payments, and compliances, among others, at Paytm. Verticals, headed by him, were adversely impacted by the RBI’s ban on Paytm…

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Rakesh Tikait alleges detention in Odisha, vows to revive farmers’ movement

Bhubaneswar: Rakesh Tikait, farmer rights activist and Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) National Spokesperson, Tuesday, alleged that he and several farmer leaders were detained by authorities in Odisha despite having prior permission by delegations, and asserted that the organisation would return to intensify its outreach among farmers.Speaking to IANS in Bhubaneswar, Tikait said the BKU delegation had…

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Former AIADMK leader VK Sasikala released from Jail

Bengaluru, 27/1 (AO Bureau): VK Sasikala, the expelled leader of AIADMK, was released after completing four years of imprisonment in a case related to property. Jail officials gave this information. However, treatment of coronavirus-infected Sasikala with Kovid-19 will continue. Sasikala was confirmed to have been infected on January 20 and is currently at the Kovid-19…

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