Puri: Dead bodies will reportedly be cremated at the famous Swargadwara of Puri in Odisha with cow dung wood instead of firewood soon.Gokulananda Mallick, minister of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development said that the Department of Fisheries and Animal Resources is preparing a plan on this.As per reports, an initial discussion on this has already done….
Kolkatta, 8/4 (AO Bureau); The Election Commission took the whole matter seriously after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed for votes during a rally on the basis of religion and then complained about it from the BJP. On Thursday, a notice was issued to Mamta Banerjee by the Election Commission. Along with this, Mamta…
New Delhi, 26/5: The Supreme Court on Friday declined to consider a PIL for issuing a direction that the new Parliament building should be inaugurated on May 28 by the President of India and not by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and P S Narasimha allowed the…
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….
Kashmir, 22/1:Top leaders of Trinamool Congress, CPI(M) and Samajwadi Party are likely to skip the rally in Srinagar on January 30 to mark the culmination of the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, exposing the continuing uneasiness in the Opposition block over the question of who leads the grouping. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had last week…
Bhubaneswar, 20/4 (AO Bureau): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will review the Covid situation in the state through video conferencing today. The review meeting will be held at 5 pm. Collectors of all districts will be present. There may be a wide discussion on corona infection and its combat. Earlier, night curfew and weekend shutdown…
Bhubaneswar, 4/11: Odia film producer Sanjay Nayak, popularly known as Tutu Nayak, has been arrested by the Kharvelnagar police for misbehaving with a woman journalist. Tutu Nayak was arrested after being quizzed at the Kharvel Nagar Police Station this afternoon for allegedly slapping and abusing a woman journalist Debasmita Rout, informed Zone-2 ACP Manas Gadnayak….
Washington DC, 21/10: In 2024, Meta introduced its generative Artificial Intelligence (gen AI)-based Meta AI in several of its products, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Messenger. However, rival chatbot AI brands such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity AI and others have become a bit more popular on WhatsApp than what is Meta is comfortable with. …
Bhubaneswar: Chief Engineer Chandrasekhar Padhi informed that there is no flood-like situation in the state. The water level of Subarnarekha, Jalaka and Baitarani rivers have lowered and are within the safe limits he added. The Chief Engineer said, “The water level in Subarnarekha, Jalaka and Baitarani rivers have receded from the higher areas. Efforts are underway…
Mumbai, 28/4: According to reports, India’s government on Friday appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as the chairman of state-run Life Insurance Corp of India until June next year, and chief executive for at least a year after that, according to an official document seen by Reuters. Mr. Mohanty, who is one of the four managing directors at…
