Bhubaneswar: Retired Odisha cadre IAS officer R. Balakrishnan, who had served as the Development Commissioner of Odisha and principal advisor to the chief minister, has been appointed as the Director of the International Institute of Tamil Studies by the government of Tamil Nadu. Balakrishnan’s literary works include the much acclaimed Journey of a Civilization: Indus…
New Delhi, 16/1: Virat Kohli’s tenure as captain is over. As a captain, he made Team India the number-1 team from the number-7 of the Test. After the T20 World Cup 2021 this year, with the end of coach Ravi Shastri’s tenure, Kohli left the captaincy of the T20 team. After this he was removed…
Mumbai, 10/3 (AO Bureau) : Adarsh Gourav who played the lead of the Netflix film ‘The White Tiger’ gets nominated for the BAFTA Best Actor category. The nominations were announced on Tuesday. The film was directed by Ramin Bahrani. The White Tiger, which is Ramin Bahrani’s adaptation of Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize-winning debut novel…
Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida inaugurated two luxury 40-seater cruise boats, Lake Queen and Diamond Princess, on Saturday under the ‘Coastal Circuit Barkul Vikas of Swadesh Darshan Yojana.’ According to an official press release, the cruise boats have been equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, including air-conditioned cabins and on-board food services, ensuring a comfortable and memorable experience for tourists.Speaking…
Deogarh: In a shocking incident a man allegedly killed his wife in Deogarh district of Odisha. The story did not end there. The woman had been admitted to the hospital where she passed away. After knowing about wife’s death, the man abandoned the dead woman and family and fled from the scene. The incident took place…
New Delhi, 28/3: The Centre on Saturday pushed for rapid expansion of PNG networks across urban areas in the country amid LPG supply concerns arising out of the West Asia conflict. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar outlined key priorities, including a single-window clearance system, integration of gas pipelines into urban planning,…
Lucknow, 12/6: As was expected, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday resigned from the Karhal assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh and decided to keep the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat, from where he emerged victorious in the recently concluded poll. Akhilesh had earlier dropped hints that he might resign as MLA and keep the…
Srinagar, 9/4: An encounter erupted between security forces and militants in the Ramnagar area of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir, on Wednesday, with officials believing two to three terrorists are trapped at the scene. Officials said the clash began after security forces initiated a search operation in the village of Jopher, Ramnagar. “Contact was established…
New Delhi, 12/8: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order upholding his arrest by the CBI in a corruption case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. The Delhi High Court had on August 5 upheld the arrest of the chief minister as legal, and said there…
New Delhi, 15/4: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held a “wide ranging discussion” with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and exchanged views on the global impact of the Ukraine conflict as well as the situation in Afghanistan and Myanmar. Jaishankar arrived here on Wednesday evening following his visit to Washington. “A wide ranging…
