Bangalore, 30/9: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will enter Karnataka on Friday at Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district as part of his Bharat Jodo Yarta. After touring both Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Rahul returned to TN on Thursday. Rahul will leave for Gundlupet by car since walking in the forests is prohibited, and reach Gundlupet…
Berhampur: Police busted a duplicate hair oil manufacturing unit at Lane No-4 of Shastri Nagar area of Berhampur city in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Sunday late evening. Acting on the complaint lodged by a branded hair oil manufacturer, Badabazar police conducted a raid and busted the adulterated hair oil manufacturing unit that was using the name,…
Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class 10 examination results on April 15. As many as 25, 08,319 students had registered for the examination. Odisha student Tina Rath has scored 500 out of 500 marks, securing a perfect 100% and topping both the country and the state.In Odisha, 65,204 students from…
Mumbai, 29/8: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday laid bare the succession plan at India’s most valuable company, identifying twins children Akash and Isha for telecom and retail leadership, and youngest son Anant for new energy unit. He, however, insisted he isn’t retiring yet and will “continue to provide hands-on leadership as before”. …
New Delhi, 4/1: A defiant Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will challenge its suspension by the Sports Ministry in court next week and has also called for an Executive Committee meeting here on January 16 to discuss the way forward. Citing violation of the National Sports Code and the WFI constitution, the government had suspended…
United Nations, 13/6: India has abstained in the UN General Assembly from a vote on a draft resolution that demanded an “immediate, unconditional and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza. The 193-member UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt the resolution introduced by Spain that demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, to be respected by all…
New Delhi, 8/8: The second phase of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test has been postponed and will be conducted between September 20 and 30, a top official said on Monday. It was earlier scheduled to be conducted between August 12 and 14. “The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the first phase…
The legal troubles of controversial performer Nisha Maharana deepened today as she appeared before the SDJM Court in Bolangir following a conditional anticipatory bail granted by the High Court.Maharana, known for her provocative dance performances at various opera pendals across Odisha, had been booked by police after staging an obscene dance show at Chandanhbati village’s…
Bhubaneswar: Intensifying its criticism of the BJP-led state government, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday announced a statewide campaign by its student and youth wings to protest the rising incidents of violence against women and students in Odisha. Speaking at a press conference in Bhubaneswar, senior BJD leaders voiced concern over what they described as…
New Delhi, 23/3: Petrol and diesel prices on Wednesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre each for the second day in a row since the ending of an over four-and-half month hiatus in rate revision. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 97.01 per litre as against Rs 96.21 previously while diesel rate has…
