Keonjhar: A man who was arrested by Harichandanpur Police on charges of raping a minor girl was awarded 20 years of jail term by a local court in Keonjhar district on Friday. One Kanhu Naik, who was working at a girl’s hotel as a cook, had reportedly raped a 7-year-old girl in 2023. The incident came…
Mumbai: Former minister and four-time MLA Ravindra Chavan is likely to be the next Maharashtra BJP President. Chavan (54) may be anointed as the next BJP President during the grand state-level convention in the temple town of Shirdi on January 12, 2025 coinciding with the birth anniversary of the legendary monk-philosopher, Swami Vivekananda.
New Delhi, 9/9: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he has made his decision on whether he will become the next party president and asserted that he will give his reasons if he does not contest. The former Congress president also hit back at the BJP over its ‘Parivar Bachao’ remark, saying the…
Bhubaneswar, 20/9: In a sad piece of news,noted trade union leader and former Odisha MLA George Tirkey died early on Saturday, his family said. He was 67. Tirkey, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here for the last three months due to several health issues, died around 1 am. His last rites will…
New Delhi, 22/1 (AO Bureau )One of the major reasons behind the improvement in the game of the Indian cricket team is the fitness of the players. Only the player who is fit with the ball and bat is able to make a place in the Indian team. Every player has a yo-yo test to…
Accra, 3/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana’, the country’s national honour, for his “distinguished statesmanship and influential global leadership”. Modi received the award on Wednesday from the Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. “Honoured to be conferred with ‘The Officer of the Order of…
Bhubaneswar, 25/2: In a major development, Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle, Cuttack has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe Rs.30,000/- from a businessman( licenced coal vendor) in exchange for allowing smooth running of his coal depot and to grant permission to transport coal*. The entire tainted bribe money…
Dibrugarh: A 10-month-old child in Assam has been diagnosed with the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) virus, marking the state’s first recorded case, according to the officials.Superintendent of Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dhruv Jyoti Bhuiyan confirmed the infection, stating that a test was conducted on the child, which returned positive results.“This morning, we got the report of…
Moscow, 14/3: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia supported a US proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine in principle, but that any truce would have to address the root causes of the conflict and that many crucial details needed to be sorted out Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has left hundreds…
West Bengal, 18/1 (AO Bureau)The Shiv Sena and the BJP, separated after eating together in the plate of politics for nearly 3 decades, are not leaving any opportunity to stall in each other’s path. On the one hand, the BJP wants to occupy itself in power in Bengal, while on the other hand, the Shiv…
