Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri will be closed for public darshan for five hours on Wednesday for the Banakalagi Niti (ritual of painting the deities’ idols).According to reports, darshan of Lord Jagannath and his siblings will be restricted from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM on Wednesday. The ritual will take place on the occasion…
UP, 26/5:With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday tabled a budget of Rs 6,15,518.97 crore for the financial year 2022-23. This is almost double the size of the Rs 3,46,935 crore budget presented by the Akhilesh Yadav government for the…
New Delhi, 9/10: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the dates for polling in 5 states, in what is seen as the final leg before next year’s Lok Sabha Elections. The date of polling in Mizoram will be November 7, while Chhattisgarh will see votes cast in two phases, the first phase…
Windhoek: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, on Wednesday morning (local time), marking his first-ever visit to the country and only the third-ever Prime Ministerial visit from India to Namibia.PM Modi is in Namibia for a State visit at the invitation of Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Upon his arrival, the Prime…
Kashmir,19/8: A CRPF inspector was killed when terrorists opened fire on a patrol party in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. The CRPF along with the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the local police was fired upon by terrorists around 3:30 pm in the remote Dudu area of Basantgarh, the officials…
Bhubaneswar, 20/10: In a big development, the sea monster is waking up again. This time his name is Dana. An alert has been issued regarding Cyclone Dana. The Meteorological Department said that there may be torrential rains from South West Bengal to South India. This cyclone can hit the coast between 24 and 26 October….
London, 26/4: UK’s Minister for Investment Lord Jo Johnson on Wednesday embarked on a visit to India to strengthen the bilateral investment partnership across technology and life sciences sectors and build momentum behind ongoing trade talks. After arriving in Bengaluru, Johnson is set to visit Pune to meet investors and leading Indian businesses, including Infosys…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Cabinet on Saturday approved 12 important proposals. Accordingly, another Integrated Automotive, Aerospace and Defence Equipment-components manufacturing complex by Kalyani Group will come up in Odisha under special provisions of IPR 2022.Apart from the specialty steel project of Kalyani Steel, the new integrated complex will also include super alloy project of Saarloha Advanced Materials…
Jajpur, 28/10: Two Biju Janata Dal (BJD) youth leaders in Odisha’s Jajpur district have been detained after they allegedly posted derogatory posts on social media about Dharmasala’s independent legislator Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo, police said on Monday. Dharmasala police have detained BJD Youth leaders, Subrat Kumar Dhal and Manas Mohanty, they said.
New Delhi, 16/8: The Yamuna’s water level in Delhi followed a downward trend Wednesday morning after the river crossed the danger mark of 205.33 metres for a brief period on Tuesday following torrential rain in the river’s upper catchment areas over the past two days. According to the Central Water Commission’s (CWC) website, the water…
