With lakhs of devotees expected to converge on the pilgrim town for the annual Ratha Jatra, the Odisha government has stepped up preparations to ensure smooth civic management, sanitation and public safety during the grand festival.With lakhs of devotees expected to converge on the pilgrim town for the annual Ratha Jatra, the Odisha government’s Housing…
Tarouba, 27/6: South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets to enter their first-ever T20 World Cup final here. They will face the winners of the second semifinal between India and England in the title clash, but the…
Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik Friday expressed concerns over the mysterious disappearance of a merchant navy cadet from the state in the Pacific Ocean and sought the intervention of the Directorate General of Shipping and the Ministry of External Affairs.Taking to his X account, the BJD…
Patna, 7/4: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Sunday trolled on social media for predicting that the NDA will win “more than 4,000 seats”, several times the sanctioned strength of Lok Sabha. Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and returned to the BJP-led coalition less than three months ago, made the faux pas at a…
Baripada: Schools across Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district will remain closed today due to waterlogging and flood-like conditions in several areas, even as rainfall has reduced.The district administration has announced a holiday for all government and private schools from Class 1 to Class 12, keeping the safety of students in mind. The decision was taken following the…
Ahmedabad, 6/2: Gujarat Congress Monday staged protests in various parts of the state seeking an investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg row as part of the party’s nationwide agitation. Party leaders sat outside LIC offices and demanded assurance from the government that public money was safe. A group of three to four dozen Congress leaders and…
Dhaka, 27/6: Bangladesh interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Thursday dismissed the idea of any emerging alliance between Dhaka, Beijing and Islamabad, saying the recent meeting between the three countries was not “political”. We are not forming any alliance,” foreign affairs adviser M Touhid Hossain told reporters at the foreign ministry, when asked for comments…
Lucknow, 24/11: Three persons were killed and several others, including cops, were injured in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal town, on Sunday. A mob pelted stones and torched vehicles prompting the police to fire tear gas shells during a court-ordered survey of a famous mosque . The survey was ordered after some Hindu plaintiffs claimed that the…
Chennai, 31/3 (AO Bureau): Tamilanadu’s BJP unit suffered a lot when they posted a video on social media in connection with the election campaign In fact, the female artist featured in that video was Srinidhi Chidambaram, wife of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram. As soon as this thing came out, the BJP immediately removed the video…
Dubai, 26/1: Pakistan captain Babar Azam was named as winner of the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022 award, winning the coveted honour for the second year in a row. He had competition from Australia’s leg-spinner Adam Zampa, West Indies’ opener Shai Hope and Zimbabwe’s off-spin all-rounder Sikandar Raza. Azam played…
