Bhubaneswar: The regional centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today issued a yellow warning for thunderstorm with lightning for 10 districts of Odisha. Thunderstorm with lightning with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangapur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nuapada, Balangir, Boudh…
Balasore: Around 11 sand-laden trucks were seized while going from Bhadrak to Balasore on Saturday night. A joint operation was conducted to bust the illegal sand mining racket. According to information, illegal sand mining was carried out from Bhadrak to Balasore. Acting on a tip-off the Soro Tehsil and Balasore Mining officials conducted a raid…
New Delhi, 30/3: BJP supporters protested outside Arvind Kejriwal’s house in Delhi over his remarks on The Kashmir Files. They also vandalised the front gate. The AAP alleged that the BJP, shocked by the Kejriwal-led party’s win in Punjab, attempted to attack the national capital’s CM with the help of the Delhi Police.
New Delhi, 6/5,(Ao bureau): The demise of popular farmer leader Ajit Singh of the Rashtriya Lok Dal is an irreparable loss to the politics of the country. 82-year-old Ajit Singh breathed his last in a private hospital in Gurugram at around 6 am on Thursday. Ajit Singh Corona was infected on 22 April. According to…
Ahmedabad, 4/11: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal will announce today the name of the party’s chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections on the basis of opinions given by the people of the state, party office-bearers said on Thursday. Earlier, Kejriwal had urged people to contact the party through SMS,…
Colombo, 20/7:Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday elected as Sri Lanka’s new President by Parliament, following a high-voltage political drama which saw his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing the country and resigning after a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the economy. The 73-year-old six-time prime minister secured 134 votes in the 225-member House…
Bhubaneswar, 12/2: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today distributed Rs 2,000 each to more than 5.3 million farmers through video conferencing. A total of Rs 1,292 crore has been disbursed. The money is paid directly to farmers’ bank accounts. The Kalia Scheme was launched in 2016 to help small, marginal, and landless farmers in agriculture…
Gorakhpur, 31/10: Actress-turned-seer Mamta Kulkarni has found herself at the centre of controversy following her recent remarks that underworld don Dawood Ibrahim “is not a terrorist”. The statement went viral on social media, drawing sharp reactions. Addressing a press conference during her three-day spiritual tour to Gorakhpur, Kulkarni on Tuesday said that Dawood Ibrahim “did…
Uttarakhand, 13/4: A staff member at a local de-addiction centre allegedly tortured a 25-year-old inmate to death, officials said on Thursday. Siddharth, the victim, was allegedly kept hungry, not given water and beaten with a baton by the accused staff member till he fainted on Monday night. He was found dead on…
Bhubaneswar: The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched the Subhadra Yojana at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. PM Modi arrived in Bhubaneswar at 10:30 am. Just before starting for Odisha the PM posted an update on his official X handle, “Leaving for Bhubaneswar. It is very special to be among the wonderful people of…
