Jaipur, 6/5: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot hit out at the BJP on Saturday over an alleged threat by a party candidate in Karnataka polls to wipe out Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and his family, asking when will the Centre break its silence on the indecent behaviour. Sharing an audio clip on Twitter, Congress Karnataka…
Cairo, 17/11: Two flash bombs were fired towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday and fell into the garden, police said. Neither Netanyahu nor his family were present and there was no damage reported, it added in a statement
Brahmapur: Researchers from the Department of Marine Sciences at Berhampur University have discovered two new species of marine nematodes off the Gopalpur coast in Ganjam district, adding to the growing record of marine biodiversity along the state’s coastline. Research scholar Suman Patra, under the guidance of department faculty member Dr Seshadev Patra, had collected specimens…
New Delhi, 19/5: The government on Friday said no TCS will be levied on international spending of up to Rs 7 lakh a year by using debit or credit cards. Facing backlash from a wide section of people, the Finance Ministry said the move is aimed at removing procedural ambiguity with regard to…
New Delhi, 23/9: Four opposition leaders from Congress, NCP, TMC and DMK on Friday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla over BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s use of abusive language against BSP member Danish Ali in the House and demanded that the matter be sent to the privilege committee. In separate letters to the speaker,…
Bhubaneswar: IMD issued a red alert for five Odisha districts after a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast was forecast to intensify over the next two days.The warning has been issued for Sambalpur, Anugola, Sonpur, Boudhagada and Kandhamala districts, where isolated extremely heavy rainfall is likely. An…
New Delhi, 3/2 (AO Bureau): With the increasing speed of the Covid 19 vaccination, new cases of Coronavirus are getting reduced in the country. According to the data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday morning, 11,039 cases have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. At the same time, 110 people…
Bargarh: In a decisive action, the Bargarh district excise department successfully thwarted a significant cough syrup smuggling operation on Thursday morning. Responding to a credible tip-off, officials conducted a strategic raid on a pickup van at Ekamra Chhak, located on the outskirts of the town, seizing an impressive 5,400 bottles of cough syrup intended for…
New Delhi, 22/9An Air India Express flight from Bengaluru to Varanasi reported a mid-air security scare on Sunday, September 22, after a passenger allegedly walked up to the cockpit while searching for the lavatory. The incident occurred on flight IX 1086, which took off from Kempegowda International Airport’s Terminal 2 at 8 am and landed…
Tehran: Iran and Turkey have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase bilateral trade to $30 billion within five years.The agreement, focused on enhancing economic ties, was signed in Tehran by Iranian Roads and Urban Development Minister Farzaneh Sadegh and Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat, Xinhua news agency reported quoting Iran’s state news agency IRNA.The…
