Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance sleuths on Sunday arrested Ashok Padhy, junior engineer (JE), Phiringia block in Kandhamal district, while demanding and accepting taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 at his government quarters from a contractor for clearing his final bill. The entire bribe money has been recovered from his possession and seized, Odisha Vigilance said in a…
Bhopal, 25/3: The state government of Madhya Pradesh will send a notice to IAS officer Niyaz Khan, who wrote controversial tweets about the recently released film The Kashmir Files, according to state Home Minister Narottam Mishra. Last week, Khan, who is deputy secretary of the MP Public Works Department, had urged the makers of The…
Jamshedpur: The Jharkhand Karni Sena president was found dead with a bullet injury to his head yesterday in Jamshedpur, the officials said on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Vinay Kumar Singh and was reportedly missing since Sunday morning. “The body of Karni Sena state president Vinay Singh was found with a bullet injury…
New Delhi, 2/6: Russia is committed to delivering the remaining units of the S-400 air defence system to India by 2025-2026, the country’s Deputy Chief of Mission in India, Roman Babushkin, said on Monday, highlighting that the system performed very efficiently” during the recent India-Pakistan tensions. Babushkin also hinted at expanding bilateral cooperation with India…
Colombo, 5/9: The drama that lasted a couple of days found an unlikely but logical end as Sri Lankan Cricket officials revealed that the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup will remain in Colombo as per the original schedule.There was speculation that the games would move to either Hambantota or Pallekele, where the league…
Kendrapara: A police official in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has been transferred amid serious allegations of negligence in a case involving the death of a 20-year-old girl who allegedly died by suicide after being blackmailed.The Kendrapara Superintendent of Police (SP) has transferred Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Sailendra Narayan Palai of Pattamundai Police Station to the district police headquarters….
Vietnam, 11/7: Fifteen Indians tourists were killed as a boat capsized near Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam on Saturday. The speed boat was carrying 36 people, including 32 Indian tourists, three crew members and one attendant. It capsized about 400 metres off Hon May Rut Ngoai, an island in the An Thoi archipelago off the…
Bengaluru, 24/1: The Karnataka high court on January 23, permitted operation of bike taxis while allowing the appeals filed by the bike taxi aggregators, individual bike taxi owners and others. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and JusticeVibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Joshi directed the state government to register motorcycles as transport vehicles…
Delhi/ Mumbai, 16 April 2025: ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India’s (AM/NS India) existing and anticipated manufacturing footprint and sustainability actions are set to ensure the company is ready to deliver a significant proportion of green steel in confirmation with India’s new Green Steel Taxonomy, which is expected to be rolled out in FY 2026 – 27….
Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) has installed a state-of-the-art Xenon Chloride Fusion Cardiac Laser Machine – a first in eastern India — to treat complex heart diseases and reduce the use of stents. The advanced laser system, inaugurated by KIIT and KISS Founder Dr. Achyuta Samanta, will aid in performing coronary and peripheral…
