New Delhi, 13/10: Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution on Monday morning, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali – the annual Hindu festival of light. The capital New Delhi took, as it often does, the top…
Los Angeles: Firefighters continued to work overnight to contain wildfires in greater Los Angeles, with “particularly dangerous” winds warning in effect through Wednesday. Critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions will continue for coastal Southern California including the areas of the wildfires in Los Angeles County, said the US National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday….
Tibet, 20/6: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to President Droupadi Murmu to wish her on her 65th birthday. Murmu was born on this day in 1958 in Uparbeda village in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj. In his message to Murmu posted on his website, the Tibetan Leader praised India and thanked the government…
Chandigarh, 14/1: The Congress on Saturday suspended its Bharat Jodo Yatra, which was in Punjab, for a day as a mark of respect for party MP Santokh Singh Choudhary who died following a heart attack during the march. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi also postponed his scheduled press conference at Jalandhar on January 15, and…
Kolkata, 28/6: The police on Saturday arrested a security guard of the Kolkata law college where a first-year student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week, an officer said. With this, the total number of arrests reached four in the crime that took place inside the guard’s room on the…
Balasore :TP Northern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL), the joint venture between Tata Power and Odisha government for power distribution in Northern Odisha, today organised a luck draw at its corporate office for a month-long campaign which was held in October 2022. This month long campaign titled ‘Sharaidiya Amrut Kumbh Offer’was organised to encourage customers to…
New Delhi, 15/6; Congress leader Sachin Pilot was detained on Wednesday while he was trying to enter the Congress office as the police has cordoned off the area and only limited people are being allowed inside. Pilot, who was sent to Narela police station said, “it’s a bad sign for democracy as leaders…
Kabul,1/9: One of Afghanistan’s worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from the rubble of homes being combed for survivors. The disaster is set to further stretch the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban administration,…
New Delhi,16/7: Kannada actor Rishab Shetty was on Friday named the best actor for his performance in Kantara, which also bagged the best wholesome entertainer film, in National Film Awards for 2022 announced in Delhi. Sooraj R Barjatya has been declared best director for Uunchai while Malayalam movie Aattam: The Play bagged National Film Award…
New Delhi, 17/7: Protests against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ recruitment scheme for the Armed forces spread from Bihar and Jharkhand to Odisha and West Bengal on Friday, with unhappy job aspirants coming out in large numbers torching and stopping trains and disrupting services across the eastern region. Besides targeting railway properties, the protestors attacked…
