Dhaka, 6/8: At least 24 people, including an Indonesian national, were burnt alive by a mob in Bangladesh at a starred hotel owned by a leader of Awami League party after its leader Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled the country. The victims, mostly boarders, were burnt alive late on Monday night as…
New Delhi, 2/2: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday rejected criticism over the slide of the Indian rupee, saying it has depreciated only against a strengthening US dollar but remained stable against all other currencies because of the strong macronomic foundation. In an interview with PTI, she said a 3 per cent depreciation in the…
Bhubaneswar, 31/10:In a major development , Odisha School Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash has hinted about the reopening of Schools for Class 1 to class 7 after Diwali. Whie talkng to the media, the Minister said that although no decision has been taken so far, it is likely that the physical mode of teaching…
New Delhi, 23/7: During the 23 days that he was in custody, Mohammed Zubair, the 40-year-old co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, always wore a baseball cap and a facemask in public. He looked diffident and camera-shy. But on Friday, two days after the Supreme Court ordered his release, Zubair was in a completely different…
Bhadark : Ferro Alloys Corporation Ltd. (FACOR) marked the 79th Independence Day with spirited celebrations and a strong message of environmental stewardship through dual events at Kathpal and Ostapal schools, and government schools in Rampur and Ramkrishnapur Gram Panchayat, Bhadrak. At Kathpal and Ostapal, the tricolour was proudly hoisted by Mines Head Mr. Muthumari, followed…
Patna, 9/9: The two-week-long ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ concluded on September 1 with the I.N.D.I.A. bloc all set to enter another phase of campaigning ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections. The RJD and its allies now plan to reach out to districts that the ‘yatra’ led by Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav could not cover. RJD…
Balasore: In a shocking incident, a woman killed self after a heated argument with her husband over Rs 20. The incident happened on Friday in Gobarghoti village under Basta police limits in Balasore district. The woman has been identified as Rinki. Her husband has been identified as Jagan. She reportedly killed self by consuming pesticide. According…
Bhubaneswar, 14/4 (Ao Bureau): In a major development, on the auspicious occasion of Maha Bishuba Sankranti and Odia New Year, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today dedicated 47 new Advanced Life Support Ambulances to the people of Odisha on virtual mode. Dedicating the new ambulances, the Chief Minister has expressed hope that these ambulances will…
Mumbai, 18/2: In what snowballed into a major political issue in Maharashtra, the BJP-led Maha Yuti revoked the decision of granting 5 per cent reservations to Muslims. In 2014 when the Congress-NCP Democratic Front government was in power, the Muslim community, under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) category, was given reservation in educational…
New Delhi, 5/5: Former Pakistani minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain’s ‘praise’ of Rahul Gandhi is a matter of ‘grave concern’ and Congress must explain the ‘deep love’ for its leader from a country that always attempted to destabilise India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said., In an interview to PTI on Saturday, Singh also questioned Congress’ ‘relationship’…
