New Delhi, 3/10: The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that striking down exception to husband from the offence of rape on the ground of its constitutional validity will have a far-reaching effect on the institution of marriage. If sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife is made punishable…
Jammu,9/1 (AO Bureau) : Waheed Para, the chairman of the PDP’s youth unit, was granted bail on Saturday by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here. He was granted bail after being detained for a month and a half for Hizbul Mujahideen’s alleged links with terrorists. Officials said that Para, who recently won the District…
Jaipur, 3/2: An FIR has been registered against Rajasthan’s Minister of State for Sainik Welfare and Panchayati Raj Rajendra Gudha and others for allegedly abducting a man and taking a blank bank cheque from him, police said on Friday. The complainant Durga Singh is a ward panchayat member from Kakrana of Sikar district….
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance today arrested OFS officer Sarita Barik, serving as Assistant Commissioner of State Tax, Bhubaneswar-IV Circle, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹25,000 from a bakery firm. Barik had reportedly issued a show-cause notice to the complainant, directing him to pay ₹2,27,147 towards reversal of Input Tax Credit (ITC) for the…
Rayagada: The unit of Therubali Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited once again recognised for its overall effort in maintaining Industrial Safety at plant site. The best safety practice is in its place IMFA conferred with Kalinga safety award (Silver) in Ferro Alloys category. Mr. Sayang Bhuba Das, Incharge- Mechanical and Mr. Ramakrushna Tripathy, Incharge-…
Kuala Lumpur: Top male singles player H.S Prannoy, doubles specialists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, women’s singles star Malvika Bansod, mixed doubles pair Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto and Sathish Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath advanced to the next round in the Malaysia Open 2025, the season’s first BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. But there were some setbacks too as youngster Akarshi…
Mumbai, 27/5: A day after Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar complained of step-motherly treatment meted out to his party in the National Democratic Alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the BJP is like a crocodile or python that “swallows” whoever is with it. Talking to reporters, Raut said this was…
Lanjigarh, 28/3 – Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina and a unit of Vedanta Aluminium, has signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with OSDA (Odisha Skill Development Authority), Government of Odisha, with the aim to upskill more than 1,300 youths in a span of 3 years. Its skill training initiative has…
Bhubaneswar, 1/4 (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is kept on increasing day by day in Odisha. 461 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The Coronavirus cases tally reached 3,41,772. Nuapada registered a record spike of 86 cases followed by Khordha (69) and Sundargarh (62). The Corona…
Dubai, 19/12: In a dramatic turn of events at the IPL Auctions 2024, the spotlight was on the intense bidding war that unfolded between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders for the coveted Australian pacer Mitchell Starc. The bidding war was nothing short of a spectacle, with both teams, Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders,…
