New Delhi, 29/8: Journalists are not terrorists”, the Supreme Court said on Monday, as it deprecated the Jharkhand police knocking on the door of a scribe of a local Hindi news channel at midnight and dragging him out of his bedroom before placing him under arrest in an extortion case. Calling the police action…
Bhubaneswar: A double low pressure system is likely to develop within 12 hours in the Bay of Bengal. While one low pressure is active, another low pressure is likely to develop in the same region. The Meteorological Department has predicted that this formation will occur in the next 12 hours. A low pressure may form in the…
Indonesia, 22/11: The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings, and 151 people are still missing, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Agency head Suharyanto, who like many Indonesians only goes by one name, told…
Paradip : Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL), a leading commercial organization of Paradip, has provided spectacles to defective eyesight students of Balijhara Ganpati Sishu Vidya Mandir on the outskirts of Paradip. Total 324 students had their eyes examined and 32 of them were diagnosed with eye defects and they were given glasses by the company. On…
Puri: In the case of beef mixed mutton allegedly served at Jaya hotel, a roadside dhaba near Sakhigopal in Puri district of Odisha, recently, the two persons who had consumed the said mutton, visited Puri today and executed the rites of penance. They got themselves tonsured at the holy Narendra Pond, sought forgiveness before the…
Bhubaneswar, May 25, 2025 – Ferro Allys Corporation Ltd (FACOR), a prominent subsidiary of the Vedanta Group, proudly hosted the final, landmark day of the 26th Mines Environment & Mineral Conservation (ME&MC) Week 2024-25. This significant, week-long celebration, themed “Safeguarding the Future with Sustainable Mining,” brought together over 91 dedicated mines from Odisha, including leading,…
Bhubaneswar, 24/4 (AO bureau)The number of Coronavirus cases is increasing day by day. As many as 6,647 n new Covid-19 cases were reported in Odisha during the last 24 hours, according to the health department. 1,189 people infected by the deadly virus in Khordha district, informed the State Information & Public Relation (I&PR) Department. Covid-19…
New Delhi, 23/3: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam..Sources in his Aam Aadmi Party said his legal team would request the high court to hear the matter urgently, preferably on…
Kutch, 15/6: Cyclone Biparjoy has started making landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat’s Kutch district after churning across the Arabian Sea for over 10 days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday evening. Winds of up to 145 kmph and heavy rains battered Kutch and Saurashtra coasts as agencies remain on high alert. The…
Jaipur, 21/8: Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Saturday shared on Twitter a purported video clip of BJP’s former MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja, who is allegedly seen admitting his supporters have so far “lynched five people”.BJP leader is seen making the comment while interrupting a speaker, who was urging a group of people to…
