New Delhi: Union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan met Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav to raise key environmental concerns related to Odisha’s Sambalpur region. During the meeting, Pradhan urged the Centre to upgrade Sambalpur Zoo to the “Medium Zoo” category. This would pave the way for the inclusion of new wildlife species and the…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to strengthen the Public Distribution System (PDS), the Odisha government has directed officials to issue ration cards to eligible beneficiaries who have been left out or are new applicants. As per a letter issued by the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department, the ration cards are to be prepared by April…
London, 9/1: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in London on Monday for a three-day visit focusing on all aspects of the India-UK Defence Partnership and to hold high-level discussions covering a wide range of defence, security and industrial cooperation issues. Singh is accompanied by a Ministry of Defence delegation comprised of senior officials from the…
New Delhi, 16/10: The Supreme Court on Thursday said taking any action against lawyer Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to hurl a shoe at the Chief Justice of India B R Gavai may open another episode, with the social media marketing it in the weeks to come. The top court declined a plea to list on…
Dwarka, 1/1: The Army has been called in to rescue a 2.5-year-old girl who accidentally fell into a 30-feet deep borewell Monday afternoon in Dwarka district. District officials said that the girl has been identified as Anjal Sakhra, a resident of Ran village in Kalyanpur taluka. District collector Ashok Sharma told reporters that at around…
Sonipat, 11/10:he news of the shooting of national level female wrestler Nisha Dahiya in Sonepat, Haryana turned out to be false. Nisha herself released a video and called this news wrong. Earlier it was reported that apart from Nisha, the attackers also targeted her brother, who died on the spot. It was claimed in the…
Mumbai, 16/2: Fans of Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda have got another reason to celebrate. Well, popular Pan-Indian actors Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda are all set to tie the knot at the end of this month. After years of keeping their relationship very private affair, the couple is now all set to take their…
Bolangir: Gitanjali Sadangi was found dead in her house in Khamar Munda village.Her blood-stained body was recovered on Sunday and it is suspected she was murdered.She was also involved in land transactions and monetary lending to others at an interest. It has not been ascertained as to how the woman was murdered and by whom.According…
Bhubaneswar, 7/2 (AO Bureau): Biju Janata Dal Supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appointed Co-observers for Sundergarh District and other 7 assembly constituencies. These changes will be implemented with immediate effect- The list of Co-observers and their assembly constituencies as follows 1.Shri Kuna Bihari Das Co-observer of Sundergarh District 2. Shri Debiprasad Tripathy…
Telangana, 23/10: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Telangana on Sunday, at a time a crucial bypoll is testing the party’s standing in the state. Despite the Congress-led UPA-II government realising the long-awaited statehood for the region that was part of united Andhra Pradesh before, the grand old party has not…
