London, 27/6: Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, currently facing the threat of prosecution over historical comments on Kashmir 14 years ago, was on Thursday honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 for her “unflinching and unswerving” writing.
Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Odisha’s Sambalpur and Khurda districts Thursday, police said.An auto-rickshaw driver, 35, and his five-year-old daughter were killed when the three-wheeler was hit by a speeding SUV in Dhanupali area, following which a cement mixer truck rammed into it, a police officer said.The deceased were identified as…
Bonai: In a shocking incident, two on-duty constables were attacked by a mob. The incident happened in Tenasa C-block under Tensa outpost limits in Koida block in Sundargarh district. According to reports, the constables had gone to solve a group clash between two families as a part of their duty. The two were attacked by the…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday directed all district administrations to expedite Aadhaar linkage and the completion of e-KYC for around 3.3 lakh beneficiaries under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), as the state prepares to shift to an Aadhaar-based pension disbursement system.In a communication issued by Principal Secretary of the Social Security & Empowerment…
Bhubaneswar, ,3/7: Former BJP MLA and leader Aditya Madhi breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhubaneswar.He was 50 years old . According to reports, he had chronic kidney disease.
New Delhi, 25/1: India’s government has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives following a request from Male, Indian Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar told broadcaster CNN-News 18 on Thursday. India’s ties with Maldives have come under strain after Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s election win last year pledging to end his…
Haryana 14/10: The case involving the death of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar last week in Haryana has gotten even murkier as another death by suicide of a policeman was reported on Tuesday. Speculations are rife over the death of one Sandeep Kumar, posted as an assistant sub-inspector in Rohtak’s cyber cell. Sandeep reportedly made…
Sambalpur:(Correspondent) :-Scaling new heights, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) produced a record 225.2 million tonnes of coal in Financial Year 2024-25 with an impressive growth of 9% over last fiscal. Reaffirming its commitment to ensuring energy security, MCL also recorded its highest-ever coal despatch of 210.5 MT, reflecting a 6% growth over FY 2023-24. The coal…
New Delhi, 2/1: Justice B V Nagarathna of the Supreme Court, who gave a dissenting verdict on demonetisation on Monday, said the scrapping of the whole series of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes had to be done through a legislation and not through a gazette notification as Parliament cannot be left aloof in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release over Rs 18,880 crore directly into the accounts of more than 9.44 lakh farmers across the country as the 23rd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Saturday, at a function to be held at Tarakeswar in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, according to…
