President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Lisbon early this morning on the first leg of her state visit to Portugal and Slovakia. She was welcomed by the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and received a guard of honour at Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon. President Murmu was given a 21-gun salute and inspected contingents of…
Mumbai, 20/9:Bollywood’s famous actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra has been granted bail by a Mumbai court in a pornography case. Raj Kundra is in jail for the last two months. He was arrested on July 19 this year for allegedly making porn films. According to news agency ANI, a Mumbai court has…
Mumbai, 5/4:The first case of XE, a more transmissible Covid-19 variant, was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday, a civic health official said. A case of the Kappa variant was also detected during a sero survey, the official said, adding the results came in genome sequencing of 376 samples, the 11th batch of testing…
Jharsuguda, Odisha; 9 th August 2024, Vedanta Aluminium, India's largest producer of aluminium, reiterated its commitment to sustainable energy practices at its Jharsuguda operations. In alignment with India’s green energy goals, the company continues to integrate biofuels into its energy mix, advancing its mission of sustainability. Biofuel Day is observed annually on August 10 th…
New Delhi, 7/7: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has on Friday arrested three people in connection with the Balasore train accident in Odisha that left at least 290 people dead and injured more than 1,000 people during the triple train crash. The accident took place when a passenger train hit a stationary freight…
London, 17/1 (AO Bureau): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent an invitation to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the G7 Summit. This summit will be held in Cornwall this time from 11 to 13 June. In this summit, leaders of seven major countries of the world will discuss about the Coronavirus crisis…
Chennai, 19/11: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday termed as a “disgraceful approach” and “distortion of federal principles” the Union government returning the detailed project reports (DPRs) submitted for building metro networks in Coimbatore and Madurai citing lack of adequate population in both cities. The grounds on which the DPRs were returned…
Chattisgarh, 27/6: A hardcore Naxalite, wanted in more than a dozen incidents of Maoist violence, was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Tuesday, police said. Two to three other Naxalites also sustained injuries in the exchange of fire, he added. A firearm, an improvised explosive device (IED) and materials…
New Delhi, 2/10: In a major development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday virtually launched the Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh and Jal Jeevan Mission mobile application. “The vision of Jal Jeevan Mission is not just to provide water to the people. It is also a great movement of decentralisation. It is village driven-women…
