New Delhi, 19/10: Election agent to Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor wrote a letter to Congress Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudhan Mistry, alleging “extremely serious irregularities in conduct of election in UP” and demanded “that all votes from UP be deemed invalid”. The Tharoor camp also claimed irregularities in voting in Punjab and…
Kataka: A fishing trip turned tragic after two brothers were swept away in the Sapua river near Ichhapur village under Athagada police limits in Kataka district on Thursday.According to reports, the brothers, identified as Mantu Samal (35) and Pintu Samal (25), had gone to the river to catch fish when they were swept away by…
SUBARNAPUR, 2/7 — Tarbha police of Subarnapur district have seized a vehicle with 6 quintals of ganja. It is learnt from the incident that the vehicle was being smuggled from Kantamal area of Boudh district to other states through Tarbha, and on receiving information, the Tarbha police chased the vehicle carrying the ganja. As a…
Washington DC, 1/1: The chess world will have two World Blitz Champions for the first time in its history after former World Champion Magnus Carlsen agreed to share the title with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner. It was Carlsen who made the suggestion to Nepomniachtchi, who then accepted…
Bhubaneswar: A 17-year-old college girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself after a dispute with her younger sister over a mobile phone. The shocking incident took place at Murja Disariguda under Baipariguda block in Koraput district. According to reports, the victim, a Plus II science student at Mathili college returned from college and was in…
Bhubaneswar, 22/4 (AO Bureau): Responding to the national urgency of medical requirement oxygen, leading steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), in a post on twitter, has announced that more than 500 tons of liquid oxygen stock is readily available at its Angul steel making facility. “We are waiting for the users to send their…
Russia, 22/2::Russian President Vladimir Putin received no support from members of the UN Security Council at an emergency meeting Monday night for his actions to bring separatists in eastern Ukraine under Moscow’s control. The US called his moves a pretext for a further invasion, many members condemned his violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and…
London, 5/7: Keir Starmer on Friday officially became Britain’s new prime minister after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, hours after his Labour Party won the general elections. The 61-year-old Labour leader arrived at the Palace with his wife Victoria Starmer after leading his party to a landslide victory in a landmark…
New Delhi,12/9:Walt Disney Co. is filming a series based on an ancient Indian poem about a warring dynasty, as it seeks to gain a stronger foothold in one of the world’s fastest-growing entertainment and streaming markets. A retelling of the Mahabharata, the some 2,000-year-old Sanskrit poem about two groups of cousins vying for their…
New Delhi, 24/5: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal will attend the inauguration of the new Parliament building in Delhi on May 28, party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said on Wednesday, amid 19 Opposition parties announcing a boycott of the event. The country is getting a new Parliament building and it is a…
