Bhubaneswar, 11/10: Utkal Alumina International Ltd (UAIL), an Aditya Birla Group company has recently launched Project URMI. It aims at providing better healthcare in the Kashipur Block of Rayagada and Thuamul Rampur Block in Kalahandi. Project URMI will have over a three-year span, touching the lives of thousands. It targets over 5,000 villagers across 40…
Qatar, 12/12: Within 48 hours of the death of US football journalist and LGBTQIA+ ally Grant Wahl during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, another journalist has reportedly passed away. According to a report by The Gulf Times, as well as several other media reports, Al Kass TV photojournalist Khalid al-Misslam passed…
New Delhi, 10/5: Amazon.com Inc is planning to withdraw from a heated competition for the rights to stream Indian Premier League cricket matches, according to people familiar with the matter, ceding one of the world’s most popular sporting contests to rivals from Walt Disney Co. to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd. The rights…
Authorities in Kandhamal suspended an Additional Development Officer (ADO) and a Panchayat Executive Officer (PEO) after allegations of Rs 38 lakh fraud surfaced in Dharakot Panchayat.The irregularities reportedly occurred under the MGNREGA scheme during pond excavation work.The District Collector ordered the suspension following complaints of financial mismanagement. Officials confirmed that the fraud involved inflated expenses…
Bhubaneswar, 4/8: Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik today appointed Sri Subroto Bagchi as the Chief Advisor to Government for Institutional Capacity Building across all Civil Services Training Institutions of the State. He is given the rank and status of a cabinet Minister. Earlier he had served the state as chairman of Odisha Skill development…
New Delhi, 19/5: Domestic cooking gas LPG price was on Thursday hiked by Rs 3.50 per cylinder, the second increase in rates this month. Non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 1,003 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers. The hike comes on the back…
Berhampur: Two teenagers drowned while bathing in the reservoir of a dam in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said Monday.The incident occurred Sunday when six friends from Lalsingi village went to the The deceased were identified as Kanha Pradhan and Ashutosh Bhuyan, both aged 17 years, Bhanjanagar Police Station officer-in-charge Jeebananand Jena said.Fire brigade personnel and local…
Washington DC, 2/3:The US government is set to announce a ban on Russian flights from American airspace following similar moves by the European Union and Canada, government and industry officials told Reuters. The precise timing is unclear but is expected within the next 24 hours, the sources said. Late on Tuesday, United…
Bhubaneswar, 1/3: : Youth Congress supporters hurled tomatoes and eggs at Odisha police after they were prevented from marching towards Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s residence during a protest rally against ‘unemployment’ and ‘corruption’ here on Friday. Led by their national president B V Srinivas, hundreds of youth Congress supporters participated in the Naveen Hatao, Odisha…
New Delhi, 29/8:India’s concern has increased since the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan. The way the Taliban has got the support of Pakistan, it is no less of a big threat to India. This is the reason that in view of the changed situation in Afghanistan, a meeting of Indian military officers is going to be…
