New Delhi,1/11: New Delhi topped charts on Friday as the world’s most polluted city after revellers defying a ban on firecrackers to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, helped drive air quality to hazardous levels. Thick smog wreathed the Indian capital, shrouding the presidential palace in the central district and the surrounding gardens popular…
Islamabad, 21/12: Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir has claimed that Islamabad got “divine help” during the Operation Sindoor in May. Munir made the remarks while addressing the National Ulema Conference in Islamabad recently, where he also drew parallels between Pakistan and the state established by the Prophet 1,400 years ago in…
Srinagar, 29/8 : Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate anti-infiltration operations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the army said on Thursday. Operations in the Machhal and Tangdhar areas were launched on Wednesday following intelligence inputs, it said.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly has been adjourned up to 12.00 pm today as Congress protests with whistles in the House. The Congress has been raising its voice for violence against women. During the Question Hour, Congress MLAs started protesting by blowing whistles in the Odisha Assembly. Despite repeated warnings by Speaker Surama Padhee, the protesting MLAs…
New Delhi, 6/1 (AO Bureau): The Central Government has prepared a bill for raising the age for allowing the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to 21 years from the current 18 years. The government has drafted the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and…
New Delhi, 3/9: Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi with mild fever, but her condition is stable, sources said on Sunday. Gandhi was admitted to the hospital in central Delhi Saturday evening, a senior doctor told PTI. “She has mild fever, but she is doing fine….
Bhubaneswar: A cyclonic circulation hovering over the southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to increase temperatures in Odisha over the next few days, with no significant rainfall expected in the state.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum and minimum temperatures are set to rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius in the next three days.The…
Rourkela: A large number of highly educated candidates appeared for the Home Guard recruitment test held in Rourkela Police District today, despite the job requiring only a minimum educational qualification of Class-V. For just 107 posts of home guards across 22 police stations, a staggering 9,061 candidates turned up. What’s striking is the level of educational…
Bhadrak: At least seven people sustained critical injuries after unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at a group of villagers in Kampada under Tihidi police limits in Bhadrak district, late Wednesday night. According to sources, two unidentified assailants arrived on a motorcycle and lobbed crude bombs at locals who were seated by the roadside. The attackers fled the…
Kaniha : A new vegetable market developed for the local vegetable vendors at NTPC Kaniha was inaugurated on January 5. The market was inaugurated by Shri Mahesh Sahoo, MP Dhenkanal in august presence of Shri Braja Kishore Pradhan, MLA, Talcher and Shri K Srinivasa Rao, Executive Director, NTPC Kaniha. The New Vegetable market is a…
