Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Disaster Response (ODRF) team has recovered the bodies of two family members from the Sabari river in Koraput district. The duo had gone missing along with the rest of their family while fishing in the Sabari River on February 1.The deceased have been identified as Lalit Pujari (35) and his 4-year-old daughter,…
New Delhi, 22/2: The global affairs team of Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in a post shared on Thursday claimed that the Indian government had issued “executive orders” asking the platform to take actions against specific accounts and posts. In compliance with the government’s orders, the social media giant announced they would be withholding these…
Mumbai, 14/12: Two Naxals including a senior leader involved in the 2019 Jambulkheda blast were killed in an encounter with police in eastern Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Thursday, an official said. Durgesh Watti, deputy commander of Kasansur Dalam (squad) who was one of the main conspirators of Jambulkheda blast in which 15 police personnel of…
Ahmedabad: In the wake of the devastating Air India Flight AI-171 crash near the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, which struck a hostel housing medical students, B.J. Medical College (BJMC) has announced the cancellation of all ongoing and upcoming internal examinations for MBBS students. The college has also called off the summer vacation for all medical…
A youth was found dead in a hotel room in Pokhariput under Airfield police limits in Bhubaneswar today. The deceased was identified as Bubuna Pradhan, a resident of Old Town. Reports said Bubuna had checked into the hotel with his girlfriend, who hails from Nayagarh district. The couple had reportedly been in a live-in relationship…
Bengaluru, 5/10: A Bengaluru-based private firm is under the police scanner for allegedly cheating job seekers by promising visa services and jobs in Canada. The Puttenahalli police registered the first FIR on September 22 against Owlspriority India Pvt Ltd, on a complaint by Chandan (25), one of the cheated job aspirants. The company claims in…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India needs 4 to 5 banks of equal size to the State Bank of India (SBI) to meet the growing needs of the economy and industry. “The industry needs to think about how Indian banking should be in the immediate and long-term,” he said at the 74th Annual…
New Delhi, 19/4: Opposition is planning to submit a second notice seeking removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, days after the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman rejected notices accusing the poll body chief of “partisan and discriminatory conduct”. Sources said the parties were working on the notices to be submitted in…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Vigilance officials arrested Bhubanananda Sahu, an Odisha Revenue Service (ORS) officer and Additional Tehsildar of Maneswar Tehsil in Sambalpur district, on Saturday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 6,000. Sahu had sought bribe from a person (complainant) in exchange for converting agricultural land to non-agricultural (homestead) use and issue a…
Melbourne, 4/3: In a shocking piece of news, Australia cricket legend and the greatest leg-spinner of all-time, Shane Warne, has died, aged 52. Warne’s management released a brief statement in the early hours of Saturday (AEDT), that he passed away in Koh Samui, Thailand, of a suspected heart attack. “Shane was found unresponsive…
