Bhubaneswar: Infocity police in Bhubaneswar have arrested a 26-year-old person on charges of rape, nearly three years after the alleged incident took place.According to reports, the accused, identified as Shubhajit Pradhan.Going by the complaint filed by the victim, the incident occurred on May 19, 2023. The victim, a 23-year-old woman residing in the Info City…
New Delhi, 26/12: With six more cases of Covid-19 sub-variant JN.1, the number of infections of the new variant reported in the country have risen to 69, official sources said on Tuesday. Most of these patients are currently in home isolation and there was no increase in hospitalisation rates, they said.
New Delhi: India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health on Thursday, marking a significant progress in health strategies. The analysis, based on the results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi today held discussions with representatives of ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and HDFC Bank at the Lok Seva Bhawan here, urging them to improve loan disbursal under various welfare schemes aimed at benefiting the poor.The performance of these three banks in Odisha was unsatisfactory in schemes such as agricultural loans,…
New Delhi, 2/4: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking the removal of Raghav Chadha as the party’s deputy leader in the House, reports PTI citing sources Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal from Punjab is likely to be appointed as the new deputy leader. According to reports, the letter…
New Delhi: The role of the Pakistan Army in the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives became clearer when the Indian security forces gunned down one Sulaiman, considered to be the mastermind. Suleman, who is part of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which carried out the April 22 attack, also goes by the name Hashim Moosa. He…
New Delhi, 11/1(AO Bureau): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi spoke to the opposition leaders on Monday to chalk out a common strategy on agricultural bill. Before the Parliament session, all parties can meet to formulate a strategy for the opposition. The budget session of Parliament will start from 29 January. The budget session will be…
New Delhi, 3/4: Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday tabled the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Rajya Sabha, asserting that the proposed legislation is not against Muslims or intended to hurt their religious feelings, but seeks to improve the functioning of Waqf properties, address the complexities, ensure transparency and introduce technology-driven management….
Kendrapada(Correspondent): Around nine feet long crocodile caught from a pond in Rajnagar area of the district today. Before some days a crocodile entered into the Rabindra Mahanty’s pond in Pentha village under Rajnagar block. Today the villagers rescued the crocodile by the net, which long measured as 8 feet two inches was said. Then it…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday appointed OAS officer Kaushik Patnaik as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The Revenue & Disaster Management department on Monday issued a notification in this regard. Patnaik is presently posted as Tahasildar, Banspani in Keonjhar district.
