Bhubaneswar, 24/7 (AO Bureau):In a major development , NALCO has appointed Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, former CMD NALCO & currently Independent Director of BALCO as Resident Director of Odisha & Chhattisgarh. He is a top mining & metal professional with a successful track record of performance in the coal, steel & aluminium sector, Chand has…
Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed MP Pratap Sarangi as State Election Officer ahead of the party’s organisation polls. BJP National Returning Officer K Laxman has announced the name of State Election Officer (Returning Officer) and Co-Returning Officer (Co-Returning Officer).Senior Leader and Balasore MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi has been appointed as Returning Officer and…
Bhubaneswar 8th January 2026: Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Wednesday announced the passing of his son Agnivesh, describing it as “the darkest day of my life”. Agnivesh, 49, had been recovering at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, following a skiing accident, but suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal on Wednesday announced the passing…
Rairangpur: In a tragic incident two minor boys drown in a pond in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha on Thursday. The incident took place in the Chadripahadi village under Rairangpur Rural Police Station limits. One of the deceased boys was eight years old and the other one was 9 year old. As per reports, the two…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said on Wednesday that urban mobility is a major focus area for the state government which plans to expand Hyderabad Metro Rail, build a new Regional Ring Road and Ring Rail.Addressing the roundtable on urban mobility at the WEF CII conference in Davos, he mentioned its four aspects…
New Delhi, 15/10: India has slipped to the 101st position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021 of 116 countries, from its 2020 position of 94th and is behind its neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Eighteen countries, including China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank with a GHI score of less than five,…
Moscow, 21/9;Putin’s address to the nation comes a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans to hold votes on becoming integral parts of Russia. As the war between Ukraine and Russia reaches around seven months, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization in the country with Moscow losing ground on…
Kashmir, 1/6: Security forces arrested two militant associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession, police said. Acting on specific information regarding the movement of terrorists in Frestihar Kreeri village, the security forces placed a mobile vehicle checkpoint (MVCP) at…
J&K, 13/7: They can be easily spotted in a bustling marketplace buying vegetables or dropping their children to school. The everyday ordinariness of their lives has rendered the Jammu and Kashmir police personnel “soft targets”, as they fight a seemingly endless battle against militancy in the valley. Assistant Sub-Inspector Mushtaq Ahmad Tuesday became…
Bollywood superstar Buddhaditya Mohanty has been discharged from a private hospital in Cuttack. Buddhaditya returned home today after recovering in eight days, with the love and blessings of the people of Odisha. The doctor has advised him not to take too much strain and to talk less. Reports further says that Buddhaditya had a mild…
