New Delhi, 11/5: Severe Cyclone Asani weakened to a cyclonic storm on Wednesday as it barrelled towards north coastal Andhra Pradesh and came within 34 km of Narsapur in the state, packing wind speed of 85 km per hour and bringing heavy rains to the region, the weather office said here. The weather system…
Chennai, 4/4: A sessions court here on Thursday extended former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji’s remand till April 15. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in a money laundering case. III Additional Sessions Judge DV Anand, before whom Senthil Balaji was produced by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the…
New Delhi, 24/1: The wrestlers who accused WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment and intimidation on Tuesday rued that the government did not consult them before forming the oversight committee that will probe charges against the sports administrator. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had announced on Monday that a five-member oversight…
Bhubaneswar: The city of Bhubaneswar witnessed a blanket of amog during Diwali celebrations on Monday evening as the Air Quality Index (AQI) crossed 600, indicating severe air pollution levels. Visibility on roads reportedly dropped to barely 20 metres in several parts of the city. Areas such as Rasulgarh, Baramunda, and Patia were covered in a…
Patna, 27/2: A vehicle in RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s convoy met with an accident in Purnea district of Bihar, late last night. According to PTI, at least one person was reportedly killed while six others were injured in the accident. Tejashwi Yadav is currently on the state-wide Jan Vishwas Yatra. Yadav will be on a…
Hyderabad, 1/5: The Election Commission on Wednesday barred Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K Chandrashekar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours for his “objectionable” remarks against the Congress. The EC said his remarks at a press conference Sircilla on April 5 were violative of the provisions of the model code of conduct and its advisories….
New Delhi, 7/5: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Bihar government and others on the plea of slained IAS officer G Krishnaiah’s wife Uma Krishnaiah challenging premature release of Bihar politician Anand Mohan Singh from the prison. Singh’s release was allowed under a jail sentence remission order after the state government…
Bhubaneswar, 4/5: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has directed to increase the amount of assistance to the next of kin of the martyred Oriya Jawan’s who have been heroic during the war and the aftermath of the war. It is to be noted that the state government has set up a welfare fund…
Today, i.e. on 12.06.2025, a short while ago, Sri Bhisma Pradhan, Revenue Inspector (RI), Goudpalli Revenue Circle under Jamankira Tahasil, Sambalpur, has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand) from a Complainant to furnish favourable report in a lease case in his favour and his other family…
Bhubaneswar: A teacher died after being run over by a truck on the State Highway 10 near the Mahabir Chhak area under Badagaon police limits in Sundargarh district, on Saturday. The deceased teacher has been identified as Priyanka Behera. She was travelling on a motorcycle with her uncle Baikuntha Behera, and niece Chandrika Behera when…
