Bhubaneswar, 10/2 (AO Bureau): In a major achievement, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched 9 online services of the State Transport Authority. This development occurred under the 5 T initiative, the transport offices of the State went paperless enabling the citizens to get the services online from any place at any time. The initiatives include…
Malkangiri: Odisha Vigilance arrested Sudhansu Khora, the Branch Manager of KCC (Koraput Central Co-Operative) Bank in Malkangiri for embezzling government funds.The Branch Manager was arrested for embezzling government funds Rs 1,08,75,000 related to recovery of crop loan amount deposited by loanee farmers under 5 Large Area Multipurpose Co-operative Societies (LAMPCS) in Malkangiri district.In this connection,…
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a person brutally killed his 80-year-old father over a dispute of Rs 400 at Ladadihi village in Mayurbhanj district’s Morada police station area.As per reports, the victim, Govind Mardi, was beaten to death with a bamboo stick by his son Madhu Mardi while he was asleep. Madhu, allegedly under the…
New Delhi, 16/5: US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed that New Delhi has offered to reduce tariffs on a majority of American goods to zero as part of the proposed bilateral trade agreement and asked tech giant Apple to stop moving iPhone production to India. Speaking at a business gathering in Doha, Qatar, Trump…
Sao Paulo, 2/1: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil’s president, in a ceremony snubbed by outgoing leader Jair Bolsonaro, underlining the deep divisions the veteran leftist inherits. The 77-year-old ex-metalworker, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, vowing to…
Washington DC, 29/5: American software giant International Business Machines (IBM) has announced plans to lay off approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. Most of the affected workforce are from the Human Resources (HR) department. Recently, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, said that the company has significantly invested in Artificial Intelligence…
New Delhi, 8/10: Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are people of stature and it is an insult to say that they will be remote controlled by the Gandhis. “They are people of stature and understanding. Either Kharge or Shashi Tharoor cannot be remote controlled. It is an insult…
Bhubaneswar, 21/5: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday appealed to the BJP to keep Lord Jagannath above the political discourse, after the saffron party’s Puri candidate Sambit Patra’s remark that the state’s most revered deity is a “devotee of PM Modi” Patra, however, later clarified that it was a slip of tongue and he…
Bhubaneswar: In a significant move to improve the road infrastructure in Odisha, the State Cabinet has approved the proposal for ‘Odisha State Road Policy 2025’ with an aim to provide a framework for a quality road network, ensuring safe, sustainable, and efficient movement of people and goods across the state. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi…
New Delhi, 2/9: An Udaipur-bound IndiGo flight returned to the Delhi airport due to a technical snag, a DGCA official confirmed. The official said that the aircraft was grounded after it returned to Delhi on Thursday due to engine vibrations and a probe is underway. “IndiGo Airbus flight 6E-6264 from Delhi to…
