Lucknow, 6/10: The start of the first ODI of the three-match series between India and South Africa has been delayed by half-an-hour due to rain here on Thursday. The city has been experiencing rain for the past couple of days. Heavy showers are expected throughout the day. “Rain delay! After an early…
Mumbai, 5/5: LIC’s public offer, the country’s biggest-ever IPO, was fully subscribed on the second day of bidding on Thursday. Against 16,20,78,067 shares on offer, 16,25,35,125 bids were received, making the public issue fully subscribed, as per data on stock exchanges as of 6.24 pm. Of the total, the policyholders’ portion was…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government launched the Staff Suggestion Scheme portal for seeking the suggestions of the government employees. This will help in improving the public service delivery and boost the administrative efficiency and governance in the state.Launched by the General Administration and Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department of the Government of Odisha, it will give an opportunity…
New Delhi, 24/8: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday approved assured 50 per cent of salary as pension for government employees under the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).
Shimla: The devastating monsoon in Himachal Pradesh has claimed 370 lives since June 20, including 205 deaths in rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, drowning, lightning strikes, and other weather-triggered accidents, and 165 fatalities in road accidents, the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) said on Tuesday.According to the SDMA’s cumulative loss report, the state has…
Berhampur, 26/3:In a big development, BJD’s Sanghamitra Dalai has been elected as the Mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC). She defeated her nearest BJP rival Sabita Suar by a margin of 20, 236 votes. Sanghamitra secured 66,068 votes while Sabita got 45,782 votes. Congress candidate Manju Rath 6,768 votes while Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…
Tripura, 7/2: In a major political jolt, two more MLAs of the ruling BJP — Sudip Roy Barman and Ashis Kumar Saha — on Monday resigned from the assembly and the party before leaving for Delhi to decide their next course of action. After submitting their resignation letters to Tripura Assembly Speaker, both…
Jharsuguda, 20/4: The toll in the boat capsize in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district rose to seven with the recovery of five more bodies on Saturday, a senior official said. Personnel of the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force and fire services, who launched a search operation immediately after the boat capsized on Friday evening, recovered five more…
Mumbai, 22/1 (AO Bureau) After all the franchise revealed their retention list for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) Opening of Batsman Robin Uthappa has left Rajasthan Royals to join Chennai Super Kings for the next season of IPL. “Robin is our newest Bat-Man! Welcoming you with #Yellove Vanakkam,” CSK tweeted from their official handle…
Pipili: In a bizarre incident, an eight-foot-long python was caught in fishing net this morning from Satasankha Ratna Chira river in Pipili of Puri district. The snake helpline was informed who then rescued the eight-foot-long python from the net. The snake helpline personnel tactfully caught the python inside a black polythene bag. Sources said, the fishermen…
