Downpour To Continue In Odisha For 7 Days; Very Heavy Rain From July 23

Bhubaneswar: With a fresh low-pressure area taking shape over the Bay, Odisha is likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall under its the influence.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), another low-pressure area is likely to form over north Bay of Bengal around July 24 and the intensity of downpour in the state is…

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3 BJP MLAs suspended for hurling shoes at the speaker

Bhubaneswar, 3/4 (AO Bureau): In a major development, BJP MLAs – Jayanarayan Mishra, Mohan Majhi, and Bishnu Sethy have been suspended from the assembly session for hurling shoes at the speaker’s podium. Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro has suspended three legislators after analyzing the video footage. The three MLAs allegedly hurled shoes, earphones, and pens at…

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Don’t mix ammonia in Yamuna with river poisoning remark: EC tells Kejriwal

New Delhi, 30/1: The Election Commission on Thursday claimed that Arvind Kejriwal’s remarks about river water poisoning could create “permanent scars” between people and gave the AAP convenor a fresh opportunity to explain his charges against the Haryana government but an unfazed AAP chief hit back accusing poll body chief Rajiv Kumar of playing politics….

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Air hostess falls to death from 4th floor in Bengaluru; boyfriend claims it was an accident

Bengaluru, 12/3: A 28-year-old air hostess died after falling from the fourth floor of an apartment building in the upscale Koramangala 8th Block in southeastern Bengaluru.     Archana Dhiman’s boyfriend Adesh, 26, a software engineer, told the police that she accidentally fell down from the fourth-floor corridor of the apartment building in Mallappa Reddy…

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No need to teach about riots, demolition in schools, says NCERT chief after textbook revisions

New Delhi, 16/6: Rejecting accusations of saffronisation of school curriculum, NCERT’s director has said that references to Gujarat riots and Babri masjid demolition were modified in school textbooks because teaching about riots “can create violent and depcan create violent and depressed citizens.” In an interaction with PTI editors at the agency’s headquarters here on Saturday,…

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