Peshwar, 30/1: A powerful suicide blast ripped through a mosque during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Peshawar city in Pakistan, killing at least 25 people and wounding 120 others, mostly policemen, security and health officials said. The blast occurred in the mosque in the Police Lines area around 1.40 pm when…
Moscow:, 31/12 Russia’s defence ministry released video footage on Wednesday of what it said was a downed drone at a briefing intended to show Ukraine tried this week to attack a presidential residence and challenge Kyiv’s denials that such an attacks took place.
Bhubaneswar, June 28: The foray made into the world of art and craft by a faculty member of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here has enabled her to turn into an entrepreneur who has been empowering women from the underprivileged background. Alongside her academic pursuits, Dr. Rupsa Das, faculty in the Department…
Bhubaneswar: Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari has ordered the identification and demolition of government land encroached by affluent individuals within three months. The minister directed the officials during his review of the Revenue Department’s work at the Dhenkanal Collector Office. Pujari has instructed administrative officers to safeguard government property by evicting encroachments and registering land occupied by…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday welcomed the safe return of NASA’s Crew-9, which included astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who had been stranded in space for nearly nine months. Taking to the social media platform X, PM Modi expressed his admiration for their resilience, saying, “Welcome back, Crew-9! The Earth missed…
The Dhurandhar film franchise has made history by becoming the first Indian movie series to cross ₹3000 crore worldwide box office collections.Directed by Aditya Dhar, the franchise stars Ranveer Singh, Sara Arjun, Akshaye Khanna, and R Madhavan, and has now officially become the highest-grossing franchise in Indian cinema.With a combined total of over ₹3019 crore…
Bhubaneswar, July 15: Continuing its pre-eminent position in academics and research, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here climbed several notches to be placed 16th in the country in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for 2022 released by the Union Education Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi on Friday. SOA,…
Bhubaneswar, June 2: Smoking in public violates a fundamental principle of human values — not causing harm to another person. But tobacco use, whether active or passive, is not merely a personal choice but amounts to public health hazard, Prof. (Dr.) Sanghamitra Mishra, Dean of Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, said on…
New Delhi, 18/7: Activist Sonam Wangchuk has been shifted to a hospital after his health deteriorated on the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, with Delhi Police saying the move was carried out on the directions of the Delhi High Court and on expert medical advice. Wangchuk joined the…
Bengaluru,16/11: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar on Saturday publicly censured his Cabinet colleague B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan for his ‘racist’ comments on Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy. I’m saying this as the party president…what (Zameer) said was wrong. We’ve talked to him internally, and he has apologised,” Shivakumar…
