Sweden, 7/10: Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work focuses on colonialism and the trauma of the refugee experience, won the Nobel Literature Prize on October 7. Mr. Gurnah, who grew up on the island of Zanzibar but who arrived in England as a refugee at the end of the 1960s, is the fifth African…
New Delhi, 18/3: The group of dissatisfied leaders of the Congress has again come into the limelight after the party’s defeat in the G-23 assembly elections. These disgruntled Congress leaders have been demanding a change in the organization since the beginning. Many big faces including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal are included in this group….
Rajgir (Bihar), 20/11: Indian women’s hockey team retained the Asian Champions Trophy title with a narrow 1-0 win over Olympic silver medallist China in a pulsating final here Wednesday. Young striker Deepika scored the winner for India from a penalty corner in the 31st minute to finish as the tournament’s highest goal getter with 11…
New Delhi, 23/4: The Supreme Court has said that if courts showed undue leniency in sentencing of convicts, it would shake public confidence in the criminal justice system, while taking away the deterrent effect and affecting the rights of the victim and his family members. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal…
Ranchi: A jawan was critically injured during an ongoing search operation at the Saranda jungles in Jharkhand. Maoists blasted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Babudara under Chotanagar police limits in Jharkhand.The injured jawan has been identified as Manoj Damai of the Jharkhand Jaguar forces. He was airlifted to Ranchi for medical treatment.As many as 18,000…
Mayurbhanj: A police constable was found dead in a parked car at NH-18 of Padmanavpur of Mayurbhanj district.The deceased has been identified as Basanta Mahanta, a native of Jharpokhariar.As per reports, an unidentified car was found parked by roadside since 11 am yesterday. As it remained there till afternoon, the villagers grew suspicious and found…
Bhubaneswar, 21/1 (AO Bureau): After the announcement of Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik’ to make Puri a world heritage city, work has been underway. A draft plan for the development of the Konark Heritage Area has been prepared as a part of that order Every day, many tourists come to Konark from all over the…
Mumbai, 27/9: After a day-long hearing, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the Election Commission from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group to be the “real” Shiv Sena. A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud, said there will be no stay on proceedings before the EC to…
Balasore: Locals of Mohanty Pada village in Odisha’s Balasore district were scared and terrified after a ‘mysterious iron piece’ weighing above 3kgs reportedly fell from the sky on Thursday. The iron piece fell on the house of one Kartik Chandra Mohanty of the village under Remuna Block today and made a big hole on the…
New Delhi, 30/1 (AO Bureau) : In a major development in the Republic Day Violence case, the Delhi Police on Friday arrested 44 people, including the man who attacked the cops with a sword during the clash at the Singhu border. A clash took place at the Singhu border when a group of men claiming…
