Bhubaneswar: OAS topper Swetashree Mohapatra said she studied for 8 to 9 hours daily after quitting her job in the year 2022 to appear for the OSC exams. She said she was delighted to hear that she was the topper. Read on to know what more sha has shared about her preparation, it is inspiring indeed!While…
Police in Kandhamala district recovered the decomposed body of Binod Bastia from a forest near Chandaniamunda village under Kantamal police limits on Thursday morning.Family members reported that Bastia had gone missing on June 16 after leaving home. Despite extensive searches in nearby areas, they failed to trace him and later lodged a missing complaint at…
J&K, 26/8: Barely a few hours after Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all positions of the Congress party, including primary membership of the party, six senior leaders in Jammu and Kashmir also submitted their resignations “in support of Azad.” Those who submitted their resignations include former Congress legislators G M Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid,…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, 10/6: Union Minister and actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi on Monday dismissed as ‘grossly incorrect’ media reports suggesting that he was seeking an ‘exit’ from the Narendra Modi-led government. Gopi said that it is a matter of pride for him to be in the Council of Ministers of the Modi government and to represent the…
The Confiscation Court in Bhubaneswar ordered the confiscation of disproportionate assets worth over Rs 1.27 crore belonging to former Executive Engineer Prafulla Kumar Panigrahi.The order, passed by the Authorised Officer of the Special Court (Vigilance), includes immovable properties such as a multi-storeyed building at Tulasi Nagar, Berhampur, and three plots in Rajendra Nagar Sahi, Tulasi…
New Delhi, 21/12: Citizens will not be able to access all official documents related to elections in the country with the Narendra Modi government amending the Conduct of Election Rules and restricting it to only those covered under it, a move that attracted criticism from parties and activist. Earlier, activists said, documents like reports and…
New Delhi: In a historic move, the Union government has slashed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates for 33 cancer drugs and rare medicines — from 12 to zero per cent. The decision taken by the GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Wednesday, rationalised the indirect tax structure, cutting the current four…
Patna, 14/10: The BJP on Tuesday released the first list of its candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections. The polls will be held in two phases — November 6 and 11 — and the results will be out on November 14. The ruling NDA on Sunday came out with its seat-sharing formula for the elections…
Kolkata, 18/4: Acting on the advice of the Election Commission of India (ECI), West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday called off his proposed tour to Cooch Behar, during which he intended to ‘oversee’ the polling process. He, however, alleged that an attempt was being made to ‘politicise the Governor’s office’, while asserting…
Shimla, 10/7 : Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Saturday expressed concern over the non-adoption of favorable behavior in relation to Covid-19 in hill stations and other tourist places, saying that the second wave of the epidemic is not over yet. The Home Ministry said in a statement that the Home Secretary reviewed the steps…
