Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has extended the deadline for completing the e-KYC process for ration card beneficiaries till January 31. Food Supplies Minister Krushna Chandra Patra told the media on Sunday that only 85 per cent of eligible individuals have fulfilled their e-KYC requirements so far. The extension will help the remaining over 50 lakh beneficiaries to…
Koraput, 3/3: A mild earthquake of 3.8 magnitude on the Richter Scale occurred in Odisha’s Koraput district on Friday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The earthquake took place at 5.05 am at a depth of 5 km. The epicentre was 129 km east of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh, it said. However,…
New Delhi, 28/6: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested the principal and vice principal of a school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said. Ehsanul Haque, the principal of Oasis School, was made the city coordinator of Hazaribagh for the medical entrance exam conducted by the…
New Delhi, 5/3: A passenger of a New York-New Delhi American Airlines flight has allegedly urinated on a fellow male passenger on board in a drunken state, sources said on Sunday. The incident allegedly took place on flight number AA292, which took off from New York at 9:16 pm on Friday and landed…
Bhubaneswar, July 2: Governor of Odisha Raghubar Das on Tuesday praised the widely circulated monthly magazine Kadambini for enriching the Odia language which has a rich history among the Indian classical languages. Speaking at the Silver Jubilee celebration of Kadambini as the Chief Guest, the Governor reflected upon the Odia language, saying it is an…
Kolkatta, 5/5: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Tuesday held a press conference following the drubbing her party, the All India Trinamool Congress has received in the recently concluded assembly polls for the state. In the polls, BJP has got 207 seats, TMC won in 80 seats in the house of 294. Majority mark is 148…
New Delhi, 5/5: The Centre is planning to cut taxes on some edible oils to cool the domestic market after the war in Ukraine and Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports sent prices skyrocketing, according to people familiar with the matter. India, the world’s top importer of vegetable oils, is looking to cut…
Athagarh: In a shocking incident, a youth was allegedly thrown in front of a speeding vehicle in Cuttack district of Odisha on Tuesday night. As a result the youth sustained critical injury and later succumbed to the injury in the hospital. The incident took place at the Mahakalabasta chhaka under Khuntuni Police Station limits. His family…
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas reviewed the national fuel supply and directed all states to ensure the uninterrupted availability of petroleum products and gas.Virtual Review MeetingSenior officials, including Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg and Food Supplies Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh, joined the virtual meeting from Lok Seva Bhawan. The ministry emphasised that refineries…
New Delhi,11/5: Fresh allegations of irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 examination have surfaced, with the Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) launching an investigation into claims that questions sets resembling the actual paper were circulated before the exam. The development comes just days after NEET-UG 2026 was conducted on…
