Gopal Subramanium meets Shankarachrya and SJTA
Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium held talks with Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati and the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Friday morning over the apex court’s 12 proposals on disciplinary reforms in the 12th century shrine. Subramanium met the temple...
No casualty reported due to Cyclone Daye: SRC
Bhubaneswar: Following the landfall of cyclone ‘Daye’, Malkangiri district has been mainly affected along with Ganjam district. But no casualty has been reported and situation is improving. Briefing media at the State Secretariat here, Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi...
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Cyclonic storm ‘DAYE’ crosses coast in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic storm 'DAYE' crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha early Friday, triggering heavy downpour accompanied by high velocity wind in several parts of the state. The cyclonic storm "DAYE" over northwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestward with a speed of about 23 kmph and crossed south Odisha and...
Read moreState failed to execute disaster recovery plans: CAG
Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) has not implemented the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) and the Odisha Disaster Recovery Project (ODRP) effectively despite utilising Rs 1,432.72 crore as of March 2017. The CAG report which was tabled in the Assembly Thursday said OSDMA has not made early warning dissemination system (EWDS) one of the five components of the NCRMP, operational even after six years of the commencement of...
Read moreTerrorists abduct, kill 3 J-K cops as militancy turns new page
Srinagar: Three policemen were abducted from their homes in south Kashmir's Shopian district and shot dead in cold blood by the Hizbul Mujahideen Friday, police said as a new page opened up in the three-decade chapter of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. The Hizbul Mujahideen is believed to be responsible for the killings, which also shook the 1.2 lakh strong Jammu and Kashmir police force with at least six special police...
Read moreIndia cries `evil,’ calls off talks with Pak
New Delhi: Nearly 24 hours after agreeing to it, the government Friday called off a meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in New York, citing the brutal killing of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad releasing postage stamps "glorifying" Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani. Announcing the cancellation of the meeting, External Affairs ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the incidents "exposed" the "true face" of Pakistan's new Prime...
Read moreSensex ends in red after 1,000-pt flash crash
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex tumbled about 280 points to close below the 37,000-mark Friday after investors were jolted by an over 1,000-point plunge in afternoon trade. The 30-share benchmark, which opened on a strong footing, suddenly tanked 1,127.58 points, or 3.03 per cent, to hit a low of 35,993.64 at 1309 hours, before staging an equally sharp recovery. The fall came on the back of a massive selloff in NBFCs, led...
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