Lower Suktel: Distress of the displaced
Kerang Fabric project aims to revive age-old tribal heritage
Man held for killing sexagenarian
Senior clerk in Vigilance net
Balasore man held in 3 qtl marijuana haul
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Friday arrested a notorious narcotics smuggler and recovered a whooping three quintals of marijuana (ganja) which he was supposed to deliver to receivers in neighbouring Jharkhand. Interestingly, the police said Rahul Sethi, the alleged smuggler, was...
Over 60% voting recorded in phase one of 2024 Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: An aggregate 60.03 per cent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls Friday, the Election Commission (EC) said. While the figures were issued after the conclusion of polls, the commission said people who were in the queue when voting ended at 6 pm...
Read moreRahul, De Kock slam fifties as LSG score 8-wicket win over CSK
Lucknow: Openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock, who made classy fifties on a slow pitch, produced a chasing masterclass to power Lucknow Super Giants to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in their IPL match here Friday. Asked to bat first, Ravindra Jadeja came up with a solid unbeaten 57 before Mooen Ali (30 off 20) and MS Dhoni (28 off 9) went on a six-hitting spree to...
Read moreSix eastern Nagaland districts abstain from voting amid shutdown call over ‘frontier territory’ demand
Kohima: Election officials across 738 polling stations in six Eastern Nagaland districts waited for over nine hours Friday, but none of the 4 lakh (approx) voters from the region showed up due to a call to abstain from the electoral process given by the Naga organisations pressing for their demand for a separate ‘Frontier Nagaland Territory’. Elsewhere, a voter turnout of around 57 per cent was recorded for the lone Lok...
Read moreArvind Kejriwal accuses ED of being ‘petty’, ‘politicising’ his food before court
New Delhi: Accusing the Enforcement Directorate of being "petty" and "politicising" what he ate in jail, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday asserted before a court that the food he consumed was in conformity with the diet chart prepared by his doctor. The ED had Thursday claimed before the court that Kejriwal was eating food high in sugar like mangoes and sweets every day, despite having type 2 diabetes, to create...
Read moreG7 warns of new sanctions against Iran as world reacts to apparent Israeli drone attack
Jerusalem: Group of Seven foreign ministers warned of new sanctions against Iran Friday for its drone and missile attack on Israel, and urged both sides to avoid an escalation of the conflict. Meanwhile, an apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defences at a major air base and a nuclear site near the central city of Isfahan. It came days after Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel. Israel...
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Kannada actress Harshika Poonacha attacked by mob in Bengaluru, urges K’taka CM to act
Bengaluru: Popular Kannada actress Harshika Poonacha said Friday that she is afraid to step outside in the streets of Bengaluru after her family was attacked by a mob for speaking in Kannada and appealed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Karnataka Police to take strict action against the miscreants involved in the incident. Senior BJP leader and Opposition...
Damning Indictment
I n a significant development in a more than decade-old Case, the Supreme Court has handed a major victory to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) by overturning its earlier directive. Previously, the apex court had ordered DMRC to pay an arbitration award of Rs 8,000 crore to Anil Ambani’s firm, Delhi Airport Metro Express Ltd (DAMEPL)....
IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Ruturaj Gaikwad fined Rs 12 lakh each for slow over rate
Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul and his Chennai Super Kings counterpart Ruturaj Gaikwad have been fined Rs 12 lakh each as their teams maintained a slow over rate in their Indian Premier League match here. Playing at home, LSG beat defending champions CSK by eights wickets in the match at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal...
Lower Suktel: Distress of the displaced
Bolangir: Once the Lower Suktel Dam comes up, thousands of acres of farmland in this perennially drought-prone district will be irrigated. The drinking water woes of many towns and villages in the district will be a thing of the past. Economic development will blossom with accelerated growth, and Bolangir will be transformed from a backwards to a...
Kerang Fabric project aims to revive age-old tribal heritage
Bhubaneswar: INTACH’s Odisha chapter has unveiled the Kerang Fabric project with an aim to revive the age-old heritage and ancient tradition of the Gadabas of Koraput. At an event held in Bhubaneswar to mark World Heritage Day, Thursday, Gadaba tribal women, dressed in Kerang sarees, showcased the revival of this ancient tradition. The use of handwoven clothes...
Man held for killing sexagenarian
Paikamal: Police arrested Friday Mahadeb Bariha for allegedly killing a 65-year old man by bludgeoning his head with a stone following an altercation Wednesday. The incident took place at Bhubaneswarpur village under this block in Bargarh district. The body of the deceased, identified as Purnachandra Sahu, was recovered from a sparsely forested area, police said. Both the...
Senior clerk in Vigilance net
Boudh: Sleuths of the Vigilance department arrested Friday here Rabindra Nath Padhy, the senior clerk in the office of the block education officer (BEO) at Harbhanga in this district. He was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 20,000, the first installment of a total bribe amount of Rs 40,000 from a school teacher. Officials said that the entire...
Climate activists urge parties to support rehab programmes
Bhubaneswar: ‘Youth4Water India’ has urged political parties in the state contesting the general elections to commit to special rehabilitation and support programmes for the youths who are most vulnerable to climate change impacts. ‘Youth4Water India’, a campaign initiated by Water Initiatives, WaterAid India, and 68 other organisations, has released a 23-point manifesto for political parties contesting the...
Avoid alcohol, junk food for healthy liver: Panigrahi
Bhubaneswar: Stressing the fact that 90 per cent of liver diseases are preventable, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, Friday, said that one needs to avoid alcohol, processed and junk foods, and undergo screening at regular intervals to keep the liver healthy. This was revealed during a patient awareness and interaction programme...
Balasore man held in 3 qtl marijuana haul
Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police Friday arrested a notorious narcotics smuggler and recovered a whooping three quintals of marijuana (ganja) which he was supposed to deliver to receivers in neighbouring Jharkhand. Interestingly, the police said Rahul Sethi, the alleged smuggler, was intercepted with the narcotics consignment in his car when he was on his way to meet his...
