Temperature to rise by 4-6 degrees Celsius in Odisha over next five days: IMD
AIIMS Bhubaneswar opens Low Vision Clinic for severe visual impairment patients
India successfully test-fires medium-range ballistic missile off Odisha coast
Modi, Amit Shah among 40 BJP star campaigners for Odisha
Naveen Patnaik roots for ‘double conch’ against BJP’s ‘double engine’ call in Odisha’s simultaneous polls
Arvind Kejriwal, K Kavitha to stay in jail as Delhi court extends custody by 14 days
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BRS leader K Kavitha in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam till May 7. Special judge for CBI and ED matters Kaveri Baweja extended their custody after they were produced...
Read moreKarnataka CM stages dharna over delay in release of drought relief funds by Centre
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday staged a dharna here protesting against the delay in release of drought relief funds by the Centre and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah over the issue. Siddaramaiah said the protest -- held in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue on the premises of Vidhana Soudha which houses the Legislature and State Secretariat -- was aimed at drawing public attention towards...
Read moreUpshift in GDP growth shaping up, weather events risk to inflation: RBI Bulletin
Mumbai: Conditions are shaping up for an extension of a trend upshift in real GDP growth in India, though extreme weather events along with prolonged geo-political tensions may pose a risk to inflation, said the RBI's April Bulletin released Tuesday. The retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) factors for its monetary policy, eased to 4.9 per cent in March after remaining...
Read morePM Modi steps up attack on Congress, says ‘it wanted to bring quota on basis of religion’
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday stepped up offensive on the Congress and accused it of ‘planning and plotting’ to disturb the fabric of the quota system by introducing religion-based reservation when it was in power. Addressing a mega public rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, PM Modi doubled down on his attack amid a series of accusations by the Congress. “When the Congress and INDI Alliance were in power, they wanted...
Read moreNothing will stand in way of Rwanda flights: UK PM Rishi Sunak after key bill passes
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday welcomed the passage of his government's controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill by Parliament overnight and pledged that nothing will stand in the way of illegal migrants being flown out to the African country. A day after he revealed a timeframe between 10 and 12 weeks for the first flights taking off from an undisclosed airfield via chartered planes lined up, Sunak described the passage...
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Temperature to rise by 4-6 degrees Celsius in Odisha over next five days: IMD
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Tuesday predicted that the maximum temperature would gradually rise by 4-6 degrees Celsius at many places in Odisha over the next four to five days. According to the forecast of the IMD's Bhubaneswar Centre, the maximum temperature is expected to rise to 39-41 degrees Celsius in coastal Odisha and up to...
AIIMS Bhubaneswar opens Low Vision Clinic for severe visual impairment patients
Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar has started a “Low Vision Clinic” to illuminate the lives of patients who have almost lost hope due to severe visual impairments. The clinic, one of its kind vision clinic, will help a special group of patients like the socially blind and other patients having very low vision due to glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration,...
India successfully test-fires medium-range ballistic missile off Odisha coast
Balasore: India Tuesday successfully launched a new variant of a medium-range ballistic missile under the aegis of the Strategic Forces Command here, a defence source said. The launch has proven the operational capability of the Command and validated new technologies. The missile was flight tested from Abdul Kalam island off the Odisha coast and met the required...
Modi, Amit Shah among 40 BJP star campaigners for Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda were among the 40 star campaigners for the BJP in the simultaneous polls in Odisha. The others on the list were Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, according to a letter submitted...
Captain Gaikwad’s ton, Dube’s 66 propel CSK to 210/4 against LSG
Chennai: Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad led from the front with a superb 60-ball unbeaten 108 as Chennai Super Kings posted a challenging 210 for 4 against Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL match here Tuesday. Gaikwad's knock, his second IPL hundred, was studded with 12 fours and three sixes. Shivam Dube muscled his way to a 27-ball-66, hitting...
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Women worship goddess Mangala on last Tuesday of Chaitra month at Jagannath Nagar in Bhubaneswar Kids return from school in Bhubaneswar after morning classes Women prepare ‘khiri’ at Choudhury Bazar Gopal Jew Lane mutt on Chaitra Purnima
Naveen Patnaik roots for ‘double conch’ against BJP’s ‘double engine’ call in Odisha’s simultaneous polls
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Tuesday urged people to vote for 'double conch' in the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the state. The term was coined to take on the BJP's call for forming 'double engine' government at the Centre and the state, a source said. In a video released by...
LSG win toss, opt to bowl against CSK
Chennai: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League match here Tuesday. Rahul cited dew as the reason behind his call to chase against CSK. The Chennai side made one change to their eleven, bringing in Daryll Mitchell for fellow Kiwi Rachin Ravindra,...
India’s agri exports fall 9% during Apr-Feb 2024
New Delhi: The country's agriculture exports declined by 8.8 per cent to $43.7 billion during April-February period of 2023-24 fiscal due to factors like the Red Sea crisis, Russia-Ukraine war, and domestic restrictions imposed on critical items like rice, wheat, sugar and onion. According to the data of the commerce ministry, the exports stood at $47.9 billion...
India fourth largest military spender globally in 2023: Report
New Delhi: India was the fourth largest military spender globally in 2023 with an expenditure of $83.6 billion, behind the US, China and Russia, according to a report by an independent international think-tank. The report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) shared on its website in April also said the "rise" in global military spending last...