Retd ANM hacked to death in Jajpur
IndiGo to start direct flight between Delhi, Jharsuguda
Man gets life term for double murder
5 dead, 40 injured in Jajpur bus accident
Mercury breaches 40 degree C mark in 18 places across Odisha, Baripada town logs 41.4 degrees
Bhubaneswar: Odisha experienced scorching temperatures Monday with Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district recording 41.4 degrees Celsius. According to IMD's Bhubaneswar centre, 18 places in the state reported temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. While Baripada was the hottest, Bhubaneswar, Chandbali, and...
Supreme Court issues notice to ED on Delhi CM Kejriwal’s plea against arrest
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest and subsequent remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case. Agreeing to examine the matter, a bench presided over by Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the federal...
Read moreTrump’s history-making hush-money trial begins
New York: Donald Trump arrived Monday at a New York court for the start of jury selection in his hush-money trial, marking a singular moment in American history as the former president answers to criminal charges that he sought to stifle stories about his sex life. The first trial of any former US commander-in-chief will unfold as Trump vies to reclaim the White House, creating a remarkable split-screen spectacle of the...
Read moreInmates can sign legal papers, complaints: DG (prisons) amid row over Kejriwal issuing orders
New Delhi: With the AAP maintaining that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is running his government from Tihar jail, Director General (prisons) Sanjay Baniwal Monday said an inmate can sign legal papers and personal complaints during his judicial custody but underlined that documents signed should not be political in nature. In an interaction with PTI editors at its headquarters here, Baniwal also said no distinction is made in the treatment meted out...
Read moreSeizures worth Rs 100 cr being made every day to check influence of money power in polls: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission Monday said authorities under its supervision are making seizures worth Rs 100 crore every day since March 1 in run up to the Lok Sabha elections. The Commission said enforcement authorities have seized Rs 4,650 crore even before polling begins for the Lok Sabha elections and it is the "higher than total seizures" made in the 2019 polls "With general elections 2024 underway, ECI is on...
Read moreRetired judges of Supreme Court write to CJI against attempts to ‘undermine’ judiciary
New Delhi: A group of 21 retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts have written to the Chief Justice of India on the escalating attempts by ‘certain factions to undermine the judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement’. These critics are motivated by narrow political interests and personal gains and are striving to erode public confidence in the judicial system, they said. Though the retired judges, including four...
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Retd ANM hacked to death in Jajpur
Binjharpur: Miscreants hacked a retired auxiliary nursing midwife (ANM) to death at Madhusudanpur village under this police limits in Jajpur district, Monday. The deceased was identified as Binodini Sahu, 62, wife of Alekh Behera. She was staying in the village after her retirement along with her husband and elder son, who is posted as a sub-inspector at...
IndiGo to start direct flight between Delhi, Jharsuguda
Bhubaneswar: IndiGo has announced daily direct flights between Delhi and Jharsuguda from May 15. In line with its mission to bolster regional connectivity and accessibility, these flights will provide a direct gateway between the emerging industrial centre and the capital of India, a release from IndiGo said Monday. Head of Global Sales, IndiGo, Vinay Malhotra said, “We...
Man gets life term for double murder
Rourkela: The court of Additional District Judge (2) here sentenced a man to life imprisonment after convicting him in a 2015 double murder case which had created a lot of hue and cry in the area. Declaring his verdict in the case, the judge sentenced the accused Raju Panna to life imprisonment. The additional district judge also...
Seeds of hope & action exhibition held at OUTR
Bhubaneswar: Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG), an outfit engaged in activities related to peace, culture, education and sustainability, in collaboration with Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR), organised an exhibition ‘Seeds of Hope and Action (SOHA) Exhibition: Making the SDGs a Reality’ here Monday. The exhibition, which aims to showcase how an individual’s action can reduce the...
New courses at IIT Bhubaneswar to meet industry needs
Bhubaneswar: Looking at the emerging trends and industry needs, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IITB) launched two new programmes and several new courses for the upcoming fall 2024 session. The two new programmes include an inter-disciplinary blended-mode MTech Degree in ‘Advanced Maintenance Technology’, meant especially for engineers working in the industry and MTech Degree in ‘Semiconductor Technology...
KIMS opens cutting-edge stroke centre
Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) inaugurated cutting-edge new comprehensive stroke centre here Monday. The centre offers a dedicated team of stroke specialists, latest diagnostic and treatment technologies and a commitment to rapid patientcentered care. KIMS associate professor and head of Neurology Santosh Kumar Dash said, “Stroke is a time-critical medical emergency. The patient needs to...
ECI begins ‘vote from home’ initiative in City
Bhubaneswar: The ‘vote from home’ initiative, introduced by the Election Commission (EC) for the first time in the history of the Lok Sabha elections for persons with disabilities (PwDs) over 40 per cent benchmark disability and senior citizens aged 85 and above, started in Capital City, Monday. Under the initiative, the officials visited the homes of elderly...
AIIMS doctors save 1.1 kg baby from rare condition
Bhubaneswar: Doctors at the Department of Paediatric Surgery of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar pulled off a miracle of sorts when they succeeded in saving the life of a newborn weighing 1.1 kg, considered a very low birth weight, and afflicted with duodenal atresia, an exceptionally rare condition. The infant was born prematurely...
5 dead, 40 injured in Jajpur bus accident
Jajpur: Five people including a woman were killed and 40 others were injured, some of them critically, after a passenger bus fell off a flyover on National Highway-16 near Barabati in this district, Monday evening. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the deaths and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh each for the next of...
Ignored In The Past
A letter written by a group of 21 retired Supreme Court and High Court judges to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud flagging “attempts to undermine judiciary through calculated pressure, misinformation, and public disparagement” is an ominous sign for democracy in India. It comes close on the heels of another letter written some days back...
