Naveen demands Special Focus Status for Odisha at Niti Aayog meet
Fake loan app racket: Mumbai Police take 3 accused arrested by Odisha EOW on remand
Several injured in crackdown against illegal liquor trade in Ganjam district
POCSO court sentences man to 20 years imprisonment for raping 13-year-old girl
Odisha govt hikes duty call-up allowance for Home Guards
Naveen demands Special Focus Status for Odisha at Niti Aayog meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday demanded Special Focus Status for Odisha from the Union government during the Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog. Addressing the meeting, Patnaik said Odisha is impacted almost every year by natural disasters. "It's...
Fake loan app racket: Mumbai Police take 3 accused arrested by Odisha EOW on remand
Bhubaneswar: Mumbai Police have taken on remand three accused persons arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Odisha, in connection with the fake loan app racket. The accused have been identified as Nitin Mallik, Sushant and Rakhit, the EOW said...
Several injured in crackdown against illegal liquor trade in Ganjam district
Berhampur: Several government officials have been injured after they were allegedly attacked by villagers at Budighati in Ganjam district during a crackdown against illegal liquor trade, police said. Acting on inputs, a 40-member team of the excise, revenue department and...
POCSO court sentences man to 20 years imprisonment for raping 13-year-old girl
Balasore: A Special POCSO Court in Odisha's Balasore district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl. POCSO Court Judge, Balasore, Ranjan Kumar Sutar on Saturday convicted Dinesh Marandi (22) of village Panpana under...
Odisha govt hikes duty call-up allowance for Home Guards
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Sunday announced a 38 per cent hike in the duty call-up allowance for Home Guards working under the state police. The decision to hike the duty call-up allowance by 38 per cent was taken at a...
Stage set for Amit Shah’s maiden Odisha visit after becoming Home Minister
Bhubaneswar: Preparations are in full swing in Odisha to welcome Home Minister Amit Shah who will reach Bhubaneswar Sunday night. The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are bedecked with posters, banners and placards of Shah, who will visit the...
Satellites no longer usable after deviation: ISRO on maiden SSLV mission
Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Sunday said the satellites onboard its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle "are no longer usable" after the SSLV-D1 placed them in an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one. The space agency said a committee would analyse and make recommendations into today's episode...
Read moreUS, Australia, Japan urge China to immediately cease military exercises around Taiwan
Washington: The United States, Australia and Japan have urged China to immediately cease its military exercises launched following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei, as they reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. Pelosi, 82, was the highest-profile US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years. Pelosi's visit on Wednesday and her meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen and other leaders has infuriated China, which...
Read moreISIS member involved in funds collection arrested from Delhi’s Batla House
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an active ISIS member from here, an official said on Sunday, claiming the "radicalised" individual was collecting funds for the global terror group. Mohsin Ahmad, originally hailing from Patna in Bihar, was arrested from his Batla House residence by a search party Saturday, a spokesperson of the federal anti-terror agency said. The spokesperson said the NIA conducted a search in the residential...
Read moreClimate change making prediction difficult for weather agencies: IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra
New Delhi: Climate change has hampered the ability of the forecasting agencies to accurately predict severe events and weather bureaus across the world are focusing on augmenting the observational network density and the weather prediction modelling to improve predictability, India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said. He also said that though the monsoon rainfall has not shown any significant trend in the country, the number of heavy rainfall...
Read moreAfter pressure from India, Sri Lanka urges China to defer entry of Chinese ‘spy’ ship
Colombo: Amid pressure from its immediate neighbour India, Sri Lanka has urged China to delay the entry of controversial Chinese ship 'Yuan Wang 5' into the Chinese-controlled port in Southern Hambantota. In a letter to the Chinese Embassy in Colombo, the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka stated, "The Ministry wishes to request that the arrival date of the vessel Yuan Wang 5 in Hambantota to be deferred until further consultation is...
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The US provocation of China in the form of its House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and the immediate sabre-rattling in response by China dangerously close to Taiwan is a highly nerve wracking international drama, especially because Pelosi flew into the island nation in Air Force One. Using the personal aircraft of POTUS is a clear...
Patriarchy in language
The question about how a woman who is elected to the post of President should be addressed in Hindi first came to the fore when Pratibha Patil became the first woman to occupy the highest constitutional post in India in 2007. There were debates about whether she should be addressed as ‘Rashtrapati’ or ‘Rasthrapatni’, but that debate...
Naveen demands Special Focus Status for Odisha at Niti Aayog meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday demanded Special Focus Status for Odisha from the Union government during the Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog. Addressing the meeting, Patnaik said Odisha is impacted almost every year by natural disasters. "It's important to have disaster resilient infrastructure to protect the state and its people from the vagaries of...
Fake loan app racket: Mumbai Police take 3 accused arrested by Odisha EOW on remand
Bhubaneswar: Mumbai Police have taken on remand three accused persons arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Odisha, in connection with the fake loan app racket. The accused have been identified as Nitin Mallik, Sushant and Rakhit, the EOW said in a statement Sunday. Mallik was taken on transit remand by Mumbai Police following a production warrant...
CWG: World champion Nikhat Zareen wins gold for India
Birmingham: World champion Nikhat Zareen clinched the gold medal for India in the women's 50kg light flyweight division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games by winning the final bout comprehensively, here Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian defeated Northern Ireland's Carly McNaul, a silver medallist from Gold Coast 2018, by unanimous decision. Nikhat won three of her bouts at Birmingham...
Several injured in crackdown against illegal liquor trade in Ganjam district
Berhampur: Several government officials have been injured after they were allegedly attacked by villagers at Budighati in Ganjam district during a crackdown against illegal liquor trade, police said. Acting on inputs, a 40-member team of the excise, revenue department and police launched the operation in the tribal-dominated village in Jarada area Saturday, they said. Upon their arrival,...
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Satellites no longer usable after deviation: ISRO on maiden SSLV mission
Sriharikota: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Sunday said the satellites onboard its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle "are no longer usable" after the SSLV-D1 placed them in an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one. The space agency said a committee would analyse and make recommendations into today's episode and with the implementation of those recommendations...
CWG: Indian women’s hockey team wins bronze
Birmingham: The Indian women's hockey team beat defending champions New Zealand 2-1 in shootout to win the bronze medal and finish its campaign at the Commonwealth Games on a high note here Sunday. Leading 1-0, India conceded a penalty corner with less than 30 seconds to go for the final hooter, as the match went into shootout...
Commonwealth Games: Boxers Amit Panghal, Nitu strike gold
Birmingham: Indian boxers Nitu Ghanghas won the women's 48kg Commonwealth Games title before Amit Panghal (men's 51kg) joined her on the top of the podium, here Sunday. Panghal bettered his silver from the last edition as he out-punched European Championship silver medallist England's Kiaran MacDonald by a 5-0 verdict in the men's flyweight. Nitu, on the other...