Orissa High Court orders govt to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for schoolgirl’s death
Odisha govt to distribute national flag free of cost among people
Naveen to inaugurate several projects in Mayurbhanj Friday
Heavy rain warning in Odisha over another low pressure
Odisha cops arrest Nigerian man from Delhi for honey-trapping man
Orissa High Court orders govt to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for schoolgirl’s death
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court directed the state government Thursday to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the father of a seven-year-old girl for her "avoidable" death due to a wall collapse at a school in Keonjhar district nine...
Odisha govt to distribute national flag free of cost among people
Bhubaneswar: As the country gears up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Independence, the Odisha government has decided to distribute Tricolour free of cost among people, official sources said. The state government, under its Mission Shakti department, has engaged...
Naveen to inaugurate several projects in Mayurbhanj Friday
Baripada: With BJP leaving no stone unturned to gain political mileage from election of Droupadi Murmu as India's first tribal woman President, Chief Minister and ruling BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is set to visit Mayurbhanj, from where she hails, Friday....
Heavy rain warning in Odisha over another low pressure
Bhubaneswar: Odisha may bear the brunt of another possible low-pressure area over the weekend, the Met office said Thursday, even as the state continues to reel from pouring rain over the past few days due to depression. Torrential rain has...
Odisha cops arrest Nigerian man from Delhi for honey-trapping man
Balasore: Odisha police have arrested a Nigerian from New Delhi for allegedly cheating a Balasore man of Rs 30 lakh by honey-trapping him, police officials said Thursday. The accused identified as Samson Emeke Alika has been arrested based on a...
Odisha signs pact with National Institute of Ocean Technology for protecting coastline
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Ocean Technology for protection of its coasts. The MoU was signed between Water Resources Department Engineer in Chief B K Mishra and GA Ramdass, Director,...
China blocks US-India bid at UN to blacklist JeM dy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar:New Delhi says ‘politically motivated’
United Nations/New Delhi: China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the UN Security Council to designate Pakistan-based JeM's deputy chief Abdul Rauf Azhar as a global terrorist, an action dubbed as "politically motivated" by the government sources in New Delhi Thursday. Brother of JeM chief Masood...
Read moreNo chance of recession, India to be fastest growing economy this year: Govt source
New Delhi: India will be the fastest growing major economy this year and the next despite headwinds from rising inflation, widening trade deficit and a declining rupee, a top government source said Thursday. While the widening trade deficit and depleting forex reserves due to higher import bills had raised alarm bells for the current account deficit (CAD), the source said the situation should stabilise soon. The source went on to say...
Read moreSuicide attack on army camp in Rajouri: 3 soldiers, 2 terrorists killed
Jammu: Two terrorists carried out a suicide attack on an Army camp in Jammu's Rajouri district in the early hours of Thursday, killing three soldiers. Both attackers were gunned down in the four-hour firefight that followed. "In the early hours Thursday, alert sentries of the Indian Army post at Parghal, in Rajouri district detected suspicious persons approaching their post taking advantage of the inclement weather and dense foliage," PRO (defence) Jammu...
Read moreChina renews war threats as Taiwan launches its military exercises
Beijing: China Thursday renewed its threat to attack Taiwan following almost a week of war games near the island. Taiwan has called Beijing's claims to the self-governing democracy “wishful thinking" and launched its own military exercises. Taiwan's “collusion with external forces to seek independence and provocation will only accelerate their own demise and push Taiwan into the abyss of disaster,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily briefing....
Read moreDelhi govt makes masks mandatory at public places, Rs 500 fine on violators
New Delhi: In the wake of a sudden surge of new Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has made the wearing of masks in public places mandatory and a fine of Rs 500 will be imposed on violators. The decision was taken by the DDMA after noticing that people were not adhering to wearing of masks at public places. The district administration has been directed to implement the...
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KL Rahul to lead India vs Zimbabwe after being declared fit by medical team
New Delhi: Senior opener KL Rahul will be leading the Indian team in the three-match ODI series in Zimbabwe after being declared fit by the BCCI medical team. Shikhar Dhawan, who was named the captain initially, will now be Rahul's deputy. Rahul was recovering from a sports hernia surgery and was supposed to play the West Indies...
No chance of recession, India to be fastest growing economy this year: Govt source
New Delhi: India will be the fastest growing major economy this year and the next despite headwinds from rising inflation, widening trade deficit and a declining rupee, a top government source said Thursday. While the widening trade deficit and depleting forex reserves due to higher import bills had raised alarm bells for the current account deficit (CAD),...
Orissa High Court orders govt to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation for schoolgirl’s death
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court directed the state government Thursday to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the father of a seven-year-old girl for her "avoidable" death due to a wall collapse at a school in Keonjhar district nine years ago. A division bench, headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar, said the responsibility for the girl's...
Odisha govt to distribute national flag free of cost among people
Bhubaneswar: As the country gears up to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Independence, the Odisha government has decided to distribute Tricolour free of cost among people, official sources said. The state government, under its Mission Shakti department, has engaged self-help groups to make 30 lakh national flags, which were being distributed among common people, they said....
Naveen to inaugurate several projects in Mayurbhanj Friday
Baripada: With BJP leaving no stone unturned to gain political mileage from election of Droupadi Murmu as India's first tribal woman President, Chief Minister and ruling BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik is set to visit Mayurbhanj, from where she hails, Friday. Patnaik on Thursday approved a proposal of Rungta Metals Private Limited for setting up an integrated steel...
Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves Singapore for Thailand after short-term visit pass expires: Report
Singapore: Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore for Thailand after his short-term visit pass expired Thursday, according to a media report. Rajapaksa boarded a flight from Singapore to Bangkok, after Thailand confirmed a day before that it had received a request from the current Sri Lankan government for him to visit the country. Responding to...
In India, 7.3% of the population owned digital currency in 2021, 7th highest in the world: UN
United Nations: Over seven per cent of India's population owns digital currency, according to the UN, which said that the use of cryptocurrency rose globally at an unprecedented rate during the COVID-19 pandemic. The UN trade and development body UNCTAD said that in 2021, developing countries accounted for 15 of the top 20 economies when it comes...
Give & take: West gives Ukraine weapons, bans Russian coal
Kyiv: On a day of give and take, Western nations made more pledges to send arms to Ukraine while the European Union's full ban on Russian coal imports kicked in Thursday amid claims sanctions against Moscow now even affected its defense exports. Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged Thursday that Germany “is shipping arms — a great, great many,...
Suicide attack on army camp in Rajouri: 3 soldiers, 2 terrorists killed
Jammu: Two terrorists carried out a suicide attack on an Army camp in Jammu's Rajouri district in the early hours of Thursday, killing three soldiers. Both attackers were gunned down in the four-hour firefight that followed. "In the early hours Thursday, alert sentries of the Indian Army post at Parghal, in Rajouri district detected suspicious persons approaching...
China renews war threats as Taiwan launches its military exercises
Beijing: China Thursday renewed its threat to attack Taiwan following almost a week of war games near the island. Taiwan has called Beijing's claims to the self-governing democracy “wishful thinking" and launched its own military exercises. Taiwan's “collusion with external forces to seek independence and provocation will only accelerate their own demise and push Taiwan into the...
