Organic produce, craft items big draw at City Adivasi Mela
3 held with elephant tusks
Indian women’s hockey team reaches Bhubaneswar for FIH Hockey Pro League matches
Unabated Pacu fishing threatens habitat of Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park
Kendrapara: Pacu fish cultivation, illegal installations of fish gherries (encircling gillnets) and shrimp enclosures are posing a threat to the natural habitat of Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park, several environmentalists have suggested. According to environmentalist Ashok Kumar Samal, for the past...
PM Narendra Modi likely to visit Odisha twice in February
Nitish Kumar takes oath as chief minister of Bihar for record ninth time
Patna: JD(U) president Nitish Kumar Sunday took oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record ninth time. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan here. Along with Kumar, BJP leaders Vijay Kumar Sinha, Samrat Choudhary and Prem Kumar...
Read moreJD(U) will be finished in LS polls: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, whose party on Sunday lost power following Nitish Kumar's latest volte-face, claimed that the latter's JD(U) will be "finished in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls". The former deputy chief minister described his ex-boss as a "respectable" but "tired" leader and warned the BJP, which has teamed up with the JD(U) chief, that the septuagenarian did not like to share "credit" with allies. "Nitish Kumar seems to...
Read moreAAP will contest all assembly seats in Haryana on its own, LS polls as part of INDIA bloc: Kejriwal
Chandigarh: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said his party will contest all the 90 assembly seats in Haryana on its own, but the Lok Sabha polls will be fought as part of the INDIA bloc. The Lok Sabha polls are due in April-May while the assembly elections will be held later this year a few months after the general elections. "Today people only have trust in...
Read moreAfter fresh ED summons, Jharkhand CM visits Delhi
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren went on an unplanned visit to Delhi after the Enforcement Directorate issued fresh summons, asking him to join the investigation in a money laundering case. Soren travelled to the national capital Saturday night, triggering speculations. His trip to Delhi came in the backdrop of the ED asking him whether he would be available for questioning on either January 29 or January 31. "The visit was...
Read moreIndia now cooperating on probe into Sikh separatist’s killing: ex-Canadian NSA
Ottawa: India is now cooperating with Canada in the ongoing probe into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and bilateral ties are improving following months of tensions over the matter, a former Canadian national security advisor has said, describing the changing relationship as an ‘evolution.’ The remarks by Canada's former national security advisor Jody Thomas came during an interview with CTV Friday. She said India is now...
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Organic produce, craft items big draw at City Adivasi Mela
Bhubaneswar: While people of the Capital city are flocking to Adivasi Mela to get a taste of local produce, people from all over the world are visiting the Adivasi Exhibition Grounds to witness and experience the traditions and culture of tribal people. Chironji seeds, popularly known as Charoli nut, Cuddapah almond, Calumpong, Hamilton mombin of the cashew...
3 held with elephant tusks
Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested three persons after recovering two elephant tusks weighing 8.986 kg from their possession, an official said Sunday. DRI sources said the officials raided a residence in Deogarh and arrested the three accused – Premraj Sahu and Samir Kapardar of Deogarh and Rajesh Kumar of Delhi – late January...
5T Chairman reviews projects in Keonjhar
Bhubaneswar: 5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman Kartik Pandian reviewed the progress of various development projects and interacted with students as well as the general public during his visit to Keonjhar, Sunday. Pandian took part in the NuaO programme at DD University ground, where he interacted with college students. The Nabin Odisha Chairman also motivated students to dream...
Markets to focus on budget, US Fed policy in eventful week: Analysts
New Delhi: Interim budget, the US Federal policy decision and quarterly earnings will be the major drivers for stock markets which may also see some consolidation this week, say analysts. Besides, investors would also focus on the trading activity of foreign investors and global trends for further cues. From the macroeconomic front, the PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index)...
Nitish Again
Nitish Kumar has done it yet again. The JD(U) leader took oath for a record ninth time as the Chief Minister of Bihar along with the BJP’s Samrat Chowdhury and Vijay Sinha as ministers, Sunday. This is the fourth time in the last eleven years that the Bihar Chief Minister, once known as ‘Susashan Babu’, has changed...
Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus granted bail in labour law violation case
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Labour Appellate Tribunal has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, chairman of Grameen Telecom, along with three other top officials of the company in labour law violation case. Earlier, Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) panel lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan had requested various stakeholders including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to monitor the ongoing...
PM, BJP leaders congratulate Nitish; Modi says new govt to leave no stone unturned to develop Bihar
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted Sunday that the newly sworn-in NDA government in Bihar will leave no stone unturned for the state's development and to fulfil people's aspirations, as BJP leaders joined him in congratulating Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his two deputies on taking oath. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conveyed his best wishes to...
Xi says ready to ‘break new ground’ to solidify China-France ties after Macron inks big defence deals with India
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered to "break new ground" to give a fillip to the China-France ties, days after French President Emmanuel Macron's high-profile visit to India during which the two countries unveiled an ambitious defence roadmap besides intensifying cooperation in the strategic Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific region. Macron's visit to India also coincided...
33 people have been killed in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan
Islamabad: Separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan have left at least 33 people dead and 16 others injured, authorities said Sunday. Ten collisions occurred in the Sorabi district of Kabul province, on the main highway linking the Afghan capital, Kabul, and the eastern Nangarhar province, killing 17 people, including two children and four women, said Khalid Zadran,...
Nepal & China to sign implementation plan of Beijing-backed BRI projects: Nepal’s Deputy PM
Kathmandu: Nepal and China will sign the implementation plan of the Belt and Road Initiative “very soon”, Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha said Saturday, nearly seven years after the two neighbours inked an agreement to undertake ambitious Beijing-backed infrastructure projects in the Himalayan nation. “Once we sign the implementation plan, we will move into the implementation...
