Lahore: Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was barred by Pakistan's Punjab provincial government from delivering the Friday sermon at Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) headquarters in Lahore, where a government-appointed cleric led prayers and delivered the weekly sermon. This is for the first time since the establishment...
Madrid: Marches and protests were held Friday across the globe to mark International Women's Day under the slogan #BalanceforBetter, with calls for a more gender-balanced world. In Spain, where women's rights have become one of the hot topics in the run-up to a general election...
Kakatpur: An injured owl, belonging to a rare species, was rescued by one Sameer Swain of Kahala village near Malamachha on Kakatpur-Astrang road. Sameer rescued the bird Thursday night when he was on his way home. Sameer informed Astarang forest officials Friday. Forester Kartikeswar Munda...
Islamabad: Pakistan Friday registered a First Information Report against "unidentified pilots" of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for bombing and destroying 19 trees in Balakot area, according to a media report, days after India's preemptive strike against the Jaish-e-Mohammed's largest terrorist training camp in the...
Bhubaneswar: The state government Thursday appointed former Bhubaneswar mayor Ananta Narayan Jena as the new chairman of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA). Usually, the Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Minister always holds this position by virtue of his portfolio. However, this time the government has...
BHUBANESWAR: Sagarika Mishra, a single woman, has dedicated her life for the betterment of distressed children at Adruta Children Home, which was founded by Aditya Kumar Mohanty in 1998. The shelter home houses 90 children. These children are currently studying at Bikash Residential School, Govt...
BHUBANESWAR: Renowned miniature artist Satya Satyanarayan Moharana has crafted a miniature art on Lata Mangeshkar on a banana on the eve of International Women’s Day. It took around one hour for him to create the art piece. It is 2 inches in height and 1.5...
Bhubaneswar: An MoU has been signed between the state’s Higher Education department and TCIL of Department of Telecommunication under the Ministry of Communication for development of smart and virtual classrooms in 101 degree colleges in the state. The 101 colleges include 51 government-run and 50...
BHUBANESWAR: A book ‘Birds of Odisha- A Pictorial Encyclopedia’ by father-daughter duo Pramod Dhal and Gloria Dhal was launched at Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre in Jaydev Vihar here Thursday. The book was officially released by Governor Ganeshi Lal in the morning at Raj...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet Thursday approved setting up of four new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) in three districts of Odisha. According to a statement from the Cabinet, the KVs would be set up at Anandapur and Champua in Keonjhar district, Chhatrapur in Ganjam district and...
Brazil, the largest South American country with a Leftist government, is poised to come within the orbit of the influence...
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The Supreme Court stating on 5 October that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by...
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India’s air-power shortcomings are becoming harder to ignore. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, very publicly, flagging Pakistan’s collaboration with China...
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By Aakar Patel While Gandhi Jayanti is still fresh on our minds and the right to peaceful assembly is in...
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