Puri: Suar servitors of Srimandir, who are responsible for the cooking and selling of Mahaprasad, have opposed construction of a permanent ramp for differently-abled devotees through the Anand Bazar on the shrine premises. The servitors have submitted a memorandum in this regard to Shree Jagannath...
New Delhi/Mumbai: Major Bollywood stars such as Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan landed in the capital city Thursday for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The meeting comes weeks after the PM met Bollywood producers and discussed issues faced by the...
Bhubaneswar: While the Union government has approved a new set of Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) rules to facilitate corporate bodies and commercialise the places, locals and environmentalists are up in arms against this move. Fishermen, activists and environment experts are opposing the new rules which...
Cuttack: A 24-year-old man was arrested on charges of outraging the modesty of his five-year-old cousin in Tarala area under Jagatpur police limits here Wednesday, a police official said. The girl’s family lodged a complaint with Jagatpur police who registered a case (4/19) under Sections...
Puri: Forest department officials Wednesday retrieved the carcass of a deer from the premises of Talabania indoor stadium here. According to sources, some joggers spotted the carcass in the early morning and informed the Forest officials. The carcass was buried on forest range office premises...
Fourteen states have received the nod from the Defence Ministry for their tableaus whereas Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Kerala have been denied approval for the same Bhubaneswar: Odisha cannot display its tableau at this year’s Republic Day parade in New Delhi....
Cuttack: A few hours after being taken into custody for killing his wife, actress Laxmipriya Behera alias Nikita, Lipan Sahu was sent to judicial custody after his bail plea was rejected by a local court here Tuesday afternoon, a senior Chauliaganj police official said. Prosecution...
Bhubaneswar: Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS), an outfit fighting for farmers’ cause, Tuesday staged a dharna in front of the Governor’s House here seeking Rs 2,930 as minimum support price (MSP) for a quintal of paddy. The outfit also sought monthly pension of Rs 5,000 for...
New Delhi: The Bill that provides for regulation of use and application of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) technology for establishing the identity of certain categories of persons, including offenders, victims, suspects and undertrials was passed in Lok Sabha Tuesday. The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill,...
New Delhi: The Congress and the Trinamool Congress staged a walk out from the Lok Sabha over a bill that seeks to remove hurdles in eligible migrants from six minority groups from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan getting Indian citizenship as they demanded that it should...
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