High-decibel campaign ends for Lok Sabha, Assembly polls in Odisha
Odisha: IPS officer Ashish Singh undergoes medical examination as per EC order
PM raising my health issue to get votes unfortunate: Naveen Patnaik
PM Modi again praises Swachh Bharat crusader Kamala Moharana
Puri firecracker tragedy: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik orders probe, announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia
Three killed, 33 injured as heap of firecrackers explodes in Puri
Puri/Bhubaneswar: At least three persons, including a minor, died and 33 others were injured after a stockpile of firecrackers exploded during Lord Jagannath's Chandan Jatra festival in Odisha's Puri, police said Thursday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered an administrative-level inquiry into the firecracker explosion that occurred on Wednesday night and...
Read morePrajwal Revanna leaves Munich, SIT readies for his arrest at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru: Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) MP and prime accused in the sex video scandal, Prajwal Revanna, has boarded a flight from Munich in Germany and is headed to Bengaluru, a source with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) said Thursday. According to the source, the flight departed Munich at around 4:10pm (Indian time) and is expected to land here at the Kempegowda International Airport at around 12:30am. Prajwal Revanna is likely to check...
Read moreJ&K: 22 killed, 57 injured in Akhnoor road accident
Jammu: At least 22 people were killed and 57 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district Thursday, officials said. The accident took place at the Tungi-Morh in the Chowki Chora belt of the district, the officials said, adding that the bus rolled around 150 feet down into the gorge. A magisterial probe has been ordered into the incident, the...
Read moreMonsoon arrives simultaneously in Kerala, northeastern states
New Delhi: The southwest monsoon has arrived simultaneously in Kerala and the northeastern states Thursday, two days ahead of its expected date of June 1. "Southwest monsoon has set in over Kerala and advanced into most parts of northeast India today, May 30, 2024," India Meteorological Department announced in a post on X. IMD had said Wednesday that conditions were rapidly becoming favourable for the onset of the southwest monsoon over...
Read moreAgnikul carries out successful sub-orbital test flight of Agnibaan rocket
New Delhi: Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos Thursday successfully carried out a sub-orbital test-flight of its home-built 3D-printed semi-cryogenic rocket -- Agnibaan -- from its own launch pad at Sriharikota, making it India's second private entity to do so. After four unsuccessful attempts, the test flight of Agnibaan Sub-Orbital Technology Demonstrator (SOrTeD) Thursday took place at 7:15am without any live streaming and in the presence of fewer dignitaries at the Sriharikota...
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High-decibel campaign ends for Lok Sabha, Assembly polls in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The high-decibel campaign for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha came to an end Thursday after two months of intense electioneering. The fourth and final phase of the twin elections in six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 Assembly segments will be held June 1. The six parliamentary seats are Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara...
Odisha: IPS officer Ashish Singh undergoes medical examination as per EC order
Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Ashish Kumar Singh Thursday underwent a medical examination at the AIIMS here, as per directions of the Election Commission. The poll panel had ordered a detailed examination of Singh, IG (CM Security) by a “special medical board” constituted by the director of AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. The medical report of Singh, who has been on medical...
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Bhoi servitors of Puri Jagannath temple carry a log for Rath Yatra chariot construction Divers search for bodies at Puri Narendra Pushkarini a day after violent firecracker explosions killed, injured scores Puri firecracker explosion: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik visits injured men at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar Puri firecracker explosion: BJP leader Sambit Patra...
PM Modi begins ‘dhyan’ at Kanyakumari Vivekananda Rock Memorial
Kanyakumari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his 45-hour-long meditation at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial here Thursday evening, following completion of his two-month-long high-pitch poll campaign across the country. After arriving from nearby Thiruvananthapuram by helicopter, Modi worshipped at the Bhagavathi Amman temple and reached the rock memorial by a ferry service and started meditation that is...
SP leader Azam Khan gets 10 years of jail in 2016 forced eviction case
Rampur: A court here Thursday sentenced Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan to 10 years of imprisonment in an eight-year-old case of forcibly vacating a house and beating the owner. The punishment was pronounced by the Special MP/MLA Court, which also imposed a fine of Rs 14 lakh on the SP leader. The court had Wednesday found...
Sri Lanka urges Russia to stop sending Lankan mercenaries to battlefront
Colombo: Sri Lanka has urged Russia to immediately stop sending Lankan ex-military personnel, now serving as mercenaries in the war against Ukraine, to the warzone. State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said Thursday that the Lankan government has made an official request in this regard till a decision is made after a meeting between Russian diplomats...
PM raising my health issue to get votes unfortunate: Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday said it was “unfortunate” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised his health issue at recent poll rallies in order to “garner votes”. Patnaik said Modi could, instead, have telephoned him to enquire about his health. “It is unfortunate that he (Modi) said this to get votes. He...
PM Modi again praises Swachh Bharat crusader Kamala Moharana
Bhubaneswar: The sexagenarian Kamala Moharana from Kendrapara district in Odisha again hogged the limelight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi showed his respect towards the former by prostrating before her during an election rally in Odisha. Moharana, among the few others, was felicitated by PM Modi during the meeting Wednesday. “I have never thought of meeting PM Modi....
Hiring women for leadership roles in India grows to 23.2% in early 2024: Report
New Delhi: Hiring women for leadership roles in India has grown to 23.2 per cent across industries in early 2024, a new report showed Thursday. According to the report by the professional networking platform LinkedIn and public policy consulting firm The Quantum Hub, there has been an overall growth in the representation of females across the workforce...
Ukraine army head says Russia augmenting its troops in critical Kharkiv region
Kyiv: Russia conducted an array of aerial attacks on Ukraine with cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles, Ukraine's air force said Thursday, while the chief of the army said Russia is increasing its troop concentration in the Kharkiv region where Moscow's forces have made significant advances in a spring offensive. Ukraine's GUR military intelligence operation claimed that...
