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Thiruvananthapuram: The Messi conundrum surrounding Argentina's much-hyped visit to India has taken a fresh twist, with sponsors confirming that ace footballer Lionel Messi and his team will not be coming to Kerala in November. The clarification came soon after the Argentina Football Association (AFA) announced that the national team would play only in Angola next month. The confirmation has poured cold water on weeks of excitement in India with fans eagerly awaiting the football G.O.A.T's arri ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Ekamra MLA Babu Singh Friday laid the foundation stones for the redevelopment of two crematoriums at Kaligadia and Garabadu in the Old Town area. The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) will carry out the project to improve facilities and ensure a more dignified space for last rites. Kaligadia crematorium will be developed at an estimated cost of Rs 2.21 crore, while the Garabadu crematorium will be redeveloped at a cost of Rs 1.85 crore. The BDA's plan includes the construction ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The second season of the acclaimed documentary series 'An Optimist's Guide to the Planet', hosted by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador and 'Game of Thrones' star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, premiered Wednesday. It featured the mangrove restoration work under the Enhancing Climate Resilience of India's Coastal Communities (ECRICC) initiative in Odisha. ECRICC is a collaborative effort of the Green Climate Fund under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Cl ...Read More >
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest buyer of discounted Russian oil, plans to scale back imports following fresh US sanctions on Moscow-linked firms, dealing a significant blow to billionaire Mukesh Ambani's conglomerate. State-run refiners, however, may continue purchases through intermediary traders for now, industry officials said. Reliance, which operates the world's largest single-site oil refining complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat, purchased about half of the 1.7-1.8 million ...Read More >
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 27, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi will virtually attend the 22nd Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)- India Summit October 26 at the invitation of Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ASEAN leaders will jointly review the progress in ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Sholay sequence showing Dharmendra hiding behind a Shiva statue has put Javed Akhtar bang in the centre of an escalating social media debate after his comment that he will never be able to write it today. The undated video, in which the lyricist-writer is discussing freedom of speech and democracy, is back in circulation, prompting singer Lucky Ali, among others to take him on for his views on Muslims -- and Hindus. On Monday, he wrote on X in response to a post on Akhtar's vide ...Read More >
Mumbai: Renowned comic actor and Hindi film veteran Govardhan Asrani, known by his stage name, Asrani, has passed away at the age of 84. The cause of his death was unknown at the time of filing the report. His last rites were performed at Santacruz Crematorium Monday. As per his manager and close friend, the actor passed away due to a chest infection, at 3 PM October 20. The official Instagram account handler of the actor shared the post with regards to the actor's demise. They wrote, "The n ...Read More >
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended higher Monday, taking their winning run to the fourth day in a row, driven by buying in blue-chip Reliance Industries and sustained foreign fund inflows. A sharp rally in global markets also added to the markets' optimism. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 411.18 points or 0.49 per cent to settle at 84,363.37. During the day, it zoomed 704.37 points or 0.83 per cent to 84,656.56. The 50-share NSE Nifty surged 133.30 points or 0.52 per cent ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday distributed the first installment of Rs 40,000 each to 48,693 beneficiaries of Antyodaya Gruha Yojana (AGY). Majhi said his government launched the AGY March 30 to provide pucca houses to the poor. A total of Rs 194.77 crore was disbursed as part of the first instalment. CM Majhi said an outlay of Rs 7,550 crore has been allocated for AGY for the period 2024-25 to 2027-28, targeting the construction of 5 lakh houses. "While Rs 40,0 ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch claimed to have arrested the Odisha head of 'Hedgex Fund', a firm accused of duping around three lakh depositors in 10 states to a tune of over Rs 1,000 crore on the promise of hefty returns, from Cuttack Saturday. Pratap Kumar Rout has been booked under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120-B of the IPC, 4, 5, and 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 66(D) of the Information Technology Act, and 21(1)( ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has declared an additional holiday October 20 for the Diwali festival. Except for Nuapada district, all government offices across the state will remain closed on that day, officials said. The previously announced holiday October 21 will also remain in effect. However, all banks and other financial institutions will remain open October 21, according to the government notification. Except for Nuapada, government offices in all other districts will remain closed ...Read More >
Patna: With just one day remaining for nominations in Bihar's first-phase constituencies, the INDIA bloc remained without a seat-sharing formula, though coalition parties secured election symbols for their candidates without a formal announcement. On the other hand, all five partners in the ruling NDA were through with announcements of candidates, from respective parties, for all 243 assembly segments. Former state BJP president and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and a number of his ca ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A 31-year-old general surgeon has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife, also a doctor, six months after her death was initially believed to be from natural causes. Police said the case took a turn after a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report confirmed the presence of an anaesthetic substance in the victim's organs. Dr Mahendra Reddy, a general surgeon at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, was arrested following the forensic report that found traces of Propofol, a controlled ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Haryana Police has registered an abetment to su*cide case in connection with the death of Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar Lathar based on the note and video he left behind, a senior police official said Thursday. Kumar, who was posted in the cyber cell in Rohtak, allegedly shot himself dead Tuesday. He left behind a 'final note' that levelled corruption allegations against the late IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who also served in the same district. In a six-minute video, the ASI ...Read More >
Rourkela: Researchers at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, have been able to produce a potent antibacterial agent using extracts from medicinal plants that are environmentally safe and effective, according to officials. The research addresses the problem of antimicrobial resistance. The overuse of traditional antibiotics has resulted in the rise of superbugs that have become resistant to these treatments. All around the world, scientists are seeking alternative methods to f ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha BJP Mahila Morcha president Aiswarya Biswal Wednesday claimed that the West Bengal government took action against the accused in the recent gangrape of an Odia medical student in Durgapur only after strong intervention by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters here, Biswal described the incident as "barbaric and shameful," criticising the West Bengal government for its initial inaction. She alleged that the arrests wer ...Read More >
Kolkata/Balasore: Two more persons were arrested by police in connection with the alleged gang rape of a private medical college student at Durgapur in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, a police officer said Monday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate, Abhisekh Gupta, told PTI, "Two more arrests have been made. With these, all five accused have been taken into custody based on the complaint filed." The 23-year-old woman, hailing from Jales ...Read More >
New Delhi: Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar took a scalp each as India continued to be dominant in the second and final Test by reducing the West Indies to 35/2 in 14.3 overs of their second innings at tea on day three at the Arun Jaitley Stadium Sunday. After enforcing the follow-on on the visitors with a commanding 270-run lead, thanks to Kuldeep Yadav's 5-82, bowling them out for 248 in the first innings, India continuing to get more breakthroughs has meant that they are still leading by ...Read More >
Shimla: Congress leader P Chidambaram said Operation Blue Star was not the right way to capture militants holed up in the Golden Temple in 1984, due to which the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, "paid with her life". "There was a way to retrieve and capture all militants but Operation Blue Star was the wrong way and I agree that Mrs Gandhi paid with her life for the mistake but the mistake was cumulative decision of the Army, intelligence, police and civil defence and you cannot completely b ...Read More >
Cuttack: Police have arrested three more people in connection with the violence that broke out during the Dussehra procession in Cuttack, a source said Thursday. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Girija Shankar Chakrabarty said additional arrests are likely as investigations continue. Police teams led by two ACPs and three Inspectors-In-Charge have been deployed in the Hatipokhari and Kadam Rasul areas, where door-to-door searches are being carried out with the help of central forces. The ...Read More >
Jajpur: A horrific incident occurred Monday in Kantia village, Jajpur district, Odisha, where 55-year-old Soudamini Mahala went missing after a crocodile dragged her into the river while she was bathing on the banks of the Kharasrota River. A video of the incident has surfaced, showing the crocodile pulling the woman into the river as people scream in the background. Upon receiving the information, fire brigade personnel and police reached the spot and initiated a search operation in the river, ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A powerful lightning strike hit the 11th-century Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar Wednesday, burning the flag atop the shrine and damaging several electrical systems, including numerous CCTV cameras, a temple servitor said Thursday. It can be mentioned here that the temple city was lashed by heavy rain and thunderstorm Wednesday afternoon, flooding major roads and low-lying areas and disrupting normal life across the Odisha capital. The servitor said the lightning triggered severe e ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday decided to restore Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's house in Puri and convert it into a museum, a minister said. The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level review meeting held under the chairmanship of Minister of Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department, Suryavanshi Suraj. "It has been decided to restore Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's residence 'Pather Puri' in Puri and convert it into a museum in his memory," the minister sai ...Read More >
Cuttack: Curfew was relaxed from violence-hit areas of Cuttack city Tuesday as there was no report of any violence in the last 24 hours, Commissioner of Police, S Dev Datta Singh said. There was no report of any kind of violence in any part of the city, even during the 12-hour bandh call given by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday, he said. "The curfew was imposed for 36 hours from 10 pm October 5 till 10 am October 7 in the wake of two clashes Saturday and Sunday. The order is not extended ...Read More >
New Delhi: After the Centre allotted Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal a Type-VII bungalow in the capital, the party confirmed that the former Delhi chief minister will stay at the 95, Lodhi Estate accommodation, which was allocated to him after the Delhi High Court rapped the Centre on the issue. Kejriwal has been allotted an official bungalow by the Centre after it was scolded by the Delhi High Court. He was entitled to a bungalow since he is the convener of a national party, ...Read More >
Koraput: In a major crackdown on illegal liquor production, the Excise Department conducted a surprise raid at Dengajaniguda, under Koraput Sadar police limits, seizing a large quantity of country-made liquor and raw materials. Acting on a tip-off, excise officials recovered 2,100 litres of fermented wash -- used to distil illicit liquor -- and 130 liters of country-made liquor during the operation. Excise Officer Sudhir Sahu said the seized wash was destroyed on the spot to prevent further il ...Read More >
Mumbai/New Delhi: Pilots' grouping ALPA India Friday said AAIB has declined the request to include its representative in the team probing the Air India plane crash in June that killed 260 people, citing government norms. Representatives of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) India Friday held a meeting with Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) Director General GVG Yugandhar in the national capital. The discussion mainly revolved around having subject experts in aircraft accident inv ...Read More >
New Delhi: India Friday said Pakistan must be held accountable for its horrific human rights violations against innocent protesters in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Several areas in PoK have witnessed widespread protests with people demanding basic rights, justice and an end to what they described as systemic oppression. We have seen reports on protests in several areas of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, including brutalities by Pakistani forces on innocent civilians, external affairs ...Read More >
Chennai: Days after a rally led by him in Tamil Nadu's Karur witnessed 41 stampede deaths, TVK founder, actor Vijay, Tuesday said he hasn't visited the affected persons so far as his presence there would lead to an "unusual situation." Challenging Chief Minister M K Stalin, Vijay said the CM could "do anything to him," but not his party colleagues. He insisted he did nothing wrong and that the truth behind the fatal incident would come out. The top actor said he has never faced such a "painful ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police were interrogating three sisters, who were working together at the institution where 'Swami' Chaitanyanand Saraswati was the director, in connection with the molestation charges by the 17 students. The accused, also known as Partha Sarathy, director of the reputed Sri Sharda Institute of Indian Management in Delhi's posh Vasant Kunj, is facing a criminal case for allegedly targeting female students enrolled in post-graduate management diploma courses under the Economical ...Read More >
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