Meerut: Police have arrested a woman here and registered a case against her daughter over allegations of illegal stay, forged documents, and suspected links to Pakistan’s intelligence agency. The accused woman, identified as Saba Farhat, lives in the Delhi Gate area of Meerut. The action was taken after a complaint was filed by a local…
New Delhi: Police have arrested a 40-year-old woman after her car ploughed into a police barricade during routine checking in the Shahbad Dairy area of outer north Delhi, leaving a constable injured, officials said on Saturday. The incident occurred late on the night of December 24 when a police picket was in place as part…
Hyderabad: Stone quarrying in Telangana’s Vikarabad district has been temporarily stopped after a rare rock eagle owl was found nesting with its eggs at the site. The decision was taken to ensure the bird can safely hatch its eggs without disturbance. The Telangana Forest Department acted immediately after wildlife photographers and conservationists reported spotting the…
Bhubaneswar: The students of 2019-23 batch at the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), faculty of engineering and technology ofSiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here, were presented their degree certificates at a special graduation ceremony held recently. The students belonged to the departments of civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science engineering,…
Former India pacer Debasis Mohanty has been selected for NCA’s high performance bowling internship programme to be held at Bengaluru from June 20. Pranab Prakash Das (president), Sanjay Behera (secretary) and all other office-bearers of OCA have wished him well.
Puri: The Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri will reopen for devotees from February 1. However, the temple will remain closed on Sundays for sanitisation purpose, Puri collector Samarth Verma informed on Friday. Due to surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), earlier this month had closed the temple for…
Three brilliant half-centuries and a five-wicket haul helped BBSR-A beat Sambalpur by 248 runs in the OCA U-16 inter-district tournament. Opting to bat, BBSR-A scored 292 for 6 in 50 overs, with Tirthankar Sahoo (73), Swagat Mishra (67) and Sidhartha S (61) scoring fifties. In reply, Sambalpur’s run-chase never took off as they were boled…
Bhubaneswar: The G-20 presidency gives India a chance to shape the agenda for global cooperation as the world emerges from the shadows of the Covid-19 pandemic, said former diplomat Debraj Pradhan here on Friday. Addressing a national seminar on ‘India’s G20 Presidency: Our Foreign Policy Imperatives & Global Priorities’, organised by Indian Institute of Public…
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote collaborative research and development, officials said. The agreement was signed on October 17 between IIT Bhubaneswar and the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), a key wing of ISRO. The announcement…
Bhubaneswar: Prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for multiple development projects in Odisha, worth over Rs 19,600 crore. Addressing the gathering, he also virtually flagged off two passenger trains and a freight train, and emphasising the significance of these projects in the sectors of railways, oil & gas, road, transport & highways…
