Bhubaneswar: A state-level event showcasing the “Ama Pokhari” initiative witnessed the signing of agreements and distribution of work orders to 364 Mission Shakti Self-Help Groups (SHGs) under the MUKTA programme for the ecological rejuvenation of 95 water bodies across 16 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the state. Minister of Housing & Urban Development, Usha Devi,…
Bhubaneswar: After the success of the pilot project in two municipal areas, Mukta soft application will now be implemented in 23 more municipal bodies. For its implementation and making the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpar Abhijana (MUKTA) more transparent, joint secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Sharda Prasad Panda has written a letter to the concerned civic…
Mumbai: Four people have been arrested in connection with the firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence in Mumbai, with investigators suspecting links to a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The incident took place around 12.45 am on February 1, when at least five rounds were fired at the first floor of a nine-storey building…
Bhubaneswar: Eighty persons out of every one lakh population suffer from kidney related ailments while the number of such patients in the world is estimated to be around 800 million, said Prof. (Dr.) Biswaranjan Mohanty, head of the Department of Nephrology at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here. “Around 50 per cent…
Bengaluru: Two officials from the Bengaluru Municipal Corporation have been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe. On Thursday, the Karnataka Lokayukta police caught the two officials while they were accepting Rs 3 lakh from a person for clearing pending ‘Khata’ work related to a property. According to officials, the complainant had reported that the officers…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Monday reported 859 new Covid-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 12,78,121, the health department said in its bulletin. Twenty more people, including six in Balasore and four in Jajpur, succumbed to the infection, raising the toll to 8,904, reported PTI. On Sunday, the state had logged 1,148 cases and 22 deaths….
Former Odisha cricketer Bhabatosh Paramanik passed away on Saturday at the age of 28-years. He had represented Odisha in various age group categories (U16, U19 & U23). The office-bearers of Odisha Cricket Association extended their condolences to his bereaved family.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) of East Coast Railway held a bike rally to mark Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. General Manager (I/C) East Coast Railway Sharad Kumar Srivastav flagged off the rally from ECoR Headquarters, Rail Sadan, on Monday in presence of Chief Security Commissioner, RPF & DIG PVS Santharam. The aim of the bike rally…
Bengaluru: A 52-year-old man was detained at Kempegowda International Airport after he allegedly told security personnel that he was carrying “two small bombs” in his luggage, police said on Thursday. The man, identified as Abu Aqeel Azhar Chad, is a cloth merchant and a resident of Wilson Garden in Bengaluru. He had arrived at the…
Bhubaneswar: Delegates from eight countries, currently on an exposure trip to India to learn more about parliamentary governance system, on Saturday hailed the country’s democratic ethos. “India is not only the oldest, but the greatest of democracies in the world and it is about freedom, tolerance and equality of gender,” Miguel Costa Matos, MP from…
