The Supreme Court had earlier stayed the annual Rath Yatra at Jagannath Temple in Puri, which is slated to be held on June 23. The Supreme Court on Monday modified its earlier order and allowed the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha’s Puri to be held with the coordination of the Temple committee, state and […]
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: BJP’s vote share crosses half-way mark in several states, close to 50% in UP In its landslide victory, the BJP has seen its vote share soar past 50 per cent in at least 13 states and Union territories, a feat which the rival Congress could manage only in Puducherry. In […]
Lok Sabha Election 2014 Results 563 million people have cast their votes in the Indian elections with exit polls predicting a huge victory for Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party Overview India’s general election, which starts on 7 April, will be the largest vote ever held. About 814,500,000 people will have a […]
Panaji: Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate will be addressing ‘Vijay Sankalp’ rally in Goa on Sunday. The rally, which will be held at 5 pm today, is said to be Gujarat Chief Minister’s biggest rally in the state so far. Modi is likely to address several […]
Bhubaneswar: India’s first long-range nuclear capable missile, Agni-V, was launched on Sunday for the second time in Odisha at 8:50 am on Sunday. The 5,000 km range missile was launched from Inner Wheeler Island, off the coast of Odisha. The missile has the capability to strike targets that are deep inside China and Pakistan. It […]
Bhubaneswar: At least 14 Naxals, including a woman, were killed by the Special Operations Group (SOG) and District Village Force (DVG) during an operation in the Malkangiri district on Saturday. It is the biggest Naxal casualty in a single operation in the state till date. The police received a tip-off after which it raided the […]
New Delhi: In the biggest foreign investment pullout, world’s largest steel maker ArcelorMittal on Wednesday scrapped its USD 12 billion (Rs 50,000 crore) steel plant in Odisha over inordinate delays, problems in acquiring land and securing iron ore linkages. The development comes just a day after South Korean steel major Posco pulled out of its […]