Nearly 35,000 farmers in Odisha are still awaiting procurement of around 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of rabi paddy, the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) alleged on Tuesday, accusing the BJP government of failing to honour its election promises to farmers and demanding that the procurement period be extended by at least 15 days.
The MoU was signed by SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda and SigmaMozak Solutions Co-founder and CEO Shweta Sharma.
To cater to the surge in passenger traffic during the annual Rath Yatra, Indian Railways will operate a special pair of express trains between Gondia Junction in Maharashtra and Puri on selected dates in July.
Indian Railways approved the provision of Balance 48-fibre Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) across South Eastern Railway at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
Three retired government officials were convicted by Special Vigilance Courts in Odisha on Tuesday in separate corruption cases involving misappropriation of government funds and possession of disproportionate assets, the Odisha Vigilance said.
“What are you trying to do, Revanth Reddy? Do journalists look like terrorists to you?” asked BRS leader and former IPS officer RS Praveen Kumar.
The ECI had challenged the single bench order before a division bench consisting of Justices Shampa Sarkar and Ajay Kumar Gupta.
In a significant relief for actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay, the First Bench of Madras High Court on Monday dismissed a fresh petition seeking a probe into the assets declared by him in his nomination papers filed for the Perambur assembly constituency in the just concluded election.
In a major embarrassment for the Punjab Police, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Bhindi Saidan police station in Amritsar has been arrested following the recovery of 2 kilograms of heroin from his possession.
The Chachowali village in the Majitha constituency has sparked a row after its panchayat reportedly passed a resolution imposing social boycott on love marriages.
