Year: 2023

Six Killed In Hyderabad High Rise Fire

admin

Hyderabad: Six people were killed in a huge fire that broke out in a multi-storey building in Secunderabad here on Thursday night, officials said. The deceased include four women. Seven others were rescued by fire service personnel. Hyderabad District Collector Amoy Kumar said the victims died of suffocation due to the smoke. The deceased, all stated to be in their 20s, succumbed at Gandhi Hospital. They hailed from Warangal, Mahabubabad, and Khammam districts and were said to be employees of a company operating out of the building. After battling for…

Odisha Private Bus Owners Cancel Planned Strike After Talks With CS, Drivers’ Ekta Mahasangh

admin

Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association (AOBOA) on Friday cancelled its planned bus strike following talks with the Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena and leaders of the Odisha Drivers’ Ekta Mahasangh, which is on an indefinite strike from March 15 to press for a 10-point charter of demand. On the eve of the drivers’ state-wide strike, the AOBOA had assured that it would maintain normal bus services in the state. However, private buses did not operate in the state owing to the alleged non-cooperation of the drivers…

Odisha Intensifies Surveillance For H3N2 Virus

admin

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has intensified its ILI (influenza-like illness) and SARI (severe acute respiratory infections) surveillance system following detection of 59 H3N2 cases, a health official said on Tuesday. “The H3N2 has similar symptoms of cold, cough and fever like Covid-19 and other adenovirus. In view of the prevailing situation, we have strengthened our surveillance system through district-level disease surveillance units to identify H3N2 cases,” said director, health services, Bijay Mohapatra. “The state has sufficient kits to test Covid-19 virus. If someone found Covid-19 and still having symptoms like…

Odisha Spent Rs 17.89 Cr For Helicopter Ride Of Ministers During Last 2 Years

admin

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Cabinet colleagues made total 76 trips in helicopters to different parts of the state in the last two years, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Niranjan Pujari said. In response to a question by Congress MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, the Minister said, “The helicopter trips made by the ministers from March, 2021 to February, 2023 and the government spent more than Rs 17.89 crore for this.” Among the 72 rides, the CM made the highest 32 trips during the period, while Minister Tusharkanti Behera made 11…

Thunderstorm, Rain Expected In Several Odisha Districts Today

admin

Bhubaneswar: Thunderstorm with lightning and light to moderate rain is likely to affect some parts of Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha during the next three hours due to western disturbances, the Bhubaneswar regional center of India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Wednesday morning. In addition, rainfall is expected in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Koraput, and Gajapati districts today. Dry weather is likely to prevail in the remaining districts of the state. According to the MeT office, no major change in…

Private Transport Drivers’ Strike Affects Normal Life In Odisha

admin

Bhubaneswar: Traffic in the capital city Bhubaneswar and several other parts of Odisha was scant on Wednesday morning as many private public transport vehicles remained off the roads in support of the all-Odisha indefinite strike call given by the Driver Ekata Mahamancha from today. Most private buses and autorickshaws remained off the road on Wednesday causing problems for matric examinees and people commuting to work. However, the strike call failed to affect the movement of trucks on the state and national highways. Many agitators were seen staging demonstrations at Tomando…

After The Award, It’s Party Time For ‘RRR’ Team, Courtesy Rajamouli

admin

Hyderabad: Post the awards ceremony, it is usually time to celebrate. And that is exactly what the RRR team did at director S.S. Rajamouli’s Los Angeles home on Monday. Fresh from their win at the 95th Oscar Awards presentations, the ‘RRR’ team let the good times flow. Pictures and videos from the after-event party show the cast and crew enjoying the hospitality of the director, who just can’t seem to stop grinning for a moment. Actor Ram Charan’s wife Upasana took to her social media handles to share some of…

Centre To Seek Parliament’s Approval For 2nd Batch Of Supplementary Demands For Grants

admin

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday will seek Parliament’s approval for the second batch of supplementary demands for grants (2022-23). Through the demands for grants, the government plans to spend an additional Rs 1,48,133 crore for the remaining period of the current fiscal. The Lok Sabha will also take up for discussion and voting the supplementary demands for grants for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2023-24. The lower house will also take up for discussion and voting the supplementary demands for grants for Jammu and Kashmir for…

Shree Jagannatha Temple Managing Committee Approves Layout Plan For Gurukul

admin

Puri: The Shree Jagannatha Temple Managing Committee at its meeting today approved the layout plan for the establishment of the proposed Adarsh Gurukul here. “We had a meeting of the managing committee today. The meeting had a single agenda to approve the layout plan for the Gurukul. The layout plan was discussed in today’s meeting and the same has been approved,” informed V V Yadav, Chief Administrator, Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA) briefing reporters after the meeting. Yadav said that now that the layout plan of the Gurukul has been…

DEO Suspends Centre Superintendents & Invigilators Over Allegations Of Malpractice

admin

Puri: Three centre superintendents and invigilators of Haripur Adarsha High School were removed on Monday after an audio clip of a malpractice-related conversation during the annual HSC and SOS examinations went viral. The District Education Officer (DEO) Biswajit Ghose also removed centre superintendents of Kakatpur and Nayahata Girls high schools for negligence in discharging their duties and suspended Kakatpur Girls High School clerk for using mobile phones during the exams. The audio clip purportedly featured a deal between a teacher and guardian to allow matriculation students to indulge in malpractice…