Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the new 1000-seat gigantic air-conditioned auditorium at the Rama Devi Women’s University here today. Faculty members and students of Rama Devi Women’s University thanked the Chief Minister for the new state-of-the-art auditorium. Vice-Chancellor of the University Prof Aparajita Chowdhury has called it a historic day.
Chennai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50 per cent. Wednesday’s MPC meeting is the last one for this fiscal. The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to the banks. Announcing the hike, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the MPC decided to hike the policy rate by 25 bps to 6.5 per cent. As expected, there was a split in the rate hike decision with four members voting for the hike…
Damascus: A pregnant mother who was trapped under a collapsed building in Aleppo, Syria, after Monday’s devastating earthquake gave birth to her child under the rubble but died before rescue workers could reach her, local activists reported. Her newborn was saved by rescue workers. The dramatic scene unfolded just hours after a Syrian volunteer organisation shared a video showing a young child being pulled alive from the earthquake rubble in the village of Qatma. Deaths in both Syria and Turkey from Monday’s massive 7.8 earthquake and multiple aftershocks topped 8,000…
Berhampur: A team of the Odisha Crime Branch, which is investigating the murder of Odisha Health Minister Naba Kisore Das in Jharsuguda on January 29, reached Berhampur on Tuesday night to interrogate accused ASI Gopal Krushna Das’ wife Jayanthi Das. Lady inspector Anila Anand interrogated Jayanthi at Gopal’s ancestral house in Jaleshwarkhandi. She was assisted by lady DSP Sathini Oram of Berhampur police. Jayanthi and her children are currently staying with her parents in Berhampur. It is worth mentioning here that soon after the crime on January 29, Jayanthi had…
Bhubaneswar: All Government vehicles under different Government Departments, State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Organizations, Autonomous Councils, ULBs etc. above 15 years of age are to be mandatorily scrapped through a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) on or before March 31 this year. Principal Secretary Commerce & Transport Department Usha Padhee has written a letter to Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Commissioner-cum-Secretaries/ Secretaries of all departments in this regard. Padhee quoted a notification of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, which says that the certificate of registration in respect of a motor…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said that his government is committed to provide accessible and efficient legal services to the citizens at their homes. The Chief Minister said this while inaugurating the court of civil judge (senior division)-cum-assistant sessions judge in his native place Hinjilicut. Patnaik along with the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Chief Justice S. Muralidhar inaugurated the court on a virtual platform. Today, a long-standing aspiration of the people of Hinjilicut has been fulfilled, the Chief Minister added. He also said that this…
Bhubaneswar: Pintu Nanda, Odia actor left for New Delhi on Tuesday morning for advanced treatment at a private hospital. The actor is suffering from liver cirrhosis for the last several months. Pintu will be admitted to the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS) and undergo a liver transplant at the hospital later. Nanda, who usually portrays negative characters in Ollywood movies, was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after his health condition deteriorated. The doctor attending him advised advanced treatment in New Delhi. As the treatment required Rs…
Ankara/Damascus: The death toll due to the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has increased to more than 4,300 as rescuers are racing against time to find more survivors amid heavy rain and snow in the two neighbouring nations, according to media reports. As of Tuesday morning, the toll in Turkey stood at 2,921, while in Syria it increased to 1,451, the BBC reported. According to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), there were at least 15,834 injured persons, while 7,840 people were pulled alive. The AFAD also…
Ankara: Over 125 people were killed and more that 400 others injured in Turkey and Syria after a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale struck a wide area near the two countries’ border, according to authorities. The US Geological Survey said the tremor occurred at 4.17 a.m. at a depth of 17.9 km near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, reports the BBC reported. Addressing reporters, Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleymon Soylu said the 10 cities of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adiyaman, Malatya, Sanliurfa, Adana, Diyarbakir and Kilis were affected. While…
New Delhi: Following constant complaints against Chinese loan and betting apps, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has started the process of banning 138 betting apps and 94 lending apps that had Chinese links, on the instructions of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). According to the information, the MeitY was recently instructed by the MHA to ban such apps, which operate through a third party link. Sources said that all these apps were found violating Section 69 of the IT Act and contained material which was deemed…