Odisha

Man held in Odisha for chasing lady officer’s car

11:39 pm July 31, 2021

Jajpur (Odisha): One person was arrested on the charge of chasing a woman administrative officer’s car on a motorbike while she was returning from a raid on illegal transportation of minerals in Jajpur district of Odisha, police said. Dharmasala Additional Tehsildar Sheetal Agarwal and some revenue inspectors went to Chadeidhara following inputs about illegal transportation […]

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After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

After petrol, CNG price up in Delhi, adjoining cities

9:42 pm July 8, 2021

New Delhi: After petrol, the price of CNG and piped cooking gas in the national capital and its adjoining towns was increased on Thursday in line with rising costs. Indraprastha Gas Ltd — the firm that retails CNG to automobiles and piped gas to household kitchens in the national capital region — raised CNG price […]

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Odisha man kills brother with wooden plank

11:26 pm July 3, 2021

Kendrapara: A 32-year-old man allegedly killed his younger brother in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, police said on Saturday. Surendra Samal attacked his younger brother Rajendra Samal (30) in a sudden fit of rage with a wooden plank at Sobala village on Friday night, an officer said. The victim who sustained head injuries bled to death on […]

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India presses OPEC for affordable oil price

India presses OPEC for affordable oil price

11:22 pm June 24, 2021

New Delhi: With domestic retail fuel prices jumping to record high on rising international oil rates, India on Thursday pressed oil cartel OPEC for ‘affordable’ oil price within a ‘reasonable band’ and that the producers should phase out production cuts. OPEC nations such as Saudi Arabia have traditionally been India’s principal oil source. But, OPEC […]

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7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

11:47 pm May 28, 2021

Patna: A total of seven persons were killed due to cyclone Yaas in Bihar, even as moderate to heavy rainfall was received in most parts of the state on Friday because of a low pressure area that has been formed across the state in the wake of the cyclonic storm. One person each died in […]

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