Indian equities ended sharply lower on Monday as escalating Middle East tensions, surging crude oil prices and sustained foreign outflows triggered broad-based selling. The Nifty50 slipped below the 24,900 mark while the Sensex plunged over 1,000 points, dragging several rate- and oil-sensitive stocks into the red. Amid the volatility, upstream oil producers and select defence…
In a first since fuel price deregulation, state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have moved to pay discounted rates to refineries for petrol, diesel, aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and kerosene to limit mounting losses arising from a self-imposed freeze on retail fuel prices, sources told PTI.OMCs on March 26 fixed rates for petroleum products at discounts…
The green stones seized from the van Kendrapada: Forest officials seized nearly one tonne of semi-precious green stones worth around Rs 2 lakh, used for ornamental and decorative purposes, from Raighati village under Tomka forest range in Jajpur district on Sunday night and arrested four alleged smugglers, including a Rajasthan-based precious stone trader.Assistant conservator of…
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday said the law and order situation in the state has improved, with a fall in heinous crimes — including those against women — and a rise in conviction rates.Replying to the budget discussion of the home department, Majhi said communal harmony is maintained, while timely intelligence and proactive…
Kidnapped at gunpoint, Punjabi singer Yashinder Kaur’s body recovered from canal (File Photo) LUDHIANA: Five days after a Punjabi Singer from Ludhiana’s Mundian Kalan area, Yashinder Kaur, 29, popularly known as Inder Kaur, was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint, the woman’s body was found from Neelon Canal near village Kuba on Tuesday. The woman had left…
New Delhi: Nearly a decade after declaring instant divorce through triple talaq unconstitutional and void, Supreme Court Thursday agreed to examine the validity of blatant discrimination of Muslim women in property inheritance under the 90-year-old Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi sought…
Bhubaneswar: The state’s forests reported only 14 active fire points on Sunday, the lowest so far this year, with change in weather condition leading to overcast and rain though total fire points have crossed 15,000 since start of summer.Last three days, only 400 fire points were reported, with 145 points on Saturday. Environmentalists have observed…
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), under a new vetting protocol rolled out in end April, requires its officials to resubmit fingerprints for pending cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) upgraded background check system before applications can be approved.The revised checks, required for better national security, apply to a broad range…
Bhubaneswar: In a boost to technology-driven wildlife conservation, an innovative device developed with the support of KIIT Deemed to be University has secured a design patent. The invention, titled ‘Intelligent Sensor Device for Automated Wildlife Monitoring’, is aimed at enhancing biodiversity conservation through non-invasive and intelligent wildlife tracking.The project was conceptualised under the guidance of…
Lalmohan PatnaikCuttack: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken a stern view of the alleged failure of senior Odisha govt officials to respond to its directives regarding long-pending civic and safety issues in a Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) ward and summoned them for personal appearance.The commission on Friday ordered the personal appearance of the…
