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San Francisco: Google Maps has received a new filter to classify the Electronic Vehicles (EV) charging stations based on plug type. There are different types of charging connectors used by several car manufacturers, for example, Nissan uses CHAdeMO, Tesla uses its instrumentation, and also the BMW and VW use CCS plug kind for charging their […]

London: A sleep expert in the UK says the food we eat during the day can have an impact on each one of us when we go to bed, a media report said. In a recent study by Sealy UK, over 65 per cent of the 2,058 Britain citizens surveyed had admitted to waking up […]

Bratislava (Slovakia): Producer Anand Pandit says Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan gave inputs throughout the making of “Chehre”, and the veteran actor also directed the upcoming film’s chasing-and-combat scenes. “This shoot of ‘Chehre’ has given us memories to last a lifetime. We all got emotional when we wrapped up the shoot. It has been extremely special […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch will investigate the violence that took place during the protest by the Jamia Millia Islamia students, said Delhi Police spokesperson DCP Mandeep Singh Randhawa on Monday. While talking to reporters at the Delhi Police headquarters, Randhawa denied that the police incited the violence. He said, “Some people were […]

Bhubaneswar: By the end of December, the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get its new president. Though the saffron party leaders currently claim to have no qualms over anyone assuming the charge, it seems that some expectations might meet with disappointments ahead of the New Year celebrations. A case in point […]

Bhubaneswar: Paddy packets are piling up in heaps in front of mandis across Odisha, as the token system continues to pose a hurdle triggering widespread resentment among farmers. Failing to sell their paddy, the irate farmers in Malkangiri district staged a road blockade at Korakonda road by keeping paddy packets on the road. The farmers […]

Cuttack: Ahead of the much-anticipated One Day International (ODI) cricket match between India & West Indies on December 22 at Barabati stadium in Cuttack, sale of tickets to affiliated units, clubs and schools began today at 9 AM at the conference hall of the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). While sale of online tickets has already […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to make smart city plastic-free, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) rolled out its ‘free meal for plastics’ programme today. The initiative was kicked of at all the 11 Aahar centres in Bhubaneswar. As per the initiative, a person can avail a free meal by exchanging 500 grams of plastic waste at […]

Jharsuguda: Two girls suffered critical injuries after reportedly falling off a moving train near Bagdehi Railway Station in Jharsuguda. As per reports, the incident took place around 11 AM today when the girls fell off the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express. While one of the girls suffered an injury on her leg, the other sustained a head […]

Berhampur: A fire suspected to have been sparked by a short-circuit gutted 25 ‘kaccha’ houses in a village in Ganjam district on Monday, officials said. No casualty was reported in the incident in Sunathara village, a fire brigade official said. Loss of property is pegged at around Rs 6 lakh in the blaze that was […]

Berhampur: A former councillor of Aska urban local body and six others were arrested in Ganjam district for illegally extracting and transporting sand from the Rushikulya river bed at Sunambha sand quarry, police said. The arrest was made on Sunday when police carried out a raid at the site following a tip-off, a police officer […]

Bhubaneswar: As earlier announced by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) has been made available round-the-clock basis from today. With this, customers will be able to transfer money online NEFT process all throughout the day without any restriction. Moreover, NEFT settled over 11.40 lakh transactions between 12:00 am and 8:00 […]

Mathura: The Army commemorated the Battle of Basantar on Monday with the General Officer Commanding, 1 Corps paying homage to the soldiers who fought and died during the engagement in the 1971 Indo-Pak war. “The country is proud of the heroic deeds of martyrs for their gallantry in the Battle of Basantar during the 1971 […]

New Delhi: Congress leaders led by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a sit-in at the India Gate on Monday in a show of solidarity with the students from Jamia Millia Islamia and several other universities across the country protesting the contentious amended citizenship law. The Congress general secretary was joined by leaders like Ahmed Patel, A […]

New Delhi: Facing heat over delay in payment of GST compensation, the central government on Monday released Rs 35,298 crore to states to make up for the loss of revenue due to rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). When GST was rolled out on July 1, 2017, states were through legislation promised to […]