Tag: Bali

Bali/Bhubaneswar: Odia entrepreneur Amarendra Sahu was among the eight other noted personalities who were felicitated with the Bhoomi Ratna International Award (Jewel of the Soil) on Thursday for their outstanding contribution towards society during a special function held at Bali in Indonesia. Renowned entrepreneur Taranjit Singh and Sanjay Das were honoured with the prestigious award […]

Bali: A cargo ship carrying 14 crew members sunk in waters off Bali coast in Indonesia, rescuers said they were searching for seven crew members on Sunday. KM Multi Prima One cargo ship heading to Waingapu town of East Nusa Tenggara province capsized in Bali Gulf after leaving waters off Surabaya, head of communication for […]

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities have raised the alert level for Bali’s Mount Agung to its highest level on Monday over fears of an imminent major eruption and have closed the island’s international airport until Tuesday. Thick ash started shooting upto 3,400 metres into the air above the mountain’s summit on Saturday, driving east and southeast along […]

Karangasem (Indonesia): The number of people evacuated over the possible eruption of Mount Agung volcano in the Indonesian island of Bali, the country’s major tourist destination, crossed 144,000 on Friday. Those evacuated were housed in hundreds of shelters across nine districts on the island. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho of the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) […]

Jakarta:Some 122,000 people have been evacuated in view of a possible eruption of Mount Agung, a large volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, authorities announced on Thursday. The authorities have set up a 12-km radius exclusion zone around the volcano, reports Efe news. According to latest figures, however, 62,000 people were still within the […]

Canberra: A former Australian beautician arrived in Brisbane on Sunday after being released from jail in Bali, Indonesia, following a drug-trafficking conviction that earned her the title of “marijuana queen”. Schapelle Corby was arrested in 2004 at the Bali airport for possessing 4.2 kg of cannabis, and was sentenced in 2005 for drug trafficking, Efe […]

Cuttack: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today proposed to declare Cuttack and Bali as “sister cities” in view of the rich historic links between Odisha and Indonesia. Pradhan made the suggestion while participating in the ongoing three-day Kalinga-Indonesia Dialogue here at Ravenshaw University, pointing out that Cuttack had played a central role […]

Cuttack/ Bhubaneswar: After granting state-level festival status, Odisha government has now urged Centre to accord ‘National Maritime Heritage Festival’ tag to Bali Yatra of Cuttack. In a letter to Union Minister of Tourism and Culture, Prahalad Singh Patel, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday stated that, “Bali Yatra is an integral part of the […]