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COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE UNDER JSA AND JJM

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2 -- The Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019 as a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign in 256 water- stressed districts of the countr... Read More


Drunk driver who hit pedestrian so hard body was severed gets 11-year jail term in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Feb. 2 -- A Singapore permanent resident who drove drunk with his two young children in the car before ploughing into a pedestrian at high speed has been jailed for 11 years and fined S$12,... Read More


Bobby, Ruponti now get jail terms alongside Hasina and Tulip in Purbachal plot graft cases

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to jail in two more cases over corruption involving plot allocations to her family. This time, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddique ... Read More


Century Plyboards eyes Odisha for new manufacturing unit

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2 -- Kolkata-based interior infrastructure materials manufacturer Century Plyboards (India) Pvt Ltd is exploring Odisha as a potential location for setting up a new manufacturing uni... Read More


How much of a challenge will Jamaat, independents pose to the BNP in Narsingdi?

Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- The BNP's showing in the five Narsingdi seats in the upcoming election will largely depend on how much resistance rival Jamaat-e-Islami candidates and independents can put up in the i... Read More


MCX Morning Wrap: Base metals slump, Copper down around 5%

Mumbai, Feb. 2 -- Base metals slumped today, added to latest losses amid highly volatile price action. MCX February 2026 Copper futures are trading at Rs 1169 per kg, down around 5% on the day as a tu... Read More


RIVER REJUVENATION AND POLLUTION ABATEMENT

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2 -- Under the Namami Gange Programme, a total of 218 number of sewerage infrastructure projects costing Rs.35,698 crores have been taken up for remediation of polluted river areas w... Read More


Commodities Buzz: Gold net speculative long positions tumble to two-month low

Mumbai, Feb. 2 -- Precious metals speculators continued to cut their net long position in the Gold futures, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures T... Read More


58 ఏళ్ల వయసులోనూ దీక్షిత్ మెరుపులు: రూ. 1.4 లక్షల ఖరీదైన పచ్చ రంగు చీరలో ధగధగలు

భారతదేశం, ఫిబ్రవరి 2 -- బాలీవుడ్ ఎవర్ గ్రీన్ బ్యూటీ మాధురీ దీక్షిత్ ఫ్యాషన్ సెన్స్‌కు సాటిలేరు. ముఖ్యంగా సంప్రదాయ దుస్తుల్లో ఆమె ఒలికించే గ్రేస్ గురించి ఎంత చెప్పినా తక్కువే. తాజాగా ఈ 58 ఏళ్ల నటి మరోస... Read More


BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND GANGA REJUVENATION

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2 -- The newly inaugurated Aqua Life Conservation Monitoring Centre for Ganga and other rivers, inaugurated on 13.01.2026, has been established at the Wildlife Institute of India, De... Read More