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Paradip Port delivers 100 MMT cargo throughput for 8th year in succession

Bhubaneswar, Dec 10 (UNI) Paradip Port emerging as a coastal shipping hub of the country,has clocked a staggering 100.13 MMT cargo throughput milestone on Tuesday
The Port has once again repeated the feat by crossing the 100 MMT mark, 8th year, in succession and achieved the figure on December 9 in the current fiscal.
Notably, in FY 2023-24, the coveted mark of 100 MMT was achieved on December 18, 2023. The record was achieved in 9 days in advance i.e. in 253 days in current fiscal against 262 days in last financial year.
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Calling social media new drug of century “Bihar’s youth have been given the addiction of the 21st century”: Rahul

07 Nov 2025 | 12:47 AM

Purnea, Nov. 6 (UNI) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi today launched a fierce attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led central government and accused Modi of misleading Bihar’s youth and trapping them in the world of social media.

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FIR against RJD MLA Bhai Virendra for violating Model Code of Conduct

06 Nov 2025 | 11:39 PM

Patna, Nov 6 (UNI) An FIR was lodged against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate and sitting MLA from Maner Assembly constituency, Bhai Virendra, at Maner police station in connection with violation of the Model Code of Conduct during polling here today.

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Record 64 66 pc polling in first phase of Bihar assembly elections

06 Nov 2025 | 11:04 PM

Patna, Nov 6 (UNI) A record 64.66 per cent of the nearly 3.75 crore electorate exercised their franchise on Thursday, stretching across 121 seats in round one of the two-phase Bihar Assembly polls amid tight security arrangements, with the authorities describing voting as overall peaceful, barring some stray incidents.
This is the highest polling percentage in the state since the first Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in 1951, an Election Commission official said.

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AMWJU & EGM serves legal notice to PUCL over ‘Defamatory’ report

06 Nov 2025 | 11:00 PM

Imphal, Nov 6 (UNI) The All Manipur Working Journalists’ union (AMWJU) and Editors Guild Manipur have served a legal notice to the People’s union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), demanding the immediate withdrawal of what it described as a “baseless and defamatory” report that allegedly maligns the image of the journalists’ body.

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Nagaland mulls old age home in every district

06 Nov 2025 | 10:55 PM

Dimapur, Nov 6 (UNI) The Nagaland government is planning to establish one old age home in every district of the state, said adviser to the social welfare department Wangpang Konyak on Thursday.

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