Manoj Das

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that the state government will present 'manoj das International Literary Award' in memory of eminent litterateur manoj das.

The last rites of acclaimed writer manoj das was held with state honours in Puducherry on Wednesday. Mourners paid respects to the bilingual writer who breathed his last on Tuesday. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among those who condoled Das’s death.

Celebrated writer manoj das donated Rs 10 lakh to the Chief minister's relief fund (CMRF) last week, which he had received as honorarium from the controversial Seashore Group.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of bilingual writer Padma Bhushan manoj das.

manoj das, 1990 batch senior IAS, Principal Secretary Industry & Mines department has been appointed as Principal Secretary to the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

A jilted lover raped a 24-year-old girl after being thrashed by her family twice earlier for misbehaving with her.

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday refused to entertain the plea by a group of Surat citizens challenging Gujarat high court's order that declined to stay the dismantling of the 130-year-old bridge.

manoj das, one of Odisha’s best known writers, passed away on Tuesday at Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry due to old-age related ailments. The 87-year-old novelist, poet, columnist, fiction and travel writer, was also a bold commentator on social issues and an amazing storyteller. As a bilingual writer he was prolific in both English and Odia and was a household name in the state. He has written hundreds of books and countless articles in newspapers.

A bilingual writer and a terracotta artist from the Union territory of Puducherry were among those honoured with the country's highest civilian awards for 2020.

Rain that continued for the second day on Thursday caused havoc on the roads of Mohali, Zirakpur, Mullanpur and Kharar. Knee-deep water entered houses, throwing life out of gear in low-lying areas of phases 1, 3B2 and 11, besides many other places.

The first rain of the monsoon caused a flood-like situation in the suburbs of Mohali and Zirakpur on Wednesday, with a car getting swept away in Togan village causeway in Mohali on the borders of Dadumajra in Chandigarh.

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has set a two-year target to achieve international standards in its e-governance.

The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has launched a crackdown on those dumping construction materials and debris on the roadside.It has formed five squads that are carrying out the raids.

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is ready with the master plan for development of Gopi Talav slum area that will be soon free from encroachment.

He will receive the award during ‘Amritavarsham 60’ — the 60th birthday celebrations of Mata Amritanandamayi — at Amritapuri in Kollam district of Kerala on September 27.

The development has surprised a few SMC officials. The 15 squad members with vigilance experience got their orders after a meeting was held at the SMC headquarters on Friday.

Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is expecting a deluge of applications seeking regularization of unauthorized structures - commercial and residential - with the new impact fee regulation coming in.

Regulating traffic and creating proper infrastructure for it are big problems for any administration.

A city ravaged by plague nearly two decades ago worked hard to shed its image of being a filthy city and earned the epithet ‘Khoobsurat’ for its efforts. As Bangalore grapples with its garbage, TOI looks at how the IT capital can learn lessons from faraway Surat.

The Orissa High Court on Friday granted conditional bail to five persons, who were arrested by CBI, for their alleged links with chit fund company Artha Tatwa.

Calling development a constant process, new municipal commissioner manoj das outlined his agenda in his first interview to the media since taking over a month ago.

A man has been arrested for kidnapping and robbing a youth. The man has been identified as Mahesh Chidambaram, and the case pertains to the crime which happened on December 6 last year. The man and his accomplices had assaulted some youths who were staying at a lodge in the city due to some previous grudge. The man had stolen valuables worth Rs 1 lakh from them. The man had also kidnapped one of the youths and assaulted him. Later, the man abandoned the victim by the road. The police had earlier arrested three other accused in the case. Three of them were held with narcotic substance. The arrested are Baidnath Das, manoj das, and Naresh Das.