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Judicial custody for JKLF chairman Yasin Malik till May 2
Election schedule for Patkura Assembly seat announced
Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission Wednesday announced the poll schedule for Patkura Assembly constituency where regular polling scheduled on phase- IV elections were cancelled following BJD nominee Bed Prakash Agrawalla’s demise. According to the notification, polling for this seat will be...
SC summons security chiefs to examine proof furnished by Utsav Bains
Six years of Bangladesh factory disaster, rights groups issue ‘grim’ warning
Dhaka: Six years after one of the world's most devastating factory disasters led to international safety monitoring in Bangladesh, campaigners are warning of "grim consequences" if such oversight is abandoned. The collapse of the nine-floor rabbit warren of textile factories...
World’s first malaria vaccine launched in Africa
SC asks Bains to file more proof in ‘conspiracy’ against CJI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will go to the root of the alleged conspiracy and sensational claims made by lawyer Utsav Singh Bains that there was a larger conspiracy to frame Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in the sexual harassment allegations against him. A three-judge special...
Read moreLanka govt admits ‘major’ intel lapses, President vows overhaul
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government Wednesday admitted that "major" intelligence lapses led to the massive Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 350 people and indicated that heads will roll for failing to act on tip-offs. Top officials have acknowledged that Sri Lanka received intelligence about possible terror strikes ahead of the attacks, but both President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have said that they did not receive the information....
Read morePoll tussles see private players boom in aviation industry
Bhubneswar: As the battle for the election 2019 intensifies, private players in the aviation industry seem to make merry from the aggressive canvassing by providing choppers and mini aircrafts to different political parties in the state. Owing to busy schedules and ease of mobility, top politicians of different parties have come to identify the importance of aviation in the elections and have rung in private players in carefully designed setup vis-...
Read moreNon-natives guess poll outcome
Bhubaneswar, April 22: The 2019 Lok Sabha elections, which started April 11, and will cover 543 constituencies in seven phases, has completed two phases and is ready for the third phase April 23. In the third phase, polling will be held in 115 constituencies across 14 states. Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu...
Read moreBooks are indeed a man’s best friend
Bhubaneswar : Books are considered a man’s best friends as they help to widen mental horizons. Many people enjoy the company of books. People take to books to enjoy themselves, get proper advice and understand important things about life. World Book Day is celebrated by UNESCO and other organisations every year April 23. It is an occasion to promote books and the art of reading. The day was selected by UNESCO...
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We have the right combination for the WC: Dravid
New Delhi: Former skipper Rahul Dravid reckons India's recent 2-3 loss to Australia in a home ODI series will not have much impact in the Men in Blue's 2019 World Cup campaign and their good show in the past few years has made them the strong title contenders. After taking a 2-0 lead in a five-match ODI rubber...
CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar attracts huge attention in BJP’s Begusarai bastion
Ujiarpur/Begusarai: An energetic campaign boosted by his image of being a trenchant critic of the Modi government has propelled CPI’s Kanhaiya Kumar into the centre stage of electoral contest in Begusarai seat but many see his rising graph posing a bigger threat to the opposition RJD than the ruling BJP. The BJP supporters in Begusarai and other...
Modi is ‘Pradhan Prachar Mantri’: Priyanka Gandhi
Banda (UP): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "Pradhan Prachar Mantri" and accused the BJP of "wasting drinking water" to clean roads in Banda, an arid town in Uttar Pradesh's Budelkhand region. Priyanka Gandhi's comments drew a sharp reaction from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who said her statements show that the fear...
Amit bags silver, Rahul earns bronze in Asian Wrestling C’ships
Xi'an (China): Amit Dhankar clinched a silver while Commonwealth Games champion Rahul Aware won a bronze as Indian men's freestyle wrestlers continued their impressive performance at the Asian Wrestling Championships here Wednesday. Amit, who won gold in 66kg in the 2013 edition, settled for a silver in the men's 74kg freestyle event after losing to Daniyar Kaisanov...
Twitter introduces new feature to report fake news during LS polls
New Delhi: In an attempt to bar people from using its services for the purpose of manipulating the Lok Sabha elections, Twitter announced a new feature Wednesday to make it easier for users to report misleading information about voting. The new feature will come into effect in India from Thursday, Twitter said. So if you see misleading information...
Coordination between government’s different departments better now to tackle security concerns: Jaishankar
New Delhi: India faces security concerns on a daily basis but in the last five years the coordination between different government wings has improved, former foreign secretary S Jaishankar said Wednesday. Speaking at the launch of a book ‘Indian Foreign Policy: The Modi Era’ by Professor Harsh V Pant here, Jaishankar said India’s security preparedness has been...
Sensex rallies 490 pts; Nifty reclaims 11,700-mark
Mumbai: Snapping its three-session losing streak, benchmark BSE Sensex rallied 490 points Wednesday as investors piled into index heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC duo, Infosys, ITC and ICICI Bank. After starting on a positive note, the BSE bourse soared to a high of 39,095.35 at the fag-end of the session. It finally settled 489.80 points, or 1.27 per...
Like BJP, the Congress believes in threatening political rivals: Akhilesh Yadav
Kanpur: After keeping the Congress out of his alliance with the BSP, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav attacked the grand old party over its ‘big ego’ and also accused it of ditching partners and threatening rivals. “Like the BJP, the Congress too believes in threatening political opponents,” he said at an election meeting here. “We had...
US oil sanctions won’t go without response: Ayatollah Khamenei
Tehran: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Wednesday called the end of oil sanction waivers by the United States a ‘hostile measure’ that ‘won't be left without a response’. "US efforts to boycott the sale of Iran's oil won't get them anywhere. We will export our oil as much as we need and we intend," his official...
New Twitter feature for users to report content misleading voters
New Delhi: Twitter said Wednesday it is adding a feature on its platform to allow users to easily report misleading content on voting and elections, as the microblogging firm stepped up efforts to tackle the menace of misinformation. Circulation of fake news on digital platforms like Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook has been a pain point, and the...
