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Rourkela: The fiveday festival to mark the ‘World Theatre Day’, March 27, ended Wednesday evening in Rourkela amid much fanfare at the ‘Music Circle Auditorium’. The festival was organised by ‘Sampark’, one of the leading cultural organisations of this city....
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Congress says it has received fresh I-T notices of over Rs1,800 crore
New Delhi: The Congress Friday said it has received fresh notices from the income-tax department, asking it to pay Rs1,823.08 crore, and accused the ruling BJP of indulging in "tax terrorism" to financially cripple the opposition party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Adressing a press conference at the AICC...
Read moreKejriwal’s wife launches WhatsApp campaign to garner support for Delhi CM
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita launched a WhatsApp campaign Friday, urging people to support her husband, who is in the ED's custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. In a digital media briefing, Sunita Kejriwal said her husband has challenged the "most corrupt and dictatorial forces" in the country and asked people to support him through their blessings and prayers. Issuing a WhatsApp number -- 8297324624 --...
Read moreHope that in India ‘everyone’s rights’ are ‘protected’, people are able to vote in ‘free & fair’ atmosphere: UN Spokesperson
United Nations: A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world body "hopes” that in India and any country that is having elections, people's "political and civil rights" are "protected" and everyone is able to vote in a "free and fair" atmosphere. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made these remarks Thursday while he was responding to a question on the “political unrest” in India ahead of the upcoming...
Read moreED wants AAP’s LS poll strategy details from Kejriwal’s phone: Atishi
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is working as BJP's political weapon and it wants to get details of AAP's Lok Sabha election strategy by accessing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's phone, senior AAP leader Atishi alleged Friday. Kejriwal, who is the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was arrested by the central probe agency March 21 in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case and is in its custody...
Read moreTech can play big role in agri, education, health: PM Modi in interaction with Bill Gates
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday identified agriculture, education and health as three sectors where he believes technology can play a big role, and highlighted efforts of his government. In an interaction with philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Modi said he used to hear of digital divide in the world and had decided that he will not allow this to happen in India. He said he wants to allocate...
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LS polls: More than 79,000 violations reported so far through C-Vigil app, says EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) Friday said its C-Vigil mobile application has become an effective tool in the hands of people for flagging poll code violations and since the announcement of the Lok Sabha election, more than 79,000 complaints have been received. More than 99 per cent of the complaints have been resolved and close to...
Growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails; prospects for their release unclear
Tallinn: A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family. All of them are U.S. Citizens, and all are behind bars in Russia on charges of varying severity. Arrests of Americans in...
Kejriwal’s wife launches WhatsApp campaign to garner support for Delhi CM
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita launched a WhatsApp campaign Friday, urging people to support her husband, who is in the ED's custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. In a digital media briefing, Sunita Kejriwal said her husband has challenged the "most corrupt and dictatorial forces" in the country and asked people to...
Security tightened in several parts of UP after Mukhtar Ansari’s death
Lucknow: Security personnel in several districts of Uttar Pradesh remained on alert Friday, a day after jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed across the state and teams of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with the local police...
UN court orders Israel to allow unhindered aid to Gaza
The Hague: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has ordered Israel to do whatever is necessary to ensure that basic aid reaches the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. "Israel should take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the unhindered provision at scale by...
Congress says it has received fresh I-T notices of over Rs1,800 crore
New Delhi: The Congress Friday said it has received fresh notices from the income-tax department, asking it to pay Rs1,823.08 crore, and accused the ruling BJP of indulging in "tax terrorism" to financially cripple the opposition party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Adressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here along with Congress general secretary...
Allu Arjun gets wax statue at Madame Tussauds Museum in Dubai
Mumbai: National Award-winning actor Allu Arjun, who will be soon seen in the upcoming second part of his franchise film 'Pushpa', got an early birthday present. The actor's wax statue was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds Museum in Dubai. His wax statue has his signature 'Jhukega Nahi Sala' pose from the blockbuster film 'Pushpa: The Rise'. The...
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
San Francisco: Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder and CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, was Thursday sentenced to 25 years in prison in the US for seven counts of conspiracy and fraud charges. Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered a 240-month sentence and a 60-month sentence to be served consecutively, reports The Verge. “On obstruction of justice, I find that...
Hope that in India ‘everyone’s rights’ are ‘protected’, people are able to vote in ‘free & fair’ atmosphere: UN Spokesperson
United Nations: A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world body "hopes” that in India and any country that is having elections, people's "political and civil rights" are "protected" and everyone is able to vote in a "free and fair" atmosphere. Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric made these remarks Thursday while he was...
Security beefed up ahead of INDIA bloc protest in Delhi
New Delhi: Following a protest call by the INDIA bloc, security measures have been intensified on the routes leading to BJP headquarters in Central Delhi. Multiple layers of barricades and a significant contingent of paramilitary forces have been deployed along the DDU Marg, ITO, and other routes. A senior police official said, "Barricades have been strategically placed,...