Fresh I-T notices to Congress: Party to hold nationwide protests over weekend against ‘tax terrorism’

Lok Sabha polls: Odisha seats again remain missing in second list released by Congress

New Delhi: The Congress will hold nationwide protests over the weekend against fresh income tax demand of over Rs 1,800 crore, which it has described as an "egregious attack" on democracy and imposition of "tax terrorism" amid the crucial Lok Sabha elections. The opposition party said it has received fresh notices from the income-tax department, asking it to pay Rs 1,823.08 crore, Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal has asked all...

Read more

Mahagathbandhan announces LS seat-sharing for Bihar; RJD to contest 26, Congress nine

Mahagathbandhan announces LS seat-sharing for Bihar; RJD to contest 26, Congress nine

Patna: The RJD-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar Friday announced its formula for seat-sharing, with Lalu Prasad's party laying claim on nearly two-thirds of the state's 40 parliamentary constituencies, virtually steamrolling allies - the Congress and three Left parties. The RJD will be contesting 26 seats, nine more than it had fought in 2019 when it drew a blank. The Congress has got nine seats, as many as it had contested in the...

Read more

Uttar Pradesh court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari’s death  

Mukhtar Ansari

Lucknow: A chief judicial magistrate's court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said. Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the investigating officer in the case, the official said. The CJM has sought the probe report within a month. The 63-year-old Ansari was brought to the...

Read more

EAM Jaishankar, Ukrainian foreign minister Kuleba hold bilateral talks

S Jaishankar, India, Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba

New Delhi: India and Ukraine Friday held "open and wide-ranging" talks here as part of a bilateral engagement between its foreign ministers, with discussions focussing on the "ongoing conflict and its wider ramifications". Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba's two-day visit to India comes amid efforts to seek a peaceful resolution to the more than two-year-old Russia-Ukraine conflict. He arrived here Thursday. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Kuleba at...

Read more

Featured

Trending

More Top Stories

BJD-BJP

Odisha: Women candidates to lock horns in Aska Lok Sabha seat

Aska: The ruling BJD has sprung a surprise by fielding a political greenhorn in the politically significant Aska Lok Sabha seat, which was represented by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as well as his father Biju Patnaik. The BJD has nominated 33-year-old Ranjita Sahu, the daughter of former chairperson of Kodala Notified Area Council Hara Prasad Sahu, for...

MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak

Odisha MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak quits BJP

Bhubaneswar: BJP MLA from Odisha's Nilgiri constituency, Sukanta Kumar Nayak, Friday tendered his resignation from the party. Nayak, a two-time MLA from the constituency - from the Biju Janata Dal in 2014 and from the BJP in 2019 - submitted his resignation in a letter to state BJP chief, Manmohan Samal. "I do hereby tender my resignation...

KKR, RCB, IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders ask Royal Challengers Bengaluru to bat

Bengaluru: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl against hosts Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their Indian Premier League match here Friday. KKR have made one change with left-arm spinner Anukul Roy coming in. KKR have handed a debut IPL cap to 18-year-old top-order batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who is in their substitutes...

Crime in Odisha

Odisha: Man killed by brother-in-law in Sundargarh district

Rourkela: A man was killed allegedly by his brother-in-law for assaulting the latter's sister in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said Friday. The incident took place in Tungritoli village of the district Thursday, a police officer said. The deceased man, identified as Jayram Satnami, was the accused Markosh Toppo's brother-in-law, the police officer said. Satnami had visited his...

LSG, PBKS, IPL

Rahul-led LSG eye all-round effort against PBKS to pull things back

Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants will aim for an improved all-round effort when they take on Punjab Kings in their second Indian Premier League match here Saturday. K L Rahul-led LSG faltered in the opening game against Rajasthan Royals, losing by 20 runs in Chandigarh. Barring Krunal Pandya, all the LSG bowlers leaked runs and also looked ineffective....

Israeli airstrikes kill 36 military personnel in Syria

Israeli airstrikes kill 36 military personnel in Syria

Damascus: Thirty-six Syrian military personnel were killed in multiple Israeli airstrikes that targeted military bases in Syria's northern city of Aleppo early Friday. The strikes hit a Hezbollah warehouse in the Jibrin area near Aleppo International Airport, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Britain-based watchdog group said the attacks, which reverberated across the northern...

Mohamed Muizzu - Maldives

Maldives president alleges his predecessor operated on orders from ‘foreign ambassador’

Male: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has alleged that his predecessor, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, operated on orders from “a foreign ambassador.” Muizzu, however, neither named any country nor any diplomat. The president made the allegation when he was asked about criticism from the opposition regarding the recent procurement of military drones during an interview with the Public...

 

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Archives

Editorial