Gold worth Rs 2.79 crore seized at Bhubaneswar airport
Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized smuggled gold worth Rs 2.79 crore from four passengers at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar, a statement said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, DRI officers identified four passengers arriving...
Two Rubella cases detected in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district
Nabarangpur: Two children in Odisha's Nabarangpur district have been found to be infected with Rubella virus, a health official said Wednesday. The cases have been detected in Nandahandi and Tentulikhunti blocks of the tribal-dominated district, said Malaya Tripathy, chief district...
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DRDO teams up with IIT Bhubaneswar for AI-driven surveillance
Bhubaneswar: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will collaborate with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar for artificial intelligence (AI) driven surveillance and other projects, officials said. A meeting was held between DRDO and IIT Bhubaneswar officials here Tuesday....
Sam Pitroda stirs another row, Congress dissociates itself from his remarks
New Delhi: Congress leader Sam Pitroda triggered another controversy Wednesday with his "people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africa" remarks, with the ruling BJP latching on to his "racist" comments and claiming that those have exposed the opposition party's "divisive" politics....
Read moreJP Nadda, Amit Malviya summoned by Bengaluru police over social media post
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police has summoned BJP President J P Nadda and the party's IT cell head Amit Malviya in connection with a social media post allegedly intimidating members of SC and ST community not to vote for a particular candidate, officials said Wednesday. They have been asked to join the probe at the High grounds police station here. “For the purpose of investigation of the said case, you are hereby directed...
Read moreSC to pass order on interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal May 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam May 10. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the bench which heard Kejriwal's petition against his arrest in the case, said, “We will pronounce the interim order (on interim bail) Friday. The main matter related to the challenge to arrest will...
Read moreCongress seeks dismissal of BJP govt, fresh polls in Haryana
Chandigarh: The Congress Wednesday sought the imposition of President's Rule followed by fresh polls in Haryana after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state Assembly. The party said it would write to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to demand that the BJP government be dismissed. It also asked the JJP, the INLD and Independent MLA Balraj Kundu to...
Read moreCongress ‘Shehzada’ should explain why stopped talking about ‘Ambani-Adani’: Modi
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday for the first time during the Lok Sabha elections accused the Congress of having a nexus with "Ambani and Adani", and asked if the party has received "tempo loads of black money" from the two businessmen for its leader Rahul Gandhi to stop "abusing" them. In what appeared to be changing the narrative on the issue that was until now used by the Congress to...
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LSG elect to bat against SRH
Hyderabad: Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat in the Indian Premier League match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Wednesday. South African wicketkeeper-batter Quniton de Kock was included in the LSG playing XI, while left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan missed out due to injury. SRH skipper Pat Cummins included allrounder Sanvir Singh...
West Bengal’s lawsuit: Will not permit parties to raise political issue in court, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it will not allow either the Centre or the West Bengal government to raise any political issue during the arguments on the state's lawsuit which alleged that the CBI is going ahead with its investigations despite withdrawal of general consent by the state. A bench of Justices BR Gavai and...
Gold worth Rs 2.79 crore seized at Bhubaneswar airport
Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized smuggled gold worth Rs 2.79 crore from four passengers at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar, a statement said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off, DRI officers identified four passengers arriving from Dubai and on searching them, found 3.77 kilogram of smuggled gold in their possession May 6,...
India overtook Japan to become world’s 3rd largest solar power generator in 2023
New Delhi: Rapid solar energy deployment in India pushed the country past Japan to become the world's third-largest solar power generator in 2023, according to a new report. The report by global energy think tank Ember said India ranked ninth in solar energy deployment in 2015. Solar produced a record 5.5 per cent of global electricity in...
CCTV pictures of suspected terrorists behind Poonch attack surface
Jammu: Images of three suspected terrorists, taken out of a CCTV clip, who purportedly carried out the May 5 attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in J&K’s Poonch district were doing the rounds on social media Wednesday. In the attack on the two-vehicle IAF convoy at Surankote tehsil in Poonch district, one air warrior named...
JP Nadda, Amit Malviya summoned by Bengaluru police over social media post
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police has summoned BJP President J P Nadda and the party's IT cell head Amit Malviya in connection with a social media post allegedly intimidating members of SC and ST community not to vote for a particular candidate, officials said Wednesday. They have been asked to join the probe at the High grounds police station...
Sam Pitroda’s racial analogy for Indians sparks row; Modi counters
New Delhi/ Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP's all-out attack on the Congress Wednesday over Sam Pitroda's analogy to depict India's diversity as he slammed his comments as "racist" and asserted that people will not tolerate the attempt to insult them on the basis of their skin colour. Pitroda's comments at a podcast landed his...
2019 Video Of Indian Army Personnel Falsely Shared As Army Canvassing Votes For BJP In The Ongoing Elections
A video showing a group of men accusing some Indian Army personnel of canvassing votes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections is being shared widely on social media. Sharing this video, a user on X claims that BJP has deployed Indian Army to seek votes for itself in these elections. ...
PTI Fact Check: The social media post claiming Supreme Court granted interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal is false; Details inside
New Delhi (Abhinav Gupta / Pratyush Ranjan PTI Fact Check): Multiple social media users claimed that the Supreme Court granted interim bail till June 7 to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who has been accused of money laundering in a case linked to the alleged Delhi excise scam. In its investigation, the PTI Fact Check Desk found that the...
SC to pass order on interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal May 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver its order on granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam May 10. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who headed the bench which heard Kejriwal's petition against his arrest in the case, said, “We will pronounce the interim order...
