Odisha: Man killed by brother-in-law in Sundargarh district
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Rourkela: Theatre fest leaves lingering memory
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 moreFresh I-T notices to Congress: Party to hold nationwide protests over weekend against ‘tax terrorism’
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 moreUttar Pradesh court orders judicial probe into Mukhtar Ansari’s death
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 moreEAM Jaishankar, Ukrainian foreign minister Kuleba hold bilateral talks
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 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...
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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...
Started my career on shop floor of auto plant: Anand Mahindra to Elon Musk
New Delhi: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Friday, revealed that he started his career on the shop floor of an auto plant, as he responded to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The X owner posted that many movies exist about a lone inventor in a garage having a "eureka" moment, but “almost none about manufacturing, so...
Ali, Richa open up on wedding docu ‘RiAlity’: ‘Life is stranger than fiction’
Chandigarh: Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal, opening up on their wedding documentary titled 'RiAlity’, said it is a cheeky little attempt and a 'life is stranger than fiction' kind of thing. In October last year, the duo shared the first glimpse of the documentary. It is directed by Rahul Singh Datta. In a conversation with Naman Ramachandran,...
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
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...
Russia launches barrage of 99 drones, missiles on Ukraine’s energy system, officials say
Kyiv: Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure Friday, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across the country, Ukraine's armed forces said. Air raid warnings rang out across the country, with 10 Ukrainian regions coming under fire, the country's Interior Minister, Ihor Klymenko, said. Russia has escalated its attacks on...
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...
Fresh I-T notices to Congress: Party to hold nationwide protests over weekend against ‘tax terrorism’
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...
Rahul, Kharge, Pawar, Akhilesh among INDIA bloc leaders to join AAP rally at Ramleela ground
New Delhi: Top INDIA bloc leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thakrey, Akhilesh Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav among others will attend a 'Maharally' to be held by AAP at the Ramleela ground on March 31, senior party leader Gopal Rai said Friday. AAP has received permission of the authorities concerned for holding...
David Warner congratulates ‘Pushpa’ after ‘legend’ Allu Arjun unveils his wax statue in Dubai
Mumbai: Australian cricketer David Warner is definitely a big fan of star Allu Arjun, whom he referred to as a legend on his latest post on social media. Warner on Friday took to Instagram and shared the picture of Allu Arjun posing next to his wax figure at the Madame Tussauds in Dubai. Sharing the picture, the...