Odisha MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi quits Cong after 38 years; two leaders leave BJP too
Slurry pipelines threaten wildlife in Odisha’s Keonjhar
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 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 meets Ukranian counterpart Kuleba
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba in New Delhi Friday as part of a bilateral engagement. Kuleba, who arrived here Thursday, is on a two-day visit to India. "Welcome FM @DmytroKuleba of Ukraine to Hyderabad House. Look forward to our discussions today," Jaishankar posted on X ahead of their talks. The external affairs minister also shared a photograph of him shaking hands...
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...
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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...
After Congress, CPI gets I-T dept notice for Rs11-crore dues: Sources
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (CPI) has received a notice from the income-tax department, asking it to pay "dues" of Rs11 crore for using an old PAN card while filing tax returns during the last few years, sources said Friday. They said the Left party is consulting its lawyers to challenge the notice of the...
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....
Russia says proof show link between Moscow attack terrorists, Ukraine
Moscow: Russian Investigative Committee has said that it has found evidence connecting terrorists from the Crocus City Hall attack in suburban Moscow with "Ukrainian nationalists". "After working with detained terrorists, studying the technical devices seized from them, and analysing information about financial transactions, evidence was obtained of their connection with Ukrainian nationalists," the committee added Thursday on...
Odisha MLA Surendra Singh Bhoi quits Cong after 38 years; two leaders leave BJP too
Bhubaneswar: Three-time Congress MLA and former minister Surendra Singh Bhoi resigned from the primary membership of the party after 38 years and joined the ruling BJD Friday. Two BJP leaders – Nilgiri MLA Sukant Nayak and the party's Cuttack district president Prakash Chandra Behera - also resigned from their party and are likely to join the BJD....
Uttar 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...
’12th Fail’ actress Medha Shankr: Don’t think I am an overnight sensation
Mumbai: Actress Medha Shankr, who gained the spotlight with her performance in ‘12th Fail’, does not believe she became an overnight sensation, stating that “people do not know her journey”. Medha started her acting career in 2019 with the British miniseries 'Beecham House'. She was then seen in the film 'Shaadisthan' and the series 'Dil Bekaraar'. Taking...
EAM Jaishankar meets Ukranian counterpart Kuleba
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba in New Delhi Friday as part of a bilateral engagement. Kuleba, who arrived here Thursday, is on a two-day visit to India. "Welcome FM @DmytroKuleba of Ukraine to Hyderabad House. Look forward to our discussions today," Jaishankar posted on X ahead of...
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...