Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sidhant Mohapatra join BJP
Congress to announce first list of candidates for Odisha by April first week
Brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh seized, one arrested in Odisha’s Balasore district
BJD allots assembly tickets to four women instead of their politician husbands
Six-time Cuttack MP Bhartruhari Mahtab joins BJP days after quitting BJD
Arvind Kejriwal’s ED custody extended till April 1
New Delhi: A court here Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1 in the excise policy case. The agency had sought seven-day custody of the AAP chief, but the court said he has to be produced before the court on April 1...
Read moreHAL conducts successful first flight of light combat aircraft Tejas Mk1A
Bengaluru: The first aircraft LA5033 of the Tejas Mk1A series successfully soared in the sky after taking off from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru Thursday, the public sector aerospace and defence company said. According to HAL, the Tejas Mk1A aircraft did a successful sortie with a flying time of 18 minutes. The plane was piloted by Chief Test Pilot Group Captain KK Venugopal (Retired). “HAL achieved this significant...
Read moreUkraine FM arrives in India to build on talks between PM Modi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
New Delhi: Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba arrived in New Delhi Thursday to reinvigorate bilateral ties with India. He will build on the dialogue between Prime Narendra Modi and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for peace. In a first high-level visit by a Ukrainian leader since the start of hostilities with Russia in 2022, Kuleba began his two-day official visit at the invitation of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. "I began my...
Read moreGroup of lawyers including Harish Salve write to CJI against ‘vested interest group’ trying to ‘pressure’ judiciary
New Delhi: A group of lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, have written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a 'vested interest group' is trying to pressure the judiciary and defame courts "on the basis of frivolous logic and stale political agendas". "Their pressure tactics are most obvious in political cases, particularly those involving political figures accused of corruption. These...
Read moreBengaluru cafe blast: NIA detains two more suspects
Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained two more suspects in connection with the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case, sources said Thursday. The accused were picked up from Bengaluru. Sources said the accused were suspected to be in touch with the bomber and the detained persons were associated with banned Al-Hind Trust. However, the official statement from the NIA is yet to be made. So far no arrests have been made...
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Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sidhant Mohapatra join BJP
New Delhi: BJD founding member and six-time Cuttack Lok Sabha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab joined the BJP here on Thursday, dealing a big blow to the Odisha's ruling party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Mahtab, 67, joined the BJP in the presence of senior leaders at the party headquarters here. Along with him, former BJD MP Sidhant...
DC opt to bowl against RR in IPL
Jaipur: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in their IPL match here Thursday. While RR decided to play the same team of their previous match, DC brought in Mukesh Kumar and Anrich Nortje for Ishant Sharma and Shai Hope. "Ishant hasn't yet recovered and Shai Hope has a...
Congress to announce first list of candidates for Odisha by April first week
Bhubaneswar: Former Union minister and Odisha Congress Campaign Committee chairman Bhakta Charan Das Thursday said the party will announce the first list of candidates for elections in Odisha by the first week of April. The newly appointed OPCC Campaign Committee chief said the party will aggressively campaign against BJD and BJP and fight for five justices (five...
Brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh seized, one arrested in Odisha’s Balasore district
Balasore: One person was arrested and brown sugar worth Rs 26 lakh seized from his possession in Odisha's Balasore district Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, police nabbed the man and seized 260 gm of brown sugar from his possession in Jaleswar area, Balasore district Superintendent of Police Sagarika Nath said. The accused was wanted in...
HAL conducts successful first flight of light combat aircraft Tejas Mk1A
Bengaluru: The first aircraft LA5033 of the Tejas Mk1A series successfully soared in the sky after taking off from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facility in Bengaluru Thursday, the public sector aerospace and defence company said. According to HAL, the Tejas Mk1A aircraft did a successful sortie with a flying time of 18 minutes. The plane was...
Arvind Kejriwal’s ED custody extended till April 1
New Delhi: A court here Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1 in the excise policy case. The agency had sought seven-day custody of the AAP chief, but the court said he has to be produced before the court on April 1 at 11 am. The ED had produced...
BJD allots assembly tickets to four women instead of their politician husbands
Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in Odisha has fielded four women as candidates for assembly constituencies instead of their husbands who had either won or came second in the 2019 edition of elections. BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday announced the candidates list for the Assembly polls to be held along with...
CM not above law, says ED as Kejriwal questions rationale behind his arrest
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate Thursday said a chief minister was not above law even as Arvind Kejriwal questioned the rationale behind his arrest in the liquor policy case. Delhi CM, on being allowed to put forth his assertions in the Rouse Avenue court, questioned the ED's action and also the reason behind his arrest. Kejriwal said...
Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires Stage-2 of its Vikram-1 orbital rocket
Hyderabad: Skyroot Aerospace, a space-tech company, has successfully test-fired the Stage-2 of Vikram-1 space launch vehicle, called Kalam-250, at the propulsion testbed of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), at its Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The city-based firm in a press release Thursday said Vikram-1 launch is slated to be a...
Ukraine FM arrives in India to build on talks between PM Modi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
New Delhi: Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba arrived in New Delhi Thursday to reinvigorate bilateral ties with India. He will build on the dialogue between Prime Narendra Modi and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for peace. In a first high-level visit by a Ukrainian leader since the start of hostilities with Russia in 2022, Kuleba began his two-day...