Two Odisha forest personnel injured in firing by poachers
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Two members of Forest Department's anti-poaching squad were injured when poachers fired at them in Odisha's Balasore district in the early hours of Tuesday, a senior official said. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) Wildlife, Susanta Nanda said this...
Kandhamal couple killed over sorcery, not by Maoists: Police
Turtle patrol vessel attacked in Odisha’s Gahirmatha
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Supreme Court asks Centre to respond within 3 weeks to pleas seeking stay of CAA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Centre to respond within three weeks to applications seeking a stay on the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud posted the matter for resumed hearing April 9. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for...
Read more‘Repeating baseless arguments’: India responds to China on Arunachal
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Tuesday lashed out at China for "advancing absurd claims" over the territory of Arunachal Pradesh and reiterated that the northeastern state will always remain its "integral and inalienable part" of India. The response from the Ministry came after Beijing said that it "never acknowledges and firmly opposes" the "so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally established by India." "We have noted the comments made by the...
Read moreRLJP chief Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns as Union Minister
Patna: Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) national president Pashupati Kumar Paras resigned from the Union cabinet Tuesday, a day after NDA sealed seat-sharing pact in Bihar. While addressing the mediapersons in Delhi, Paras said: “When I interacted with the media five to six days ago, I said that I would wait till the seat-sharing formula in NDA is announced. I honestly served as an alliance partner in NDA. PM Narendra Modi...
Read moreECI replaces Bengal DGP again within 24 hours
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has replaced the Director General Police in West Bengal Tuesday within just 24 hours since Vivek Sahay was designated for the chair replacing his predecessor Rajeev Kumar. A fresh notification was issued Tuesday ordering the replacement of Sahay with Sanjoy Mukherjee, a 1989-batch IPS officer who is currently the Director General of Fire and Emergency Services Department. After the ECI ordered the removal of...
Read moreJharkhand: Sita Soren deals blow to JMM, joins BJP ahead of LS polls
Ranchi: In a blow to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Sita Soren, three-term MLA and sister-in-law of former chief minister Hemant Soren, quit the party Tuesday and joined the BJP, weeks before the Lok Sabha polls. She joined the BJP in New Delhi in the presence of its national general secretary Vinod Tawde and Jharkhand poll in-charge Laxmikant Bajpai. Sita Soren tendered her resignation from the JMM, claiming that she was...
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‘Repeating baseless arguments’: India responds to China on Arunachal
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Tuesday lashed out at China for "advancing absurd claims" over the territory of Arunachal Pradesh and reiterated that the northeastern state will always remain its "integral and inalienable part" of India. The response from the Ministry came after Beijing said that it "never acknowledges and firmly opposes" the "so-called...
Covid JN.1 variant escaped new vaccine boosters: Study
New Delhi: The latest set of Covid-19 vaccines offered no increased protection against the JN.1 variant, which continues to circulate, according to a study. JN.1, from the lineage of Omicron, is an off-spin of BA.2.86. The variant, first detected in Luxembourg in August, was classified as a variant of interest (VOI) by the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
IPL 2024: Luke Wood replaces injured Jason Behrendorff in Mumbai Indians squad
New Delhi: Australia and Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jason Behrendorff Tuesday said he was gutted to miss this year's IPL after fracturing his leg in a "freak training incident". Behrendorff, a left-arm pacer, was Monday replaced by England's Luke Wood in MI squad. "Unfortunately, there was a freak accident at training last week which resulted in my...
BCCI to introduce Smart Replay System in IPL 2024: Report
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to introduce the Smart Replay System in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 to increase the accuracy and speed of decision-making, said a report Tuesday. The Smart Replay System will allow the TV umpire to refer to more visuals than he previously had...
Indian workers with AI skills could see pay hikes of over 54%: Report
New Delhi: When artificial intelligence (AI) is fully harnessed, Indian workers with AI skills and expertise could see salary hikes of more than 54 per cent, with workers in IT (65 per cent), and research and development (62 per cent) enjoying the highest pay increases, a new report said Tuesday. According to Amazon Web Services (AWS), 97...
‘INDIA alliance deliberately insults Hinduism’: PM Modi hits out at DMK, Congress in TN’s Salem
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public rally in Tamil Nadu’s Salem Tuesday, hit out at the INDIA bloc allies including Congress and DMK and accused them of deliberately insulting Hinduism and the followers of Hindu faith. “Leaders of INDIA alliance are intentionally insulting Hinduism and their statements are also well-planned and thought of. Congress...
Food price pressures deter swifter fall in inflation towards 4% target: RBI Bulletin
Mumbai: Food price pressures is an obstacle in swifter fall in retail inflation to the Reserve Bank's target of 4 per cent, said an article on the 'State of Economy' in the central bank's March Bulletin published on Tuesday. Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) is on a decline since December and was at 5.09...
Four Naxalites killed in encounter with police in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli: Four Naxalites, carrying a collective bounty of Rs 36 lakh, were killed in an encounter with police in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district Tuesday, a senior official said. The police received information Monday afternoon that some Naxalites had entered Gadchiroli from neighbouring Telangana by crossing the Pranhita river with an aim to carry out subversive activities amid the...
Blinken underscores ‘ironclad’ support for Philippines as it clashes with China in disputed sea
Manila: Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored Washington's ‘ironclad commitment’ Tuesday to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces after clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken, the latest high-level official to visit the United States treaty ally, met his...
Sensex, Nifty tank 1% amid slump in TCS, foreign fund outflows
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty tumbled 1 per cent each Tuesday dragged down by a heavy sell-off in TCS, Infosys and Reliance Industries amid weak Asian markets and fresh foreign fund outflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 736.37 points or 1.01 per cent to settle at 72,012.05 after opening on a weak note. During the...