Land losers in Champua await damages
Joda/Champua: Land of some tribals has been acquired for Kanpur major irrigation project at Kainta village under Champua tehsil in Keonjhar. But for the last 10 years, the land losers have been complaining that they have not yet received their...
Chhatrapur logs poor show in MGNREGS
Chhatrapur: Chhatrapur block in Ganjam district has lagged behind other blocks in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The fact came to the fore during a recent public hearing on execution of National Food...
15K Birmaharajpur farmers left out of KALIA, PM Kisan
Amarpali: Both the state and Central governments have executed a host of schemes for welfare of farmers. The state is implementing KALIA while the centre has Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana. But over 15,000 eligible farmers are still deprived of the...
Sachin Pilot meets Sonia Gandhi in Delhi, discusses events in Rajasthan
New Delhi: Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot Thursday night met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and said he discussed the events in the state in detail and expressed his sentiments on the situation. Pilot spent around an hour at...
Govt lowers borrowing target for FY23; to borrow Rs 5.92 lakh crore in second half
New Delhi: The government Thursday slashed its market borrowing target for FY23 by Rs 10,000 crore, indicating buoyant tax collections which would be enough to bear Rs 44,762 crore additional expense on free ration distribution. In addition to the Budgeted...
Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) to take charge as new CDS Friday
New Delhi: Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retired) will assume charge as India's new Chief of Defence Staff on Friday that is expected to bring the focus back on the implementation of the ambitious theaterisation drive to bring synergy among the...
RBI hikes interest rate for fourth time in a row
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India Friday raised the benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points, the fourth straight increase since May, as it extended its battle to tame stubbornly high inflation. The monetary policy committee (MPC), comprising three members from the RBI and three external experts, raised the key...
Read moreDigvijaya Singh opts out of Cong prez race, to back Kharge
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Friday announced that he will not contest the party president's election and would instead propose the candidature of his senior Mallikarjun Kharge. He said he has worked for the Congress all his life and will continue to do so. "Kharge ji is my leader and my senior. I had asked him yesterday if he wanted to contest. He said no. I met him again today....
Read moreTwo Jaish militants killed in encounter in J-K’s Baramulla
Srinagar: Two local Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district Friday, police said. Two encounters broke out between the security forces and the militants in Shopian and Baramulla districts in the early hours of Friday, they added. A police official said the encounters began after the security forces launched cordon-and-search operations in the Chitragam area of Shopian and the Yedipora area...
Read moreAt least 19 dead, 27 injured in Kabul blast
Kabul: A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief says 19 people were killed and 27 were wounded in a suicide bombing in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital. Khalid Zadran, the spokesman, says the explosion in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul took place Friday morning. The area is populated mostly by members of Afghanistan's minority Shiite community. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The Islamic State...
Read moreMallikarjun Kharge to file nomination for Cong prez polls
New Delhi: Congress leader Pramod Tiwari Friday said his colleague Mallikarjun Kharge will file nomination for the party president's election. He said that he and P L Punia will be proposers for Kharge's candidature and Digvijaya Singh, who collected nomination papers Thursday, may not contest. Tiwari indicated that a consensus could be reached on who will take over the top party post from Sonia Gandhi. Kharge is likely to file his...
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At least 23 killed, 28 injured in Russian strike
Kyiv: A Ukrainian official says a Russian strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 23 people and wounded 28. Zaporizhzhia Regional Governor Oleksandr Starukh made the announcement in an online statement Friday. He said Russian forces targeted a humanitarian convoy heading to Russian-occupied territory. He posted images of burned out vehicles and bodies lying...
Digvijaya Singh opts out of Cong prez race, to back Kharge
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Friday announced that he will not contest the party president's election and would instead propose the candidature of his senior Mallikarjun Kharge. He said he has worked for the Congress all his life and will continue to do so. "Kharge ji is my leader and my senior. I had asked him...
Two Jaish militants killed in encounter in J-K’s Baramulla
Srinagar: Two local Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district Friday, police said. Two encounters broke out between the security forces and the militants in Shopian and Baramulla districts in the early hours of Friday, they added. A police official said the encounters began after the security...
SC collegiums headed by CJI Lalit recommends transfer of CJs of Orissa, J-K HCs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit has recommended to the Centre the transfer of Chief Justice (CJ) of Orissa High Court, Justice S Muralidhar and Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Pankaj Mithal as CJs of Madras and Rajasthan high courts respectively. The apex court collegium, which...
Twitter rolls out new ways to make video experience better
San Francisco: To enhance user experience, microblogging site Twitter has announced that it is rolling out new ways for users to experience videos on the platform. The platform introduced two new ways -- immersive viewing and easy discovery, and showing more videos in Explore -- for users to watch what's happening on the platform. "Videos are a...
Ranveer Singh pays tribute to ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio
Mumbai: Hindi film industry livewire star Ranveer Singh has paid a tribute to Grammy-winning rapper and actor Coolio. Ranveer took to his Instagram Story, where he shared a picture of Coolio along with his hit song 'Gangsta's Paradise' playing in the background. He shared a red heart and a folded hand emoji. Grammy-winning rapper, producer and actor...
At least 19 dead, 27 injured in Kabul blast
Kabul: A Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Kabul police chief says 19 people were killed and 27 were wounded in a suicide bombing in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital. Khalid Zadran, the spokesman, says the explosion in the Dashti Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul took place Friday morning. The area is populated mostly by members of Afghanistan's...
Shashi Tharoor visits Rajghat ahead of filing nomination papers for Congress poll
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor visited Rajghat here Friday and paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi ahead of filing his nomination papers for the party's presidential poll. "Paid tribute to the man who built India's bridge to the 21st century this morning," Tharoor said in a tweet. He quoted former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi as saying,...
Mallikarjun Kharge to file nomination for Cong prez polls
New Delhi: Congress leader Pramod Tiwari Friday said his colleague Mallikarjun Kharge will file nomination for the party president's election. He said that he and P L Punia will be proposers for Kharge's candidature and Digvijaya Singh, who collected nomination papers Thursday, may not contest. Tiwari indicated that a consensus could be reached on who will take...
Prabhas nails it as Lord Rama in ‘Adipurush’ teaser poster
Mumbai: Pan-India star Prabhas has shared the teaser poster of his upcoming film Adipurush, in which he is essaying the role of Lord Rama and looks stunning. Prabhas took to Instagram, where he shared the teaser poster. In the teaser poster, he looks every-inch royal with a moustache twirled and aiming his bow towards the sky. He...
