Charge sheet in minister Naba Das murder case will be filed on time: Naveen
Nothing discussed as yet: Naveen on forming opposition front ahead of meeting Mamata
Amit Shah’s Odisha visit postponed
War of words in Odisha Assembly over remark on bureaucrat’s visit to Nabarangpur
Supreme Court says abolition of Odisha Administrative Tribunal constitutionally valid
Strong tremors jolt Delhi, parts of north India
New Delhi: Strong tremors jolted parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab...
Read moreDelhi excise scam: BRS leader Kavitha quizzed by ED for 10 hrs on day 3, submits phones to agency
New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha Tuesday was quizzed for about 10 hours on the third day of her deposition before the Enforcement Directorate even as she submitted some mobile phones used by her to the agency in connection with the Delhi excise policy linked money laundering case. The MLC daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao reached the ED office in central Delhi from the Tughlaq Road official residence...
Read moreSupreme Court asks Centre to discuss if hanging can be replaced by ‘less painful’ deaths
New Delhi: The Centre should consider whether there can be a ‘less painful’ alternative to death by hanging way of carrying out death sentences, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The Supreme Court asked the Centre to initiate a discussion and collect information to examine if there can be a less painful method than hanging by the neck. Attorney General R Venkataramani was asked to get back to the apex court with...
Read moreBJP most important foreign political party from standpoint of American national interests: WSJ
New York: An opinion piece in the influential Wall Street Journal has described the BJP as the most important foreign political party in the world for America's national interests and the "linchpin" of the US strategy in the Indo-Pacific amidst China's increasing assertiveness in the region. The BJP may also be the least understood, the opinion piece written by Walter Russell Mead, a leading American academic, commented. He added that the...
Read moreDelhi excise scam: Cooperated with CBI in probe, no incriminating evidence found, Sisodia tells court
New Delhi: Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Tuesday told a Delhi court he has cooperated with the CBI investigation into the excise scam case and none of the searches have revealed any incriminating material against him. Sisodia's counsel, while making submissions on the bail plea of the AAP leader, said his custodial interrogation was no longer required and he was not a flight risk. “I am public servant but...
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No Deal for Rohingya
International attention has, for the past few months, been drawn to the possibility of elections in Myanmar under the watchful eye of the military junta that staged a coup in 2021 to deny an elected government the chance to function. In the process the focus has been shifted from the hapless 1.2 million Rohingya Moslems languishing in...
Delhi excise scam: BRS leader Kavitha quizzed by ED for 10 hrs on day 3, submits phones to agency
New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha Tuesday was quizzed for about 10 hours on the third day of her deposition before the Enforcement Directorate even as she submitted some mobile phones used by her to the agency in connection with the Delhi excise policy linked money laundering case. The MLC daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar...
Strong tremors jolt Delhi, parts of north India
New Delhi: Strong tremors jolted parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. There was disruption in mobile...
Pakistan stays away from SCO conference after Indian side objects to incorrect map
New Delhi: Pakistan Tuesday skipped a conference of military medicine experts organised by an Indian think-tank under the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) after the host objected to incorrect depiction of Kashmir in a map, people familiar with the matter said. The conference on 'SCO Armed Forces Contribution in Military Medicine, Healthcare and Pandemics' was to...
Boris Johnson admits he misled UK Parliament, but in ‘good faith’
London: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson's written defence in response to an influential parliamentary committee was published on Tuesday and in it he accepts that he misled Parliament over the partygate scandal of COVID lockdown law-breaching parties at Downing Street, but did so in “good faith”. Johnson is due to give oral evidence to the House...
Bank situation stabilising, different from 2008, says Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
Washington: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions jeopardise financial stability. Yellen, who made her remarks at the American Bankers Association, said that overall “the situation is stabilising." "And the U.S. Banking...
Charge sheet in minister Naba Das murder case will be filed on time: Naveen
Bhubaneswar: The charge sheet in the murder of minister Naba Kishore Das will be filed within prescribed time frame, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told the Odisha Assembly Tuesday. Replying to the discussion on demand of grants for the Home and General Administration Departments, he said: "The investigation is still under progress and within the time frame given...
Nothing discussed as yet: Naveen on forming opposition front ahead of meeting Mamata
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said nothing has been discussed as yet on forming an opposition front ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Patnaik's statement came ahead of his scheduled “courtesy meeting” with Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday. Asked whether any discussion on forming a ‘third front' is on the cards with the...
Amit Shah’s Odisha visit postponed
Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled one-day visit to Odisha March 26 has been postponed, a leader of the BJP's state unit said Tuesday. The new itinerary will be announced later, Odisha BJP general secretary Golak Mohapatra said. The change in programme is likely due to Shah's engagements in poll-bound Karnataka, Mohapatra said. Shah was scheduled...
Nikhat sails into quarterfinals of World Boxing Championships
New Delhi: A "fatigued" Nikhat Zareen continued her winning run to enter the quarterfinals along with two other pugilists at the Women's World Championships here Tuesday. Nikhat saw off Mexico's Patricia Alvarez Herrera 5-0 to notch her third win of the tournament. Commonwealth Games champion Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) won her bout with a first round against Sumaiya...