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Naveen Patnaik seeks railway connectivity in LWE affected districts of Odisha.
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J&K flag removed from Civil Secretariat building
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SC refuses to entertain Chidambaram’s plea challenging dismissal of anticipatory bail
New Delhi: In a setback for Congress leader P Chidambaram, the Supreme Court refused Monday to entertain his petition challenging the dismissal of anticipatory bail in a corruption case lodged by the CBI in the INX media scam. At the outset, a bench comprising justices R Banumathi and AS Bopanna...
Read moreGovernment sacks 22 more tax officers for alleged graft, misconduct
New Delhi: Acting on alleged corruption charges and misconduct, the government Monday compulsorily retired another 22 senior tax officers under Rule 56 (J). The move has come close on the heels of government sending home in June 27 high-raking revenue officers on allegations ranging from harassment, bribe, extortion and corruption. The officers fired by CBIC include KK Uikey, SR Parate, Kailash Verma, KC Mandal, MS Damor, RS Gogiya, Kishore Patel from...
Read moreAmit Shah holds meeting with Chief Ministers to review operations against Naxals
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed Monday the ongoing operations against Naxals and development initiatives being undertaken in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas, officials said. Chief ministers Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Naveen Patnaik (Odisha), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), Raghubar Das (Jharkhand), Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) besides top police and civil officials of 10 Naxal affected states attended the meeting. Top officials of paramilitary forces and the Home Ministry...
Read moreMural artists yet to be fully paid
Bhubaneswar: Come November, it will be a year since the Capital city hosted the Hockey World Cup. While the world appreciated and endeared the aesthetics, the backroom boys are yet to be paid by the civic authority. Hired to beautify the city, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) had contracted eight agencies last year to do street and mural paintings. The tender floated by the BMC said payments to the artistes would...
Read moreMost sex-change ops in state unscientific and unregulated
Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding the spurt in awareness levels among the masses relating to the third gender and their legal rights, the marginalised community in the state is still a victim of unregulated and unscientific ways of sex-change operations. Despite spending lakhs on the surgeries, the third gender population often ends up in clinics that don’t follow the scientific procedures required for such operations. High costs of such surgeries also drive the people...
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Rs 1.2 lakh cr investment planned for city gas network expansion: Dharmendra Pradhan
New Delhi: India will see an investment of about Rs 1.2 lakh crore in the roll out of city gas network in almost 300 districts by 2030 as a massive expansion is planned for CNG dispensing stations and pipelines supplying cooking gas to household kitchens, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Monday. With a licence to retail CNG...
You will not recognise me in ‘Pagalpanti’: John Abraham
Mumbai: Switching gears from cop-dramas and vigilante action films, John Abraham will be seen in the comedy ‘Pagalpanti’ later this year and the actor says he has tried his best to grow in the genre. ‘Pagalpanti’ features an ensemble cast which includes Anil Kapoor, Ileana D'Cruz, Arshad Warsi, Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Urvashi Rautela and Saurabh Shukla....
Chennai techie spots Instagram flaw again, wins USD 10,000
Chennai: Barely a month after winning USD 30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability on the photo and video-sharing app. This time he has won USD 10,000 as part of the social network's bug bounty programme. The new vulnerability that...
Singer Taylor Swift believes in moving on than being stuck in a toxic relationship
Los Angeles: Singer Taylor Swift says it's better to move on than be stuck in a toxic relationship. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning , the "Bad blood" hitmaker shared that while she "absolutely" believes in forgiveness, not everybody deserves a second chance, reports "people.com". "People go on and on about how you have to forgive...
Ben Stokes calls his match-winning innings against Australia ‘unbelievable’
Leeds: Ben Stokes has said his remarkable century was ‘unbelievable’ as England secured an astounding one-wicket win over Australia in the third Test at Headingley to square the Ashes series at 1-1. England, dismissed for just 67 in their first innings – their lowest Ashes total in 71 years – were seemingly dead and buried at 286-9,...
The Rock ‘feels great’ after getting married
Anaheim: Actor Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, who suprised his fans by secretly marrying his longtime girlfriend and singer Lauren Hashian a few days ago, says he is enjoying the new phase of his life. "I feel great. It was a beautiful ceremony and it was phenomenal. The wedding was very quiet. We kept it under wraps,...
Normalcy eludes Kashmiris for 22nd consecutive day
Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 22nd consecutive day Monday as markets and schools were shut, but the movement of private vehicles in the city improved, officials said. Restrictions were lifted in most areas of the valley, but the deployment of security forces continued to maintain law and order, they said. The communication blockade...
Government sacks 22 more tax officers for alleged graft, misconduct
New Delhi: Acting on alleged corruption charges and misconduct, the government Monday compulsorily retired another 22 senior tax officers under Rule 56 (J). The move has come close on the heels of government sending home in June 27 high-raking revenue officers on allegations ranging from harassment, bribe, extortion and corruption. The officers fired by CBIC include KK...
Naveen Patnaik seeks railway connectivity in LWE affected districts of Odisha.
New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sought Monday the Union Government’s support to eradicate Left Wing Extremism (LWE) completely from the state by developing better infrastructure in the Naxal-hit areas. While talking to media after attending a meeting called by Union Home Minister Amit Shah here, Naveen Patnaik said he has raised three points in the...
Amit Shah holds meeting with Chief Ministers to review operations against Naxals
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed Monday the ongoing operations against Naxals and development initiatives being undertaken in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas, officials said. Chief ministers Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Naveen Patnaik (Odisha), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh), Raghubar Das (Jharkhand), Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) besides top police and civil officials of 10 Naxal...
