Odisha: Youth sentenced to 20 years RI by POCSO court
INTACH, KHPT members urge Odisha CM for construction of ‘Global Sun Temple’
202 criminal cases against 365 people filed this year: Odisha vigilance
Naveen Patnaik bats for adoption of new tech, professionals with domain expertise in Vigilance Department
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday urged the vigilance department to take steps for infusion of new technology and engage more professionals with domain expertise. Patnaik, during a function organised on the occasion of Vigilance Awareness Week, also asserted...
Commissionerate Police nabs two for illegal firecracker trading
Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police arrested two persons for illegally stocking firecrackers worth crores of rupees, a source said Monday. The accused persons were identified as Chhabi alias Chhabindra Kumar Subudhi and his brother Pabi alias Pabitra Kumar Subudhi. Based on intelligence...
Delhi excise policy scam case: Supreme Court dismisses bail pleas of ex-deputy CM Manish Sisodia
New Delhi: In a setback for former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Supreme Court Monday rejected his regular bail pleas in corruption and money-laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam and said the transfer of Rs 338 crore was tentatively established in the matter. A bench...
Read moreSC defers hearing on bail plea by TN Minister Senthil Balaji
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday deferred hearing on a petition filed by Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji seeking bail on medical grounds in connection with the alleged cash-for-jobs scam. A Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi adjourned hearing to November 6 in view of the pass over sought by parties. Acceding to the request, it said, “We will hear on (coming) Monday”. Balaji had petitioned the Supreme...
Read moreEAM Jaishankar meets kin of eight Indians given death sentence in Qatar
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Monday met the family members of eight Indian nationals who were handed down death sentence by a Qatari court. Jaishankar conveyed to the family members that the government will make all efforts to secure the release of the Indians. The eight former Indian Navy personnel were Thursday handed down death sentence by Qatar's Court of First Instance. India described the ruling as "deeply" shocking...
Read moreHurricane Otis in Mexico: Death toll rises to 43, 36 missing
Mexico City: The death toll from Hurricane Otis in the Mexican state of Guerrero increased to 43 while 36 are still missing. "It is still a preliminary figure," state governor Evelyn Salgado told President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador over the phone Sunday. Otis, a category 5 storm, hit the Pacific coast of Guerrero Wednesday, causing severe damage, especially in the seaside resort of Acapulco, one of Mexico's main tourist destinations, Xinhua...
Read moreAustralia, EU free trade deal collapses after negotiations fail
Canberra: The Australian government's free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) has collapsed after failing to make progress in negotiations. Australia Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell Sunday said following talks on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) trade minister meeting in Osaka, Japan, no deal has been reached on the FTA, Xinhua news agency reported. Farrell said in a statement that he traveled to Osaka with...
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Onion prices dip after hike in minimum export price: Govt
New Delhi: The weighted average price of onion in Maharashtra across all the markets has declined by 4.5 per cent and similar decline was observed in consumption centres as well after the increase in the minimum export price, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said Monday. "The Government’s decision to impose Minimum Export Price of $800/ton on onion...
RBI fines three Gujarat banks for breach of norms
Mumbai: The RBI has imposed monetary penalties on three co-operative banks in Gujarat for violating official norms in the conduct of their operations. A penalty of Rs 7 lakh has been imposed on Uma Co-Operative Bank Ltd., Vadodara for contravention of RBI directions issued on ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’....
US, UK & five other nations condemn political violence that hit Bangladesh ahead of polls
Dhaka: Seven countries, including the US, the UK and Canada, Monday, condemned the political violence in Bangladesh following clashes between the supporters of the main opposition BNP and the ruling Awami League during a nationwide general strike that killed at least four people. Condoling the deaths of those killed in the violence over the weekend, Australia, Canada,...
‘He has worked 80 to 90 hrs a week’: Sudha Murty defends husband
New Delhi: Defending Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy's recent comment that Indian youth should work for 70 hours a week to boost the country’s overall productivity, wife Sudha Murty has now come up saying, "he has worked 80 to 90 hours a week". Speaking to News18, Sudha Murty, the author and head of Infosys Foundation, said that...
Oil prices fall again as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens
London: Oil prices Monday fell again as there are fears that Israel’s move to expand its military operations in Gaza can lead to a regional conflict which can adversely affect the global economy, media reports said. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell by 1.2 per cent to $89 a barrel, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude,...
Rapper Badshah quizzed by Maharashtra Cyber Police for promoting Fairplay app
Mumbai: Singer-rapper Aditya Prateek Singh Sisodia, alias Badshah was grilled by the Maharashtra Cyber Police for promoting the Fairplay app, in connection with the probe into a digital piracy complaint filed by Viacom18, official sources said here Monday. Badshah, 37, was reportedly quizzed for over two hours for endorsing the Fairplay app which had screened the IPL...
Odisha: Youth sentenced to 20 years RI by POCSO court
Balasore: Special Judge (POCSO) Ranjan Kumar Sutar Monday sentenced a youth to undergo 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for kidnapping and raping a minor girl. The POCSO court further ordered a penalty of Rs 5,000 along with the imprisonment and said the convict would further undergo another 2 years jail term in case he failed to...
INTACH, KHPT members urge Odisha CM for construction of ‘Global Sun Temple’
Bhubaneswar: Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and the Kalinga Heritage Preservation Trust (KHPT) members have urged Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for construction of a Global Sun temple in the state. In a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the members of both organisations have expressed that it would be highly impossible to...
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Devotees throng various Shiv temples across Odisha on first Monday of holy Kartika month Devotees gather in large numbers to worship Lord Shiva at Amareshwar temple in Cuttack on first Monday of Kartika month People stand in long queue in front of RBI's Bhubaneswar branch to exchange Rs2,000 notes Odisha Governor-designate Raghubar Das visits...
Valdimir Putin calls meeting after mob storms airport in Dagestan looking for Israelis on plane from Tel Aviv
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin called a meeting of top security and law enforcement officials Monday, the day after a mob stormed the airport in the region of Dagestan after a plane from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv landed there. Hundreds of angry men rushed onto the tarmac of the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of...
