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Kashmiri students stay away from school despite official reopening
Srinagar: The authorities Wednesday continued with day-time relaxations across Kashmir, while students stayed away from schools despite the administration's order of the reopening of educational institutions up to the middle classes-level across the Valley. They said barricades were removed...
INX Media scam, live updates: SC rejects Chidambaram’s plea
CJI’s bench rises for the day New Delhi: All escape routes for former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram seemed closed after the bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi rose for the day. Earlier Chidambaram’s lawyers had assembled in CJI’s court room where the Ayodhya hearing is going on...
Read moreJustice AK Patnaik completes probe into ‘larger conspiracy’ against CJI Ranjan Gogoi, report likely by mid-September
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed one-man panel, holding inquiry into allegations of ‘larger conspiracy’ to frame Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, has completed its task and is likely to submit the report by mid-September. Sources said Tuesday that Justice AK Patnaik, a retired Supreme Court judge who was appointed by the apex court, examined advocate Utsav Singh Bains. The latter had made several allegations including fixing of benches in...
Read moreHeavy rains to lash south, interior Odisha over next 24 hrs
Bhubaneswar: The south and interior parts of the state are likely to experience heavy rainfall over next 24 hours under influence of a monsoon trough line, regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday. The monsoon trough line extending from east Uttar Pradesh to north Tamil Nadu through Odisha is likely to lead to heavy rains in the south interior districts and moderate to heavy rains in most other parts...
Read moreStrike hits coal supply to NTPC Kaniha
Bhubaneswar: State-run power generator NTPC's Kaniha unit in Angul district of Odisha is facing coal shortage due to a strike by villagers at the Kaniha Open Cast Project (KOCP). The coal supply to the Kaniha unit from KOCP has stopped since August 18 due to a strike by villagers at the mines end, an NTPC statement said Tuesday. NTPC has a 3,000 MW (6x500) super thermal power station at Kaniha near...
Read moreSC to put Chidambaram case before CJI for urgent listing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's plea challenging the Delhi High Court order dismissing his petition for pre-arrest bail in the INX media case will be put before the CJI to consider for urgent listing. Justice N V Ramana told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, that the case will be put before CJI Ranjan Gogoi. "I am sending it to the Chief Justice...
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Tokyo: The Paralympics chief has said the 2020 Games are ‘on track’, but raised alarm bells over a dearth of accessible hotel rooms in Tokyo with only one year to go. “I couldn't be happier with the preparations so far. With one year to go, we're totally on schedule, on track," Andrew Parsons told AFP in an...
Locals block NH-53 in Sambalpur, vehicular movement hit
Jamankira: Road connectivity stood disrupted at Jamankira square in Sambalpur district Wednesday as locals blocked NH-53 demanding faster completion of the National Highway-53 project here. The road condition between Goudapalli in Sambalpur district and Deogarh town in the namesake district has deteriorated beyond acceptable levels, locals alleged. Considered the lifeline of Sambalpur district, the NH-53 has been...
Chandrayaan-2 makes second lunar orbit move
Bangalore: ISRO Wednesday said it has performed the second lunarbound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft thatis currently in the lunar orbit for its rendezvous with the Moon. All spacecraft parameters are normal, the Bangalore headquartered space agency said after the maneuver. "Second Lunar bound orbit maneuver for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft was performed successfully today (August 21, 2019) beginning...
E-commerce giant Amazon unveils its largest campus globally in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: US-based e-commerce giant Amazon inaugurated Wednesday its new campus here – the company’s largest facility globally - that will house 15,000 of its employees in India. The campus building contains over 2.5 times more steel than the Eiffel Tower, measured by weight, and is spread over 9.5 acres of land. With 15,000 work points across 1.8...
Pak extends Army chief Bajwa’s term by three years, China hails decision
Beijing: China Wednesday welcomed the extension of Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa's term for another three years, saying he is an ‘old friend’ of the Chinese government who has made ‘robust’ contributions to the bilateral relations. General Bajwa, 58, who was appointed as the Chief of Army Staff by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in...
DGCA forms team to probe Uttarakhand helicopter crash
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has deputed a team of officials to conduct a preliminary enquiry in the helicopter crash in Uttarakhand that killed three people Wednesday, according to a senior official. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is likely to probe the accident, the official added. A private helicopter with three persons on board crashed near...
Brazilian footballer Elkeson makes history by earning China call-up
Shanghai: China named Elkeson in their squad Wednesday for their opening World Cup qualifier with the Brazilian poised to become the first without Chinese ancestry to play for the country. The move has divided Chinese football fans and experts, however, as coach Marcello Lippi attempts to guide the nation to only their second World Cup. Lippi has...
Four arrested for assaulting Golarhat GP executive officer
Kendrapara: Police Tuesday arrested four persons for their alleged involvement in assaulting and critically injuring, executive officer of Golarhat grampanchayat Nihar Ranjan Thatoi under Derabish police limits in Kendrapara district. Derabish police IIC Umakant Nayak said some people of Dumuka village stopped the executive officer near Basulai temple in Chatara chakoda while he was returning from panchayat....
Helicopter engaged in Uttarakhand relief work crashes, 3 occupants killed
Dehradun: A helicopter engaged in relief and rescue operations in the rain-ravaged Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand crashed Wednesday, killing all three persons on board. The private chopper crashed near Moldi in the rain-hit Uttarkashi district after getting entangled in cables, Uttarakhand’s DG (law and order) Ashok Kumar said. The pilot, co-pilot and a local were killed in...
Justice AK Patnaik completes probe into ‘larger conspiracy’ against CJI Ranjan Gogoi, report likely by mid-September
New Delhi: The Supreme Court-appointed one-man panel, holding inquiry into allegations of ‘larger conspiracy’ to frame Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, has completed its task and is likely to submit the report by mid-September. Sources said Tuesday that Justice AK Patnaik, a retired Supreme Court judge who was appointed by the apex court, examined advocate...
