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Panchayat polls: BJP, BJD workers held over clashes in Ganjam
ArcelorMittal plan for Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infra gets NCLAT nod
New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has approved the Resolution Plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for the corporate insolvency resolution process of Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infrastructure Limited. Giving a major relief to the world's leading steel company, a...
ArcelorMittal plan for Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infra gets NCLAT nod
New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has approved the Resolution Plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for the corporate insolvency resolution process of Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infrastructure Limited. Giving a major relief to the world's leading steel company, a...
Odisha starts trial run of ‘OmiSure’ kits for detection of Omicron variant
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has received 30,000 'OmiSure' RT-PCR test kits for early detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a senior health department official said. Odisha's Director of Health Services Bijay Mohapatra said: "The trial run of the Omisure...
Jajpur black stone mining: Locals allege foul play in Rs 10.02 cr penalty notice
Several Odisha districts likely to experience rainfall Jan 21-24: IMD
Bhubaneswar: Several districts of Odisha are likely to witness light to moderate rainfall or thundershower in between January 21 to January 24, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar forecasted in its mid-day bulletin Wednesday. However, no significant...
Panchayat polls: BJP, BJD workers held over clashes in Ganjam
Berhampur: Fifteen supporters of both the opposition BJP and the ruling BJD have been arrested over the past two days for alleged violent clashes in Odisha's Ganjam district ahead of panchayat polls next month, police said Wednesday. Seven members from...
ArcelorMittal plan for Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infra gets NCLAT nod
New Delhi: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has approved the Resolution Plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for the corporate insolvency resolution process of Odisha Slurry Pipeline Infrastructure Limited. Giving a major relief to the world's leading steel company, a...
Odisha starts trial run of ‘OmiSure’ kits for detection of Omicron variant
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has received 30,000 'OmiSure' RT-PCR test kits for early detection of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, a senior health department official said. Odisha's Director of Health Services Bijay Mohapatra said: "The trial run of the Omisure...
Jajpur black stone mining: Locals allege foul play in Rs 10.02 cr penalty notice
Jajpur: Residents of villages around Aruha Hills under Dharmasala tehsil in Jajpur district suspected foul play in notices served to a lessee to pay a penalty of Rs 10.02 crore for alleged forgery of documents and excess mining of black...
Several Odisha districts likely to experience rainfall Jan 21-24: IMD
Bhubaneswar: Several districts of Odisha are likely to witness light to moderate rainfall or thundershower in between January 21 to January 24, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre in Bhubaneswar forecasted in its mid-day bulletin Wednesday. However, no significant...
Bypass road to Nayagarh town from NH-57 gets approval, Rs 300.33 sanctioned
Nayagarh: Proposal for construction of a bypass road to Nayagarh town from NH-57 in the district has been approved by the Central government, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari informed Wednesday forenoon. A budgetary provision of Rs 300.33...
‘Reach out to families, don’t wait for them to file claims’: SC to states on Covid compensation
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday told the state governments to reach out to the families who lost their loved ones to Covid-19, and emphasised, the governments should not wait for them to file applications to claim compensation. A bench comprising Justices M.R. Shah and Sanjeev Khanna told the Kerala...
Read moreFinance ministry notifies e-advance ruling scheme, allows filing e-mail application
New Delhi: The finance ministry has notified the 'e-advance rulings Scheme', enabling taxpayers to file their application for advance ruling through e-mail, a move that will majorly benefit non-resident assesses in such proceedings. The 'e-advance rulings Scheme, 2022', notified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), further provides that hearing before the Board for Advance Rulings will be conducted through video conferencing/ video telephony, where taxpayers would be granted an...
Read moreLawyer Amit Palekar is AAP’s CM face for Goa polls
Panaji: Describing Amit Palekar as a "fresh, committed face", Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday nominated this 46-year-old lawyer as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 state assembly polls in Goa. Kejriwal, who is in the coastal state on a two-day visit, said that Palekar would be contesting from the St Cruz assembly constituency in North Goa. "We said we will give a Goa CM face...
Read moreAparna Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav’s brother, joins BJP
New Delhi: Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav Wednesday joined the BJP just three weeks ahead of the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh. She joined the BJP in presence of Uttar Pradesh state unit president Swatantra Dev Singh, deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, BJP media department head Anil Baluni, at party headquarters here. Welcoming Aparna in the party, Singh said that Mulayam Singh Yadav's 'Bahu' (daughter-in-law) is joining...
Read moreMisuse, protecting institution of marriage no ground to sustain marital rape exception: HC told
New Delhi: Apprehensions of misuse and protection of the institution of marriage cannot be a ground to sustain the marital rape exception in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Delhi High Court was told Tuesday. Senior advocate Rajshekhar Rao, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae in a batch of petitions to criminalise marital rape, said that there was always a possibility of misuse of criminal offences and had...
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Patna: Amid allegations of "ineffective implementation" of the prohibition law and recent hooch tragedies in Bihar, the state government is planning to amend the legislation to make it less stringent, a senior official said Wednesday. A person who is caught drunk for the first time may not be arrested but let off after payment of a fine...
South Africa beat India by 31 runs in first ODI
Paarl (South Africa): South Africa defeated India by 31 runs in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series here Wednesday. Skipper Temba Bavuma scored 110 off 143 balls, while Rassie van der Dussen blasted an unbeaten 129 off 96 balls to lift South Africa from 68 for three to close to 296...
Kohli surpasses Tendulkar to become India’s highest run-getter in away ODIs
Paarl (South Africa): Star batter Virat Kohli Wednesday surpassed the legendary Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 5065 runs to become the Indian player with most runs in away One-day Internationals. He achieved the feat during the first ODI against South Africa here. Kohli made 51 off 63 balls, with the help of three boundaries. Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara...
Rishi Sunak cracks down on misleading crypto adverts in UK
London: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has laid out plans for the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to crack down on misleading adverts of cryptocurrency, bringing it in line with other financial promotions. A consultation response, published on Tuesday, sets out the UK government's plan to bring the promotion of so-called cryptoassets within the scope of...
Nadda announces BJP’s alliance with Apna Dal, Nishad Party in UP
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda Wednesday announced an alliance with Apna Dal and Nishad Party, which draw their support primarily from sections of backward castes, for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Details about how many seats each party will contest will be announced later, their leaders said. Addressing a press conference, Nadda said the three...
Supreme Court to consider hearing PIL challenging use of EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to consider listing a PIL challenging the Constitutional validity of a provision of the Representation of People Act which had led to the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) instead of ballot papers for polls in the country. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana heard...
Panchayat polls: BJP, BJD workers held over clashes in Ganjam
Berhampur: Fifteen supporters of both the opposition BJP and the ruling BJD have been arrested over the past two days for alleged violent clashes in Odisha's Ganjam district ahead of panchayat polls next month, police said Wednesday. Seven members from both parties were arrested after a pre-poll clash at Mundamarai Tuesday, Dharakote inspector Umakant Sahoo said. Several...
Xi Jinping says ‘serious potential dangers’ to China ‘rooted out’ during his tenure
Beijing: As he prepares for an unprecedented third term in power, President Xi Jinping has said that "serious potential dangers" to China, the ruling Communist Party and the country's military have been "rooted out" during his decade-long tenure. Since he took over the party in 2012, more than a million officials, including over 50 top military officials,...
Boris Johnson hit with dramatic defection, rebel plot over partygate scandal
London: Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced dramatic developments Wednesday over the so-called “partygate” scandal that has threatened his grip on the leadership and his own Conservative Party. Johnson, 57, attempted to deflect attention from the crisis around damaging allegations of parties held in apparent breach of lockdown restrictions at Downing Street by urging MPs to...
UP Deputy Speaker, another SP MLA quit party amid indications to join BJP
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party MLA Nitin Agarwal, elected as Uttar Pradesh assembly Deputy Speaker with the BJP support, and another SP MLA resigned from their party Wednesday. UP Deputy Speaker Agarwal, an SP MLA from Hardoi Sadar assembly seat said he has also resigned as deputy speaker of the House. Besides Agarwal, SP MLA Sharadveer Singh from Jalalabad...
