Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Friday transferred and posted senior bureaucrat Sujata R Karthikeyan as special secretary in the finance department following an order by the Election Commission. Kartikeyam, wife of BJD leader Kartik Pandian, was earlier holding the post of commissioner-cum-secretary in the department of Mission Shakti, with additional charge of Odia language, literature and culture (OLL&C) department....

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has made a fresh arrest in the Delhi excise policy-linked money-laundering case and taken a man identified as Vinod Chauhan into custody, official sources said Friday. Chauhan is accused of transferring cash funds, sourced through alleged kickbacks given by the 'South Group', for AAP's election campaign for the Goa Assembly polls. This...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it may consider granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, in a ray of hope to the AAP chief arrested in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Kejriwal was arrested March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar jail under...

Mumbai: Jasprit Bumrah was at his best as Mumbai Indians bowled out Kolkata Knight Riders for a modest 169 in an Indian Premier League match here Friday. Sri Lankan medium pacer Nuwan Thushara (3/42) blew the top-order while Jasprit Bumrah (3/18) was menacing at the back end while skipper Hardik Pandya (2/44) also got a couple of...

Bhubaneswar: Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Limited (TSSEZL) and HHP Five Private Limited (Hygenco) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a green hydrogen and green ammonia project at TSSEZL’s Gopalpur Industrial Park (GIP), in Odisha. Under this definitive agreement, Hygenco will acquire land in GIP, located in Odisha’s Ganjam district, to set up its...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha vigilance sleuths Friday apprehended an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) for accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a contractor. Vigilance sources said Rabindra Patra, the Assistant Executive Engineer of RWS & S, Jharsuguda, was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a contractor for facilitating the release of his pending bills related...

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's leadership is under severe pressure Friday as the results of local elections and a crucial by-election poured in overnight, delivering what is being characterised as one of the worst poll outcomes for the governing Conservative Party in 40 years. In a sliver of hope, Tory Mayor Ben Houchen was re-elected for...

Taipei: For the first time, China has publicised what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the...

Los Angeles: Police began clearing out protesters at New York University Friday, the latest development in weeks of pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses nationwide that have resulted in nearly 2,200 arrests. Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry posted on X that NYU requested police assistance “to disperse the illegal encampment on their property.” Daughtry said police “are...

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Friday arrested a Congress member for allegedly uploading and circulating a fake video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, an official said here. Arun Reddy handles the 'Spirit of Congress' account on 'X', the official said. The Delhi Police Special Cell earlier registered an FIR after the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre...