Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka’s annual income dips
Bhubaneswar sizzles at 41 degrees Celsius as Odisha reels under severe heatwave
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under severe heatwave conditions Thursday with state capital Bhubaneswar recording 41 degrees Celsius at 11:30am, officials said. Balasore also recorded 41 degrees Celsius, while Jharsuguda was at 40.4 degrees and Hirakud sizzled at 40.2 degrees, they said....
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EC seeks BJP, Congress’s responses on charge of PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi violating model code
New Delhi: Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code violation allegation against a prime minister, the Election Commission Thursday asked the BJP to respond to complaints filed by opposition parties wherein they have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of delivering a divisive and defamatory speech in Rajasthan's...
Read moreCongress chief Kharge writes to PM Modi, seeks time to explain party’s ‘Nyay Patra’
New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party's 'Nyay Patra'. In his two-page letter, he told the prime minister that he is being misinformed by his advisors about things that are not even written in the 'Nyay Patra' -- the Congress' manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. The letter comes after the prime minister attacked...
Read moreJai Dehadrai withdraws defamation case against Mahua Moitra as ‘peace offering’
New Delhi: Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai Thursday withdrew from the Delhi High Court his defamation lawsuit against former partner TMC leader Mahua Moitra as a 'peace offering'. Dehadrai had last year accused Moitra of taking bribes from businessman and Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament, which led to her expulsion from the Lok Sabha on December 8. Following the row, Mahua filed a case against Dehadrai and...
Read moreCM Kejriwal ‘kingpin’ of excise scam, worked in collusion with his ministers, AAP leaders: ED tells SC
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the "kingpin and key conspirator" of the excise policy scam and the arrest of a person for an offence based on material can never violate the “concept of free and fair elections”, the ED has told the Supreme Court. The Enforcement Directorate claimed that Kejriwal worked in collusion with his ministers and AAP leaders and was also involved in “demanding kickbacks” from liquor...
Read moreSC will share cause lists, info about filing and listing of cases through WhatsApp: CJI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will start sharing information relating to cause lists, and filing and listing of cases to advocates through WhatsApp messages, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud announced Thursday. The announcement was made by the CJI before a nine-judge bench headed by him commenced the hearing on a vexed legal question arising from the petitions whether private properties can be considered "material resources of the community" under...
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IPL 2024: RCB opt to bat against SRH
Hyderabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match here Thursday. For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat came in for Washington Sundar, while RCB fielded the same team. Bottom-placed RCB are on a six-match losing streak, while SRH has won their last four games to be...
PM Modi says Rajiv Gandhi abolished inheritance law to ‘save own interests’
New Delhi: Upping the ante against the Congress on the 'inheritance tax' issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday launched another scathing attack on the grand old party, saying it was former PM Rajiv Gandhi who abolished the inheritance law "to save their own interests" after the demise of his mother Indira Gandhi. Addressing a series of election...
Over 1,200 candidates, including Rahul Gandhi, Hema Malini, in fray in phase two of LS polls Friday
New Delhi: As many as 1,202 candidates, including prominent faces such as Rahul Gandhi, Om Birla and Hema Malini, will try their electoral luck in phase two of the Lok Sabha elections Friday. Polling is scheduled from 7am in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union territories in this phase. The remaining five phases of the polls...
Congress MP Saptagiri Ulaka’s annual income dips
Koraput: The annual income of Congress's Koraput MP Saptagiri Ulaka, who is seeking re-election for a second consecutive term, shrank by around 62 per cent to Rs 9.60 lakh in the last financial year as against when he was first elected in 2019. Ulaka's annual income in 2018-19 was Rs 24.88, according to his election affidavit. However,...
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy alleges conspiracy to end reservations in India
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Thursday alleged that the BJP plans to do away with the reservation for various weaker sections in the country as per the RSS's ideology and the party's policy. In his remarks at an event to release a 'charge sheet' against the BJP government at the Centre, brought out by the...
Ukraine suspends passport service for military-aged men abroad
Kyiv: The Ukrainian government has suspended issuing and renewing passports for overseas military-aged men, Ukrayinska Pravda, a Ukrainian online newspaper, reported. According to a government decree, male Ukrainians aged 18 to 60, who are eligible for military service, now can receive Ukrainian passports only inside Ukraine, Xinhua news agency reported. The new rules, which are valid till...
Bhubaneswar sizzles at 41 degrees Celsius as Odisha reels under severe heatwave
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under severe heatwave conditions Thursday with state capital Bhubaneswar recording 41 degrees Celsius at 11:30am, officials said. Balasore also recorded 41 degrees Celsius, while Jharsuguda was at 40.4 degrees and Hirakud sizzled at 40.2 degrees, they said. The Meteorological Centre at Bhubaneswar predicted severe heatwave conditions in Gajapati, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, SundErgarh, Mayurbhanj and Balasore...
Congress chief Kharge writes to PM Modi, seeks time to explain party’s ‘Nyay Patra’
New Delhi: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought time from him to explain in person the party's 'Nyay Patra'. In his two-page letter, he told the prime minister that he is being misinformed by his advisors about things that are not even written in the 'Nyay Patra' -- the Congress'...
1 in 4 Indians came across political content turned out to be deepfake: Report
New Delhi: Nearly one in four Indians (22 per cent) have said they recently came across political content they later discovered to be deepfake, a new report revealed Thursday. According to the cyber security company McAfee, about 75 per cent of Indians have encountered deepfake content, with most concerned about the potential use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered...
North Korea touts ties with Russia on Kim-Putin summit anniversary
Seoul: North Korea Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to further strengthening ties with Russia on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first-ever summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kim and Putin held their first summit in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok April 25, 2019, and also met at...
