Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari Wednesday presented a vote-on-account of Rs 1.06 lakh crore for the first four months (April to July) of the next financial year 2022-23. Keeping in view the requirement of funds for expenditure on the payment of salary, pension, interest...
New Delhi: Members of the BJP youth wing allegedly vandalized property outside the residence of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal here during a protest here Wednesday. The protests happened after his remarks on the ‘Kashmir Files’ film. It further intensified the war...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet hiked Wednesday the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) by three per cent to 34 per cent to compensate for the price rise. This decision will benefit over 1.16 crore central government employees and pensioners. The additional installment will...
New Delhi: Assam and Meghalaya signed Tuesday an agreement to resolve their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 locations. Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed the development a ‘historic day’ for the Northeast. The agreement was signed in the presence of Shah and...
Bhubaneswar: The per capita loan burden in Odisha has more than doubled in the past 12 years. The loan burden has reached at Rs 22,827.54 by the end of January of the current financial year. This was informed Monday by Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari in...
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah had announced Sunday that central service rules will apply to the employees of the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann slammed Monday the Centre’s decision. He claimed that it went against the Punjab Reorganisation Act. Shah’s...
Kolkata: The budget session of the West Bengal Assembly ended in an exchange of fisticuffs Monday. Legislators of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP came to blows after heated arguments over the Birbhum killings. The incident prompted the Speaker to suspend five saffron party...
New Delhi: Central Trade Unions Monday began a two-day nationwide strike to protest against the government's alleged wrong policies that are affecting farmers, workers and people. Talking to PTI Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), said, "The two-day nationwide strike...
New Delhi: Some of the essential services related to banking, transportation, railways and electricity are likely to be impacted during a two-day nationwide strike called by a joint forum of central trade unions beginning Monday. Talking to PTI, All Indian Trade Union Congress General Secretary...
Kyiv: Ukraine's nuclear watchdog says that a nuclear research facility in Kharkiv again has come under shelling by Russia and the fighting makes it impossible to assess the damage. The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate said that the neutron source experimental facility in the Kharkiv Institute...
By Aakar Patel Next week, on 3 November, America will have its midterm election. It is so called because it...
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By Dilip Cherian Five extensions in three months, including those of Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan and Home Secretary Govind Mohan,...
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s second visit to India has ruffled quite a few feathers in New Delhi....
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By Aakar Patel The three democratic tools available to us are the vote, the court and protest. The only one...
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