Bhubaneswar: Continuing its winning spree, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday swept the municipal elections, bagging 76 out of 108 urban local bodies. In last month's panchayat polls, the party had won 766 of 852 Zilla Parishad seats in 30 districts. The ruling camp...
Bhubaneswar: Like the recently concluded panchayat election, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is heading towards a landslide victory in the urban election for which counting was underway Saturday. The counting of votes of 105 municipalities/notified area councils (NACs)...
Gunshots to celebrate victory BJD councillor Kairu Swain of Ward no.9 in Subarnapur reportedly fires gunshots in air to celebrate victory in elections Sanghamitra Dalei elected BeMC Mayor BJD’s Sanghamitra Dalei elected as the Mayor of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation defeating her nearest rival Sabit...
Lucknow: Yogi Adityanath took oath Friday as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for a second term at a ceremony where 52 others were sworn in as ministers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the proceedings marking the BJP’s triumphant return to power in the state. Keshav...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea against an order passed by the Madras High Court on a petition which had raised the issue of alleged forcible conversion from Hinduism to other religions, saying it is more of “publicity interest” and...
Kabul: In a joint statement, the Foreign Ministers of the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, as well as the High Representative of the European Union, have condemned the decision of the Taliban over not reopening secondary and high schools in Afghanistan for...
Bhubaneswar: Violence returned once more Thursday to haunt the elections like it happened during the panchayat polls in February. The violence left quite a few people injured, some seriously. Miscreants stabbed a youth in front of a booth in Ward No. 9 of Dhamnagar Notified...
Bhubaneswar: Polling began at 8 am Thursday in 109 urban local bodies of Odisha, including three municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur, amid tight security, State Election Commission officials said. Voting will continue till 5 pm across 47 municipalities, 59 NACs (Notified Area Councils)...
Kyiv: One month of war, still defiant. With its government still standing and its outnumbered troops battling Russian forces to bloody stalemates on multiple fronts, Ukraine is scarred, wounded and mourning its dead but far from beaten. When Russia unleashed its invasion February 24 in...
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha Wednesday paid tributes to freedom fighters Sardar Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev who laid down their lives on this day in 1931. It observed silence as a mark of respect to the brave martyrs. When the House assembled this morning,...
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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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