Bhubaneswar: Putting speculations to rest, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday announced candidates for nine Lok Sabha and 54 Assembly seats here, Monday. Naveen also revealed that he will contest from two Assembly seats-- Hinjli and Bijepur. The CM announced candidates for 9...
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar passed away at his private residence here Sunday evening after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 63. The condition of Parrikar, diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in February last year and in and out of hospitals in...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik Sunday said he is considering contesting elections from western Odisha. His statement came after several western Odisha leaders requested Patnaik to fight the Assembly elections from their region. "The leaders from western Odisha, the...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday presented the Padma awards to 54 noted personalities, including three Odias. Among them are -- Devarapalli Prakash Rao, Kalama Pujari and Daitari Naik. Devarapalli Prakash Rao, popularly known as D Prakash Rao, who is a tea seller by profession,...
Christchurch: Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people in New Zealand as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said...
Christchurch: At least one gunman who targeted crowded mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch killed a number of people friday, police said, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern describing the shooting as "one of New Zealand's darkest days". The mosques were packed with worshippers...
UNSC members promise other actions if Azhar not designated global terrorist New Delhi: India expressed ‘disappointment’ Wednesday night after China blocked yet another move at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a ‘global terrorist’. This is the...
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to go forward with a new border crossing and route for Sikh pilgrims to visit a holy temple in Pakistan, a rare glimmer of cooperation after tension flared over the neighbours’ decades-old Kashmir dispute. The meeting was the...
New Delhi: The Congress hit back Wednesday at the BJP for levelling graft allegations against Rahul Gandhi and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Smriti Irani were making ‘completely baseless’ charges to divert attention from real issues such as ‘rampant joblessness’ and...
New Delhi: The Civil Aviation Ministry will hold a meeting with airlines at 4 pm on Wednesday to prepare a contingency plan as a number of flights have been cancelled following the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, a senior government official said. Tuesday...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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