Washington: The US Constitution explains how a President can be removed from office for “high crimes and misdemeanors” by Congress using the impeachment process. But the Constitution is silent on whether a President can face criminal prosecution in court, and the US Supreme Court has...
Geneva/ New Delhi: El Nino weather conditions associated with droughts and flooding have a 50-60 percent possibility of developing by May this year, the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said Tuesday, but any El Nino was not expected to be strong. “WMO recently confirmed 2015,...
BHUBANESWAR: Born to Late Naresh Chandra Patra and Pratima Patra, Debashis Patra has been the torchbearer of tribal literature in the state. The talented writer was passionate about literature since his childhood. It prompted him to write poetry pieces since the time he was in...
Washington/Islamabad: Fifteen years ago, the major terrorist training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) at Balakot in Pakistan found a mention in a purported secret US Defence Department file leaked by WikiLeaks. The memorandum talks about a Pakistani national Hafez K Rahman, a Guantanamo detainee, who...
New York: Immigrants with specialised skills are being denied work visas or seeing applications get caught up in lengthy bureaucratic tangles under federal changes that some consider a contradiction to President Donald Trump's promise of a continued pathway to the US for the most talented...
BHUBANESWAR: The Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar organised a one-day workshop on ‘PC & PNDT Act’ for final year, MBBS students of all medical colleges of Bhubaneswar here Tuesday. The workshop was inaugurated by Director, AIIMS, BBSR Prof. Gitanjali Batmanabane and S...
United Nations: India has said a majority of the UN members support the expansion of the permanent and non-permanent membership of the Security Council. Participating in the informal meeting of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase...
BHUBANESWAR: The fourth day of ‘Purva Ranga-2019’, a national theatre festival, was marked by staging of a play ‘Mahabhoj’ by artistes of Natrang from Jammu and Kashmir at Rabindra Mandap here Tuesday. The story of the play revolves around a village ‘Saroha’ in Uttar Pradesh....
Puri: The district administration has emphasised upon effective coordination among the administration of Loknath temple, servitors and devotees for smooth conduct of Mahashivratri rituals at the shrine March 4. This was revealed at a preparatory meeting presided over by Collector Jyotiprakash Das recently. Among others,...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking protection of human rights of security personnel who come under attack by mobs while performing their duties. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also issued notices to the...
Brazil, the largest South American country with a Leftist government, is poised to come within the orbit of the influence...
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The Supreme Court stating on 5 October that it has not approved any modifications to Form 6 being used by...
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India’s air-power shortcomings are becoming harder to ignore. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, very publicly, flagging Pakistan’s collaboration with China...
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By Aakar Patel While Gandhi Jayanti is still fresh on our minds and the right to peaceful assembly is in...
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