35,000 security personnel deployed for third phase LS, Assembly polls in Odisha
BJP telling lies about my health, I am fine: Odisha CM
Severe cyclone likely to form in Bay of Bengal, expected to make landfall Sunday night
Odisha Matric exam result to be out May 26
Paika community, slum dwellers hold key in Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency
SC refuses to issue EC direction to upload voter turnout data amid LS polls
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused an NGO's plea to issue the Election Commission directions to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website during the Lok Sabha polls, saying it would be difficult for the poll panel to mobilise manpower. A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta...
Read moreTop UN court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah; Israel unlikely to comply
The Hague: The top United Nations court ordered Israel Friday to immediately halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. While Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. Criticism of Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza has been growing — even from its closest ally, the United States, which warned against an invasion of...
Read moreDelhi court convicts activist Medha Patkar in defamation case by L-G VK Saxena
New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday convicted Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena. This marks an important development in a prolonged legal battle that has spanned over two decades between the two -- Patkar and Saxena, who was also the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). The defamation case stems from a series of legal...
Read moreLS polls: Over 11 crore voters to decide fate of 889 candidates in penultimate phase
New Delhi: Over 11 crore voters will decide the fate of 889 candidates contesting in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections across 58 seats. Polling for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu and Kashmir will also be held Saturday. The election there was postponed from phase three to six due to logistical issues owing to adverse weather conditions. In a statement issued Friday, the poll panel said the India Meteorological...
Read moreBangladesh MP murder: Police arrest butcher; takes his help to locate body parts
Kolkata: The West Bengal CID arrested one person from the state's Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for his alleged involvement in the "murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said Friday. The man, a butcher by profession, has admitted during interrogation that he had helped the other accused in chopping the victim's body before disposing the parts in different locations, the officer claimed. Bengal Police confirmed the...
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Top UN court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah; Israel unlikely to comply
The Hague: The top United Nations court ordered Israel Friday to immediately halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. While Israel is unlikely to comply with any such order, it will ratchet up the pressure on the increasingly isolated country. Criticism of Israel's conduct in the war in Gaza has been growing —...
IPL Qualifier 2: RR win toss, elect to bowl against SRH
Chennai: Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL Qualifier 2 here Friday. Rajasthan did not make any changes to their playing 11 from the Eliminator against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The Hyderabad outfit brought in middle-order batter Aiden Markram for this game in the lone change they...
Swati Maliwal ‘assault’ case: Kejriwal aide sent to four days judicial custody
New Delhi: A court in Delhi Friday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal, to four-day judicial custody. Produced before the court on the expiry of his five-day police custody, he was sent to judicial custody till May 28. Bibhav...
Delhi court convicts activist Medha Patkar in defamation case by L-G VK Saxena
New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday convicted Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena. This marks an important development in a prolonged legal battle that has spanned over two decades between the two -- Patkar and Saxena, who was also the Chairman of the Khadi...
Bangladeshi court sends three suspects of Awami League MP murder case to eight-day police remand
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Friday sent three suspects to an eight-day police remand for their alleged involvement in the brutal murder of the ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar while he was in India. Anar, a three-time parliamentarian from the Jhenaidah-4 segment in Bangladesh and also the president of Awami League's Kaliganj sub-district unit, had made...
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Kapil Sibal urges SC to direct EC to preserve EVM logs for 2-3 years, put out voting records before counting
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal Friday urged the Supreme Court to direct the Election Commission to keep the logs of EVMs safe for at least two to three years and declare the records of every phase of voting before counting so that no member is elected "illegally". Sibal also said if the Election Commission cannot...
35,000 security personnel deployed for third phase LS, Assembly polls in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Around 35,000 security personnel including 121 companies of central armed police force (CAPF) and 106 platoons of Odisha armed police and 19,865 civil police personnel have been deployed for the third phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections to be held in Odisha May 25, a senior police officer said. Six parliamentary constituencies - Bhubaneswar, Cuttack,...
Google to buy minority stake in Flipkart in fresh funding round
New Delhi: Internet major Google has proposed an investment in e-commerce major Flipkart to buy a minority stake during the company's fresh funding round, the Walmart group firm said Friday. "As part of the latest funding round led by Walmart, Flipkart today announced that it will be adding Google as a minority investor, subject to receipt of...
BJP telling lies about my health, I am fine: Odisha CM
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday asserted that he is in very good health and campaigning in the elections for the Lok Sabha and Assembly all over the state. His statement followed comments of BJP president JP Nadda and other party leaders that Patnaik should be given rest in the wake of his...
