RAW official was involved in assassination plot of Sikh separatist leader Pannun: Media report
Washington: A RAW official identified as Vikram Yadav was involved in the assassination plot of Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in the US and the move was approved by the then Indian spy agency chief Samant Goel, according to an investigative media report published Monday. Pannun is one of...
Read moreIndia summons Canadian diplomat over raising of pro-Khalistan slogans at event attended by Trudeau
New Delhi: India Monday summoned the Canadian deputy high commissioner and lodged a strong protest over the raising of pro-Khalistan slogans at a public event in Toronto in the presence of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the raising of the slogans at the event as "disturbing" and said it illustrated once again the political space that has been given in Canada to "separatism, extremism and...
Read moreSC stays CBI probe into West Bengal govt officials’ role in teacher recruitment scam
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the CBI to probe into the role of West Bengal government officials in a teacher recruitment scam. The top court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made by the School Service Commission (SSC) in state-run and state-aided schools. A bench of...
Read moreAmit Shah’s doctored video: Delhi Police summons Telangana CM, one arrested in Assam
New Delhi/ Hyderabad: Delhi Police has summoned Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy May 1 for questioning in a case of a doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah circulated on social media and police in some BJP-ruled states also swung into action making the first arrest in Assam. Notices have been issued to five members of the Telangana Congress, including its chief Reddy, who posted the video on X, sources...
Read moreIf Kejriwal doesn’t appear on summons, he can’t take defence that his statement wasn’t recorded: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday questioned the non-appearance of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal before the ED despite repeated summonses for recording of statements, and asked if he can challenge the arrest in a money laundering case related to the excise policy scam on the ground of non-recording of his version. Kejriwal is currently lodged in the Tihar jail here under judicial custody after his arrest March 21 in the...
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The ruse of Israel that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) harboured 12 Palestinians working for Hamas that launched the attack on Israel 7 October, 2023, has fallen flat. An independent group of experts headed by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has nailed the lie in its report released recently. The importance of this revelation...
Poultry biz goes haywire in Odisha’s Kendrapara
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Horoscope April 30: Lady luck smiling at Leo, Libra will receive good news from abroad
Aries: Today, you are raring to go. You should put that adrenaline to good use. This is the time to work and not plan. It's a day you can lift mountains and cross the seas. You can party hard later, says Ganesha. Taurus: Spontaneity, predicts Ganesha, is the need of the hour. Ignore the negative aspects and...
NIT Rourkela felicitates alumni who cracked UPSC-CSE
Rourkela: NIT Rourkela Monday felicitated five of its illustrious alumni who made it to the UPSC Civil Services Examination merit list in a packed Bhubaneswar Behera Auditorium on its campus in Odisha’s Rourkela. Five former students of the premier institute have succeeded in the UPSC CSE for 2023, the result of which was declared April 16. The...
Odisha: Ganja worth Rs 3 crore seized; two arrested
Malkangiri: Kalimela police seized 350 kg ganja worth `3 crore and arrested two persons Sunday night while patrolling near Kenduguda village under Kurmanur panchayat in this district. Acting on a tip-off about ganja smuggling in the forest, Kalimela police conducted a raid and arrested two smugglers while they were preparing to smuggle the contraband hidden in sacks...
Odisha: Mahua flowers worth Rs 1 crore seized; five held
Keonjhar: The district Excise enforcement squad and mobile unit nabbed five persons along with seizure of five vehicles loaded with huge quantities of Mahua flower worth over `1 crore during a raid at Banpar village under Town police limits in Keonjhar district, Monday. The Excise personnel arrested three drivers and two helpers of the seized vehicles and...
Armed man terrorises Nandankanan Zoological Park officials
Bhubaneswar: An unidentified armed miscreant unleashed terror for over 30 minutes at the office of the Deputy Director of Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Bhubaneswar Monday. Though no one was injured in the incident, the miscreant fled after causing extensive damage to furniture and computers in the office. According to sources, at around 4pm, the unidentified man,...
BJP leader Sambit Patra files nomination for Puri Lok Sabha seat
Puri: Many senior leaders of various political parties in Odisha Monday filed their nomination papers for the upcoming simultaneous Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections. Among the heavyweights from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party spokesperson and its candidate for Puri Lok Sabha constituency, Sambit Patra, filed nomination papers at the district collector's office Monday. BJP's nominee...
In Odisha, fight is between ‘two flowers and two conches’: Pradhan
Bhubaneswar: Noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the context for the upcoming elections for Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday coined a new slogan 'Duiti Phoola' (two flowers) to counter the ruling BJD's “Jodi Sankha” (two conches) campaign. While BJD's poll symbol is the conch (Sankha), it is the lotus flower...
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BJD candidate Sunil Mohanty files his nomination papers for Puri Assembly constituency BJP candidate Sambit Patra on his way to file nomination papers for Puri Lok Sabha seat
