8 officials of Hindustan Copper Limited rescued from Rajasthan mine, 7 still inside
Jaipur: Eight of the fifteen members of a team of Hindustan Copper Limited who had been trapped in a mine in Neem ka Thana district since last night were rescued Wednesday morning. Fifteen officials of the public sector company got trapped in a mine Tuesday night when a cage used...
Read moreUS plans $1 bn Israel arms delivery despite Rafah assault: Reports
Washington: The United States is planning a new arms delivery to Israel worth more than $1 billion, local media reported. US President Joe Biden's administration has informed Congress of this, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. According to the report, the package contains tank ammunition, tactical vehicles and mortar shells. According to other US media reports, the government has also initiated the authorisation process in Congress, which is...
Read moreNGOs seek listing in SC of PIL for court-monitored SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme
New Delhi: Two NGOs Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to consider listing their PIL seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into alleged instances of "apparent quid pro quo" involving political parties, corporate entities and officials of investigative agencies in the electoral bonds scheme. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for NGOs ‘Common Cause' and the...
Read moreKejriwal’s PS ‘misbehaved’ with Maliwal at CM house, strict action will be taken: AAP’s Sanjay Singh
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's PS Bibhav Kumar "misbehaved" with AAP RS MP Swati Maliwal Monday at the CM's residence and the AAP supremo will take strict action in the matter, party leader Sanjay Singh said. Addressing a press conference Tuesday, Singh said it is a "condemnable incident". "Yesterday, Maliwal had gone to meet Arvind Kejriwal at his residence. While she was waiting to meet him in the drawing...
Read morePM Modi files nomination from Varanasi
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination Tuesday from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, aiming for a larger victory margin compared to his previous two wins in 2014 and then in 2019. The Prime Minister got down from his car at the gates of the district collectorate and walked to the office where he filed his nomination papers. The four proposers of his nomination were Pandit Gyaneshwar Shastri, who has played a...
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US plans $1 bn Israel arms delivery despite Rafah assault: Reports
Washington: The United States is planning a new arms delivery to Israel worth more than $1 billion, local media reported. US President Joe Biden's administration has informed Congress of this, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. According to the report, the package contains tank ammunition, tactical vehicles and mortar shells. According to other US...
8 officials of Hindustan Copper Limited rescued from Rajasthan mine, 7 still inside
Jaipur: Eight of the fifteen members of a team of Hindustan Copper Limited who had been trapped in a mine in Neem ka Thana district since last night were rescued Wednesday morning. Fifteen officials of the public sector company got trapped in a mine Tuesday night when a cage used to carry the personnel fell down along...
Priyanka shares throwback picture with Katrina when they were ‘babies’
Mumbai: Indian actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas took a walk down memory lane as she shared a throwback picture with actress Katrina Kaif and said she cannot recall when the photograph was taken. Priyanka took to Instagram stories, where she shared the photograph. In the image, the two are wearing corsets with jeans. To complete the look, they...
Ethanol plant construction sparks row in Nayagarh
Nayagarh: The construction of a new ethanol plant by ‘Juststrive Industries Private Ltd’, which has its headquarters in Hyderabad, has sparked resentment among locals and environmentalists in Nayagarh district. It is coming up in Haridabandha mouza of Badagotha panchayat under Nuagaon block. However, locals pointed out that it is being constructed on a plot of 60 acres...
Illegal liquor-making units busted in Keonjhar
Hatadihi: Acting on a tip-off, police busted a number of country-liquor manufacturing units and seized huge quantities of mahua during raids at the Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary under Soso police limits in Keonjhar district Tuesday. The police team was led by DSP Prasant Kumar Behera of Anandapur sub-division. The team first raided villages under Soso and Nandipada police...
Businessman arrested for grabbing forest land
Rourkela: A businessman, identified as Rajesh Agarwal, and two of his accomplices have been arrested for allegedly encroaching on forest land and trying to construct a house on it, officials informed here Tuesday. Even though the three were arrested May 11, the Forest Department disclosed the matter Tuesday. Officials said that Agarwal had been warned repeatedly and...
Meloni & Media
There is bad news from Italy. The Far-Right government of Giorgia Meloni is virtually gagging the media and using the country’s public broadcaster for the ruling alliance’s propaganda. On the other hand, there is also good news. It is observed that Italian journalists are not taking the blatant attempt to control the media lying down. According to...
95 Assembly candidates crorepatis
Bhubaneswar: As many as 95 of the 265 candidates in fray for 35 Assembly seats in the state going to polls in the second phase (fifth nationally) May 20 are crorepatis, according to a report of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch. Party-wise, the ruling BJD has 30 crorepatis, followed by 24 each...
Fake: Not Naxals
Bhubaneswar/Bijapur: Three days after the police claimed to have killed 12 Naxalites during an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, locals and activists have alleged that the exchange of fire was fake and those killed were not Maoists. The police Friday had claimed that they had neutralised 12 Naxalites in a forest near Pidia village under Gangaloor police...
BJD, BJP claim gains in Phase I elections
Bhubaneswar: Even as the voter turnout in the four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats in south Odisha which went for polls Monday showed a marginal increase as compared to the 2019 elections, both BJD and BJP Tuesday exuded confidence in bettering their past performances. While these Assembly and Lok Sabha segments had witnessed an average voter...