BJP has bagged 310 seats after five phases of LS polls, claims Amit Shah in Odisha rally
Pandian fires fresh salvo at Modi, says BJP campaigners can’t even name Odisha capital
Odisha registers 69.34% voter turnout in 5 LS, 35 Assembly seats
‘I will observe fast for three days’: BJP leader Sambit Patra apologises for his remark on Lord Jagannath
Odisha weather: Heatwave set to return
Police detain father of juvenile involved in Pune car accident that killed two IT professionals
Pune: Police have detained the father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car accident that killed two persons in Pune and arrested three executives of two hotels for serving liquor to the juvenile, officials said Tuesday. The Porsche car allegedly driven by the 17-year-old, who the police claim...
Read moreDelhi court frames charges against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday framed charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the modesty of women against ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a criminal case filed by female wrestlers. Singh pleaded not guilty to the charges before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot and claimed trial. "Why will I plead guilty when I am not guilty?" Singh said. The court also framed...
Read moreAt least 29 flamingos found dead in Mumbai
Mumbai: At least 29 flamingos have been found dead at different locations in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai, a wildlife welfare group representative said Tuesday. Various calls were received from people about the dead birds spotted at some places in Ghatkopar, said Pawan Sharma, founder of the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW) and honorary wildlife warden with the forest department. The forest department's mangrove cell along with the RAWW teams during...
Read moreUN Security Council rejects Russia-backed resolution on banning weapons in space
United Nations: The United States said Monday that Russia last week launched a satellite that could be part of weaponising space, a possible future global trend that members of the United Nations Security Council condemned even as they failed to pass a measure against it. The Security Council resolution drafted by Russia rivalled one backed by the US and Japan that failed last month. The rival drafts focused on different types...
Read moreSatellite photos show Palestinians’ quick exodus from Rafah after Israel issued evacuation orders
Jerusalem: Newly-released satellite photos reviewed by the Associated Press show a large exodus of Palestinians from the southernmost Gaza city of Rafah earlier this month ahead of a feared Israeli ground invasion there. The photos taken three days apart — first May 5 and then May 8 — show the change on the ground after Israel issued its first evacuation order for the city May 6. They show that crowded tent...
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France prez Macron to meet Real Madrid chief Perez to discuss Mbappe’s release for 2024 Paris Olympics: Reports
Paris: French president Emmanuel Macron is reportedly hosting Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez for lunch Tuesday afternoon (CET) for the 120th anniversary of FIFA at the Elysee. According to the leading French sports daily L'equipe, Macron will try to persuade Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, to let Kylian Mbappe play in the 2024 Paris Olympics This news...
India’s global travel & tourism index rank up at 39th: WEF index
New Delhi: India's rank on the World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024 has risen to 39th place, with global tourism activities returning to pre-pandemic levels, the annual report showed Tuesday. While the US topped the list, India is ranked highest in South Asia and among the lower-middle-income economies, the WEF said. India was ranked...
WFI decides not to conduct trials for Paris Olympics: Sources
New Delhi: The seven-member selection committee has decided not to hold any trials for the Paris Olympics, Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Sanjay Singh told IANS. Earlier, a couple of women wrestlers who have qualified for Olympics, had requested the WFI not to subject them to selection trials, saying that every single step they take and...
ICRA pegs Q4 GDP growth at 6.7%, FY24 growth at 7.8%
New Delhi: Domestic rating agency ICRA Tuesday projected India's GDP growth to moderate to a four quarter low of 6.7 per cent in March quarter of 2023-24 fiscal. For the full 2023-24 fiscal, ICRA estimates GDP growth to come in at 7.8 per cent. The Indian economy grew 8.2 per cent in the June quarter, 8.1 per...
Tension grips Medinipur following attack on Mithun Chakraborty’s roadshow
Kolkata: Tension gripped the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal Tuesday after an attack on a roadshow by BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty in support of party candidate and fashion designer turned-politician, Agnimitra Paul. The local BJP leadership alleged that the roadshow was going smoothly before a group of people started throwing bricks, water bottles,...
Delhi court frames charges against ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday framed charges of sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging the modesty of women against ex-Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a criminal case filed by female wrestlers. Singh pleaded not guilty to the charges before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Priyanka Rajpoot and claimed trial. "Why will...
BJP has bagged 310 seats after five phases of LS polls, claims Amit Shah in Odisha rally
Sambalpur: Claiming that the BJP has bagged 310 seats after the completion of five phases of the Lok Sabha polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Tuesday urged the people of Odisha to free the state from "babu-raj" and allow the BJP to form government at the Centre and also in the state. Addressing an election rally in...
SpaceX may exceed 90 pc of all Earth payloads to orbit this year: Musk
New Delhi: Billionaire Elon Musk Tuesday said that his space venture SpaceX is likely to exceed 90 per cent of all Earth’s payload to low-Earth orbit later this year. Musk said this, in a post on social media platform X, based on a report that showed that SpaceX aced more than half of the 63 orbital launch...
Pandian fires fresh salvo at Modi, says BJP campaigners can’t even name Odisha capital
Puri: In an unconcealed jibe at the prime minister, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's right-hand man has dismissed the BJP's star campaigners in Odisha as “political tourists” who can't even identify the state capital. Kartik Pandian is also confident Patnaik will be back in office for a sixth straight term and has even declared the time he will...
Odisha registers 69.34% voter turnout in 5 LS, 35 Assembly seats
Bhubaneswar: A voter turnout of 69.34 per cent was recorded in five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats in Odisha where polling was held Monday, officials said. The second round of simultaneous elections were held in Aska, Bolangir, Kandhamal, Sundargarh and Bargarh Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly segments under these parliamentary seats. Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency...
