Bhubaneswar, 17/2: In a big development, Biju Janata Dal delegation met State Election Commission today with memorandum on massive electoral violence in Odisha by Odisha BJP leaders and workers unleashed against the Biju Janata Dal leaders and workers in the 3-tier ongoing Panchayat election. They further requested the State Election Commission to take strong action…
Beijing, 17/2: Beijing has reacted for the first time to the issue of India banning 54 Chinese apps for security reasons. Expressing serious concern over this action, China has said that it expects India to treat all foreign investors, including Chinese companies, in a transparent, fair and non-discriminatory manner. Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao…
UP, 17/2: For the first time after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party founder and patron Mukayam Singh Yadav entered the fray for campaigning after nearly three years. On Thursday, he sought votes for his son and SP’s national president Akhilesh Yadav from the Karhal seat of Mainpuri. During this, he said that after…
UP, 17/2: Local legend has it that the village of Swaheri in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district was entirely a Muslim village till the middle of the 18th Century, a period during which Nawab Najib-ud-Daulah of Najibabad was a powerful figure in the region. During that period, a military rival of the Nawab sought the assistance…
Padampur,17/2: In a major development, Dinabandhu Panda, Tax Collector at N.A.C., Padampur, Dist- Bargarh has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs.25,000/- (Rupees. Twenty five thousand ) from complainant for transfer of holding number and reduction of annual holding tax in respect of purchased building in the name of the Complainant….
Chandigarh, 17/2: In a major development, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has attacked the BJP-led government at the Centre, claiming that the party’s policies on agricultural legislation have increased the country’s debt. He said now people are remembering Congress’ good work. Singh added that BJP tried to dishonour Punjab chief minister and people of the…
New Delhi, 17/2: The Supreme Court has quashed the interim order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court staying the ‘Haryana State Local Candidates Employment Act, 2020’. The top court says that the High Court has not given any reason for its stay order. Along with this, the court has requested the High Court to…
New Delhi, 17/2: Muslim girl students have continued to condemn college managements across the district for denying entry of hijab-clad women into classrooms. Saniya, a B Com student of Sahyadri College of Commerce & Management, said that they had been attending classes wearing hijab for the past year and that there was no…
Mumbai, 16/2: Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor has got bail in the Rs 300 crore fraud case. The Special PMLA Court granted bail to Rana Kapoor on Wednesday. Bail has been got in one case, but Rana Kapoor will not be able to come out of jail, as he will be lodged in Taloja jail…
Mumbai, 16/2: Life Insurance Corporation of India is looking to raise about Rs 65,400 crore ($8.7 billion) from its initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Shares of the state-run insurer could be priced between Rs 2,000 to 2,100 each, with discounts to some retail investors, the people said, asking…
