Kolkata, 13/9: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, and MP Locket Chatterjee were detained by the police in Kolkata while they were on their way to the party’s protest march outside the state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday. Party leader Rahul Sinha was also detained and whisked away in a…
Paris, 13/9: Film director Jean-Luc Godard, the godfather of France’s New Wave cinema, died on Tuesday aged 91, French newspaper Liberation said, citing people close to the Franco-Swiss director. Godard was among the world’s most acclaimed directors, known for such classics as “Breathless” and “Contempt”, that pushed cinematic boundaries and inspired iconoclastic directors decades…
Ahmedabad, 13/9: Campaigning in Gujarat ahead of the state Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party’s national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that Congress is finished and the party is no longer relevant so their allegations hold little value. He was addressing a press conference to highlight that the state is suffering from high levels of…
J&K, 13/9: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids were underway at 33 locations across the country on Tuesday in connection with irregularities in the exams for Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspectors (JKPSI), a top official said. According to the official, the raids are going on in Jammu, Srinagar, Karnal, Mahendergarh, Rewari, Delhi, Ghaziabad and Bengaluru….
Secunderabad, 13/9: Eight persons were killed and several others injured in a fire that broke out in an e-bike showroom, which spread to a lodge on the upper floor in Secunderabad, police said. The incident took place on Monday evening.
New Delhi,12/9:Walt Disney Co. is filming a series based on an ancient Indian poem about a warring dynasty, as it seeks to gain a stronger foothold in one of the world’s fastest-growing entertainment and streaming markets. A retelling of the Mahabharata, the some 2,000-year-old Sanskrit poem about two groups of cousins vying for their…
Bhubaneswar, 12/9: In its journey to enhance customer experience, TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, inaugurated a new Division Office at Khordha recently. The office, set up to cater to issues of Khordha electrical division, also houses a Customer Care Centre dedicated to the…
Bhubaneswar, 12/9:Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) announces an increase in the Prof. Ghanashyam Dash Scholarship for Higher Education to Rs. 6 LAKHS per recipient. This enhanced limit is effective from year 2022 for fresh awardees. The annual PGDS scholarship is awarded to six meritorious students’ (domicile of Odisha) to facilitate higher education in the…
Ahmedabad, 12/9: Vedanta Ltd has selected Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat for its semiconductor project, two sources told Reuters, the first major step in its $20 billion (Rs 1.6 lakh crore) joint venture with Taiwan’s Foxconn. The project will include display and semiconductor facilities near the largest city of Ahmedabad in the…
Varanasi, 12/9: The Varanasi district court on Monday rejected the plea questioning the maintainability of a petition seeking permission for daily worship of Hindu deities whose idols are located on an outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque. District Judge A K Vishvesh ordered that it would continue to hear the petition seeking the…
