Dhaka, 7/3: At least 14 people were killed and over 100 others injured on Tuesday in an explosion at a seven-storey building here in Bangladesh’s capital, police said. Several firefighting units were rushed to the spot after the blast, which occurred around 4:50 pm (local time), the bdnews24 news portal reported, citing the…
New Delhi, 7/3: President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignations of Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and minister Satyendra Jain, both currently in Tihar jail in alleged corruption and money laundering cases respectively. The president also appointed Aam Aadmi Party MLAs Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi Marlena as ministers in the Delhi government…
Tamilnadu, 7/3:Three female elephants were electrocuted in the Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu during the early hours of Tuesday. The elephants, according to forest department officials, were electrocuted after coming in contact with an illegal electric wire at a farmland at Marandahalli in the district. The forest officials came to know of…
Philippines, 7/3: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage. The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality in the mountainous gold-mining province of Davao de Oro on Mindanao island….
New Delhi, 7/3: The CBI on Tuesday questioned former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia’s personal assistant Devender Sharma in connection with alleged corruption in formulating and implementing of the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22, officials said. Sharma alias Rinku was summoned to the CBI headquarters where he was questioned by officials of…
Bhubaneswar, 7/3: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has expressed deep condolences at the passing away of eminent Odia Scientist Padmashree Professor Prafulla Kumar Jena. In his message, the Chief Minister said that Dr Jena was a genius scientist who encouraged, inspired scientific research, especially in metallurgy. With his sustained research, he has pioneered new…
Nagaland, 7/3: New cabinets headed by Neiphiu Rio and Conrad K Sangma will take oath in Nagaland and Meghalaya, respectively on Tuesday. In Meghalaya, 12 member cabinet headed by Sangma was sworn in in a ceremony that began around 11 am. Conrad Sangma took oath as the chief minister for a second straight…
Nagaland, 7/3: Despite having one of the highest number of political parties, the new Nagaland government is heading towards an oppositionless government with almost all parties extending unconditional support to the NDPP-BJP alliance which won the polls held last month. In the state assembly elections, the results of which were declared on March…
Denmark, 6/3: NATO-member Denmark’s Defence Ministry on Monday banned its employees from having video-sharing app TikTok on their work phones as a cybersecurity measure. It’s the latest government-related ban over security and data privacy for the app, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd. In a statement, the ministry said the Scandinavian…
Tripura, ,6/3: Manik Saha was named as the next Chief Minister of the northeastern State of Tripura at a meeting of the BJP legislative party held here on Monday. A spokesperson of the BJP informed reporters after the meeting that the selection was unanimously endorsed by all MLAs of the party. Earlier, there…
