Disney, Reliance reportedly sign binding pact to merge India operations

Mumbai, 25/4:Walt Disney Co. and Reliance Industries Ltd. have signed a binding pact to merge their media operations in India, according to people familiar with the matter, as the US entertainment giant recasts its strategy amid intense competition in the world’smost-populous country. The media unit of Reliance, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and its affiliates…

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Members of fact-finding panel arrested on their way to Sandeshkhali

Kolkata, 25/2:Members of an independent fact-finding committee were arrested in Bhojerhat, South 24 Parganas on Sunday. They were on their way to Sandeshkhali to investigate alleged incidents of atrocities against women in the troubled area when the police stopped them. This comes after the police stopped them from entering Sandeshkhali, citing Section 144 being in…

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PM Modi inaugurates Sudarshan Setu, India’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Gujarat

Dwarka, 25/2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated ‘Sudarshan Setu’, the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge of 2.32 km, on the Arabian sea connecting Beyt Dwarka island to mainland Okha in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district. Modi began his day by offering prayers at Lord Sri Krishna temple at Beyt Dwarka.   He later inaugurated the…

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Trump beats Haley in South Carolina, dealing crushing blow in her home state

Carolina, 25/2: Former President Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican primary Saturday, delivering a crushing blow in her home state and casting grave doubt on her continued viability. Trump’s victory, called by The Associated Press right as polls closed at 7 p.m., was widely expected, and offers fresh fodder for his…

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Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Sh Kartik Pandian visits Bhadrak District

Bhubaneswar, 24/2: As per direction of Chief Minister Sh Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Sh Kartik Pandian visited Bhadrak District, today.   Sh Kartik Pandian travelled by road for about 50 km, including on bike, all along the Baitarani left embankment. He reviewed the progress of *Baitarani Left Embankment Strengthening and Road Development…

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Parties have right to make promises in election manifesto: CEC Rajiv Kumar

New Delhi, 24/2:The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar, in his press conference in Chennai on poll preparedness for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, said that political parties are well within their rights to make promises in their election manifesto. He further added that voters too have a right to know about the fulfillment…

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