Congress, AAP ties alliance band in Delhi, elsewhere; all eyes now on Bengal

New Delhi, 24/2:I.N.D.I.A. allies Congress and AAP on Saturday announced seat-sharing arrangements for upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa and Chandigarh after months of spirited negotiations finally ended in a display of spirit of accommodation. The latest deal, which came days after inking an agreement with the Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh…

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Lok Sabha seat-sharing talks: Congress mulls Meghalaya sacrifice to strike deal with TMC in Bengal

New Delhi, 24/2:Congress may sacrifice its claim on one of the two seats in Meghalaya to strike a deal with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections, as both the parties revived efforts to restart the once broken negotiations. Trinamool and Congress had been on opposite poles over the former’s insistence…

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Cannabis now legal in Germany after Bundestag passes law allowing personal consumption

Berlin, 23/2: Germany on Friday joined the small group of countries and jurisdictions that have legalised cannabis when the Bundestag passed a law allowing individuals and voluntary associations to grow and hold limited quantities of the drug. The law passed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling three-party coalition legalises cultivating up to three plants for private…

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Byju’s shareholders vote to remove founder Raveendran from CEO post; company calls vote invalid

Mumbai, ,23/2: More than 60 per cent of shareholders of edtech firm Byju’s on Friday voted for the removal of founder and CEO Byju Raveendran and his family over alleged “mismanagement and failures” at what was once India’s hottest tech startup. Prosus – one of the six investors who had called the extraordinary general meeting…

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Chief Minister Sh Naveen Patnaik launches sports infrastructure projects worth Rs 660 Cr across the state to boost sports development in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, 23/2:Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, today, launched sports infrastructure projects worth Rs. 660 crore that includes 48 multipurpose indoor stadiums, Cuttack Table Tennis Academy, Rourkela Gymnastics Academy and 12 hockey training centres. On this occasion he also laid the foundation stone for 11 sports projects. These projects have been taken up under 5T initiative to…

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Rs 1 crore, govt job to family member: Punjab CM announces compensation for farmer killed in police firing

Chandigarh, 23/2:Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore and a government job for the sister of farmer Shubhkaran Singh who was killed at the Khanauri border point. Singh (21), a native of Bathinda, was killed amid alleged ‘police firing’ and 12 police personnel injured in clashes at Khanauri…

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Rescued of two minor girls by RPF team CTC from train No.18478 Utkal Express

Bilaspur, 23/2: On 22.02.2024, Bilashpur Police informed to RPF CTC about missing of two minor girls from 07.45 hrs of 21.02.2024, while they were going to School [Loyola School] & in this regard a case has been registered at Sarkanda PS [Dist. Bilashpur] vide No.0252/2024, dated -21.02.2024, u/s- 363 IPC. The Police Officials also shared…

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