June 15, 2024

Bhubaneswar, 15/6: In a major development, the much-awaited allotment of portfolios of ministers was approved by governor. As per the release from Raj Bhawan, the CM has retained Finance, Home, General Deputy Chief Minister, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo has been allotted Agriculture & Energy; while Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida has been allocated Women &…

Narayanpur, 15/6: Eight Naxalites and a jawan of the Special Task Force (STF) were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Saturday, police said. Two other STF personnel sustained injuries in the incident, they said. A huge cache of weapons and other materials belonging to Naxalites were recovered from the encounter site, they…

Rome, 15/6: Narendra Modi seized a window to end his diplomatic purgatory with the US and Canada. The Indian prime minister arrived at the Group of Seven meetings bruised by disappointing election results and facing an outcry over a pair of assassination plots allegedly by its government. Yet Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the host…

Florida, 15/6: Partly made up of men moonlighting as cricketers when not doing their primary jobs, the USA team cleared the group stage of T20 World Cup in its very first attempt after its match against Ireland was called off here on Friday. Thanks to their wins over neighbours Canada and heavyweights Pakistan in their…

Bengaluru, 15/6: Bengaluru Police are likely to produce Darshan and the other arrested in the murder of 33-year-old Renukaswamy before the magistrate on Saturday. The six-day police custody of the arrested suspects will end on Sunday. Sources told DH that a decision on producing the suspects was yet to be taken. “Since the court would…