Bengaluru, 27/6: Top Vokkaliga pontiff Kumara Chandrashekaranatha Swami on Thursday publicly asked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to step aside and hand over power to DK Shivakumar, causing consternation in the ruling Congress. The pontiff chose to say this at the 515th birth anniversary of Bengaluru founder Kempegowda, an icon of the Vokkaliga community to which Shivakumar…
Patna, 27/6: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested two from Bihar’s Patna in NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said. On Wednesday, CBI officials had visited a school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag and quizzed its principal in connection with the alleged irregularities in medical entrance test NEET, an official said.
Tarouba, 27/6: South Africa exorcised their agonising semifinal jinx through an exceptional spell of pace bowling as they walloped an emotionally drained Afghanistan by nine wickets to enter their first-ever T20 World Cup final here. They will face the winners of the second semifinal between India and England in the title clash, but the…
New Delhi, 27/8: Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the AIIMS here late on Wednesday night. He is stable and under observation,” a source said. The 96-year-old former deputy prime minister has been admitted in the old private ward of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and is learnt to…
New Delhi, 26/6: Sam Pitroda was back as Indian Overseas Congress chairman on Wednesday, within 50 days of his resignation from the post after his effort to depict India’s diversity invited accusations of making a racist statement. In a one-line statement, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal said, “Congress president has reappointed Sam Pitroda as…
Bhubaneswaer: At a time when safety is paramount, Tata Steel has taken charge and started on the path of inculcating safety among young minds through its innovative initiative called “Safety Awareness for Everyone” or simply SAFE which was launched by the company in early 2000s by Mrs Daisy Irani. Initiated as a community initiative facilitated…
Kalinganagar, June 26, 2024: Tata Steel Kalinganagar in Jajpur district of Odisha is setting a new standard for environmental stewardship in the steel industry. The plant has implemented a range of initiatives to reduce its ecological footprint and foster sustainability. At the heart of its sustainability efforts is a focus on waste reduction, supply chain…
Dhamra, 26.06.2024: A nationwide blood donation drive was organised on the occasion of the 62nd BirthDay of Goutam Adani, Chairman, Adani Group of Company. In this context a blood donation camp has been organised at Adani Wellness Centre at Narsinghprasad village of Dosinga Panchayat on 24th June with the help of district blood bank. The camp collected 546…
Bhubaneswar, June 26: Around 70 corporate leaders attended an event organised by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) at Bengaluru on Saturday which aimed at fostering leadership and collaboration across disciplines. Titled ‘Allyship++’, the event was addressed by several prominent speakers and personalities including Olympian Anju Bobby George, the first Indian to win a world championship medal…
London, 26/6: When Sussex’s Ollie Robinson came on to bowl against Leicestershire’s number eight batter Louis Kimber on Wednesday, little did the England bowler know he would go down in the record books for conceding 43 runs in an over. After Sussex had declared their second innings on 296-6 to post a target of 464,…
