Israel, 19/4: Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a US official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the center of the country, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel. Reuters could not immediately confirm the reports. Iran’s Fars news agency said…
New Delhi, 18/4: Delhi Cabinet minister Atishi on Thursday claimed there was a ‘huge conspiracy’ to kill Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise policy case, by denying him home-cooked food in the jail. Her charge came hours after the ED claimed before a court that…
Kolkata, 18/4: Acting on the advice of the Election Commission of India (ECI), West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday called off his proposed tour to Cooch Behar, during which he intended to ‘oversee’ the polling process. He, however, alleged that an attempt was being made to ‘politicise the Governor’s office’, while asserting…
New Delhi, 18/4 : The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas seeking complete cross-verification of votes cast using EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta reserved its verdict after hearing the response of Election Commission on the pleas.
New Delhi,18/4: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, arrested in the excise scam case, is eating food high in sugar like mangoes and sweets every day despite having type 2 diabetes to create grounds for medical bail, the ED claimed before a court here on Thursday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) made the claim before special judge…
Bhubaneswar, 18/4: In a major political development, Ollywood actress Varsha Priyadarshini today joined the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD). She was inducted into the conch party fold in the presence of Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra during a program at Sankha Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.
Bhubaneswar, ,18/4: In a major political development, Congress announces candidates for four more Assembly seats in Odisha. 1. Mahanga: Debendra Sahoo 2. Satyabadi: Manoj Rath 3. Bhubaneswar Central: Prakash Chandra Jena 4. Bhubaneswar North: Ashok Kumar Das
Washington DC, 18/4: Alphabet Inc.’s Google has fired 28 employees after they were involved in protests against Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract with Amazon.com Inc. to provide the Israeli government with AI and cloud services. The protests, which were led by the No Tech for Apartheid organization, took place Tuesday across Google offices…
New Delhi, 18/7: A White Paper on Pulwama terror strike and other national security incidents, 200 unit free electricity for all families, Rs 1,000 per month direct cash transfer to farmers, curtailing powers of central agencies and a SIT probe on electoral bond . Scrapping of ‘Agniveer’ recruitment, legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price, filling…
New Delhi, 17/4: Campaigning ended Wednesday evening for 102 Lok Sabha seats across 21 states and Union territories, which will go to polls in the first phase on April 19 with top leaders of the BJP-led NDA and the opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc making a last-ditch effort. Leading the charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took whirlwind…
