Bhubaneswar, Mar 19: In a remarkable display of quick thinking and medical expertise, Dr. Ashok Kumar Badamali, senior consultant in Cardiac Anesthesia at Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Bhubaneswar, saved the life of a fellow passenger aboard Air India Express flight I5 764 enroute from New Delhi to Pune. The incident, which unfolded in…
New Delhi, 19/3: BJD leader Kartik Pandian says PM Narendra Modi is a great leader & he doesn’t require the support of BJD to return to power in the Centre “Similarly, CM Naveen Pattnaik doesn’t require BJP support to win the 6th term in Odisha. Alliance talk is beyond politics. It’s a mark of…
New Delhi, 19/3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking stay of rules notified on March 11, 2024 under the Citizenship Amendment Act, to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan who entered the country by December 31. The court declined to restrain the Centre…
New Delhi, 19/3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) to use its ‘man blowing turha’ symbol for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls. The SC also asked the Election Commission of India to reserve the ‘man blowing turha’ symbol for the Sharad Pawar faction and said it…
New Delhi, 19/3: Asserting that India is “fervently demanding change”, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday attacked the ruling BJP’s ‘Modi guarantees’ stating it would meet the “same fate” as the saffron party’s ‘India Shining’ campaign in 2004 when Vajpayee sought reelection. At a meeting of the Congress Working Committee here to finalise the party’s…
New Delhi, 19/3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Swami Ramdev, Patanjali co-founder, and company MD Acharya Balakrishna to appear personally, LiveLaw reported. The apex court resumed the hearing where it had previously issued a Contempt notice when Patanjali Ayurved continued publishing misleading ads about medicinal cure. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin…
New Delhi, 19/3: The Trinamool Congress has complained to the Election Commission alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is also the BJP candidate from Varanasi, has violated the model code of conduct by using central government funds for campaigning. In a letter addressed to the chief election commissioner on Monday, TMC Rajya Sabha MP…
New Delhi, 18/3:The Indian Olympic Association on Monday dissolved the ad-hoc committee for wrestling, saying ‘there is no further need’ for it to run the sport after revocation of the suspension on the national federation, which now gets complete administrative authority. The IOA said that the decision was also guided the successful conduct of the…
New Delhi,18/3: In a major boost to the BJP alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the influential Paatali Makkal Katchi (PMK) on Monday joined the alliance led by the saffron party. “We have decided to go with the BJP for Lok Sabha polls,” PMK general secretary Vadivel Ravanan told reporters. The decision comes after…
New Delhi, 18/3: The NDA on Monday announced its seat-sharing formula for Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, giving 17 seats to the BJP, 16 to the JD(U) and five to Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas Paswan’s son). Two other NDA allies — Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Upendra Kushwaha-led Rashtriya Lok Morcha — will contest…
