Bhubaneswar 26/8: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today launched Startup Odisha Yatra 2.0, a flagship initiative of Startup Odisha. The Yatra will cover over 100 educational institutions in 30 districts over a period of 60 days. It aims at scouting grassroots innovators, women entrepreneurs, and promote entrepreneurship among the youth.   Launching the event, the…

J&K, 26/8: Barely a few hours after Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all positions of the Congress party, including primary membership of the party, six senior leaders in Jammu and Kashmir also submitted their resignations “in support of Azad.”   Those who submitted their resignations include former Congress legislators G M Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid,…

New Delhi, 26/8: The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday declared 21 universities as “fake” and not empowered to confer any degree, majority of which are in Delhi followed by Uttar Pradesh.   “At least 21 self-styled, unrecognised institutions which are functioning in contravention of the UGC Act, have been declared as fake universities and…

New Delhi, 26/8: Hitting back at Ghulam Nabi Azad over his criticism of the party leadership, the Congress on Friday linked his resignation to the end of his Rajya Sabha tenure and alleged his betrayal reveals his true character and that his DNA has “Modi-fied”.   “A man who has been treated with the greatest…

New Delhi, 26/8: In a jolt to the Congress, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday quit the party, accusing the leadership of propping up “proxies” and trying to foist a non-serious leader at the helm in the last eight years, which had led to conceding space to the BJP and regional parties.    …

New Delhi, 26/8: The Supreme Court on Friday posted the matter related to freebies for consideration before another three-judge bench. It directed the Centre to constitute an expert committee on matter and proposed to Centre to call an all-party meeting on the issue.   The apex court said that there can be no denying that…

Ranchi, 26/8: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday said that it will move the Supreme Court if Chief Minister Hemant Soren is disqualified as an MLA.     The party, however, also asserted that there was no threat to the government as it has an absolute majority in the assembly.   However, amid the rapidly…

Mumbai, 26/8: Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company.     “The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,” Dorsey tweeted in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned

Washington DC, 25/8: Former men’s world number one Novak Djokovic said he will not play in the US Open which begins on Monday as Covid protocols mean he cannot travel to the United States.   It is the second Grand Slam the 35-year-old Serb will miss due to not being vaccinated as he was deported…