Patna, 12/8:A migrant worker from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said on Friday. The attack took place around midnight, they said. “During intervening night, #terrorists fired upon & injured one outside #labourer Mohd Amrez S/O Mohd Jalil R/O Madhepura Besarh #Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, #Bandipora,”…
Bhubaneswar, 12/8:Secretary to Chief Minister (5T) Shri VK Pandian today visited the famous Alarnath Temple in Brahmagiri about 20 kilometres from Puri. Directed by Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, Shri Pandian was there to take stock of existing facilities for pilgrims at the temple site and take appropriate steps for development. Lord Alarnath…
UP, 11/8: Apparently stung by conviction of one of its ministers and issuance of NBW against another, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is contemplating withdrawal of criminal cases against the ministers and ruling party legislators. According to the sources, the process of withdrawal of criminal cases could soon be initiated after consultation…
Bangalore, 11/8: In a significant judgment, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday abolished the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), formed by the state government in 2016 by withdrawing the Lokayukta police wing’s power under Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. Allowing a batch of petitions filed challenging the creation of ACB, a division bench…
Chilika,11/8: Vice Adm Biswajit Dasgupta AVSM, YSM, VSM, FOCinC Eastern Naval Command paid a courtesy call on Shri Naveen Pattnaik, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha at his office on Wednesday. Earlier during the day, the FOCinC East co-chaired the State Apex Level Coastal Security Review Meeting along with the Chief Secretary to the…
New Delhi,11/8: After successful stints in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party is sending the party’s general secretary (organisation) from the state, Sunil Bansal to tackle West Bengal, where the party is entangled in a tight contest with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government, as well as Telangana and Odisha, both states the BJP considers…
J&K, 11/8: Three soldiers were killed, two others were injured when two militants carried out a suicide attack on an Army operating base camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. Both the fidayeen millitants were killed in the retaliatory action by the Army, officials said. The militants while trying to sneak into a…
New Delhi, 10/8: In a major development, Odisha health and family welfare minister Naba Kishore Das conngratulat Union Minister, Civil Aviation, Government of India for taking sincere efforts for expediting infrastructural development at Veer Surendra Sai Airport, Jharsuguda which was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India in presence of Chief Minister, Odisha and I was…
Patna, 10/8: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Wednesday asserted that it was “not scared of ED and CBI” following its break-up with the BJP, which rules the Centre and is often accused by the Opposition of misusing investigating agencies. JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan, who addressed a press conference…
New Delhi, 10/8: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was on Wednesday appointed as the 49th Chief Justice of India after President Droupadi Murmu signed his warrant of appointment. He will assume charge on August 27 after incumbent N V Ramana demits office the day before. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause…
