Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has revoked the suspension order issued against its senior leader Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain.BJP Odisha State Disciplinary Committee Convener Sudarshan Nayak announced the withdrawal of the suspension on Sunday.Swain, a former Lok Sabha MP from Balasore, was earlier suspended from the party for allegedly violating party discipline. With the…
Jajpur: At least five people, including two women, were killed and seven others injured when an SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a truck in Odisha’s Jajpur district Monday, police said.The accident took place near Barada Chhak on the Daitary-Paradeep express highway under Jenapur police station limits in Jajpur district. According to police, 12…
Baripada: In a heart-wrenching incident, a young child died after getting entangled in a makeshift swing at Jagannathi village under Udala police station in Mayurbhanj district.The deceased has been identified as Satya Murmu, son of Durga Murmu of Jagannathi village.According to reports, the boy was playing on a swing made from a saree tied to…
Chennai, 2/5: Actor-politician C Joseph Vijay was on the course of breaking the Dravidian duopoly of DMK and AIADMK on Monday with his party, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, surging ahead in over 100 of the 234 assembly seats. The AIADMK was emerging as a distant second with about 70 seats, while the ruling DMK alliance was…
Ottawa, 4/5: Canada’s intelligence agency has declared Khalistani extremists a “national security threat”, adding that the group uses institutions to promote its “violent extremist agenda” in the country. Canadian Security Intelligence Service, in its 2025 Public Report, highlighted that involvement of Canada-based Khalistani extremist (CBKE) in violent activities “continues to pose a national security threat…
Thiruvananthapuram, 3/5: AICC general secretary and Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi on Sunday said UDF allies had left the decision on the chief ministerial candidate to the Congress in the event of the front coming to power. The Assembly elections in Kerala were held on April 9 and the results will be declared on May 4….
New Delhi, : A consortium led by steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and vaccine tycoon Adar Poonawalla has agreed to acquire Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals in a deal valuing the team at $1.65 billion, a statement said.Mittal will hold about 75% of the franchise along with his family, while Poonawalla is set to own…
Chennai, 2/5: Passengers on board a Sharjah-Chennai Air Arabia flight experienced harrowing moments on Sunday morning when a 34-year-old man opened the emergency exit door and jumped off the aircraft while it was taxiing after landing at the Chennai International Airport. Sources in the airport told that the passenger, who hails from Pudukkottai district in…
Gurgaon, 3/5: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat revealed on Sunday that she is one of the six women who filed sexual harassment complaints against former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Phogat took to her social media account and posted a message just ahead of the National Open Ranking Tournament in Gonda. “I am…
Kolkata, 5/3: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday challenged the BJP to win the Falta assembly seat in West Bengal by using its full machinery. This comes after the Election Commission of India on Saturday order a repoll in the constituency scheduled for May 21. The EC ordered a fresh probe due to “severe electoral offences…
