Bhubaneswar, 8/7: In a major political development,BJP party leadership seems to have reposed faith on the competence of incumbent president Manmohan Samal for the top organisational job. Samal was the only candidate to file nomination for the post on Monday and is set to be appointed for a fourth term. Chief Minister Mohan Charan…
Bengaluru, 8/6: The state government is planning a total ban on all forms of online betting, wagering and gambling involving “games of chance,” where defaulting individuals and entities can face imprisonment up to three years and be fined up to Rs 1 lakh according to a new draft law proposed by the home department. All…
Bengaluru: A woman in Nelamangala town allegedly killed her newborn by placing it in a vessel of boiling water. The police have arrested the woman, identified as Radha, aged about 27. The baby was born prematurely and had not been drinking milk since birth, crying inconsolably. Radha believed that the baby was not normal. She…
Bhubaneswar, 7/7: Manmohan Samal is set to be re-elected as Odisha BJP president as he was the lone person to file nomination paper for the post on Monday. Samal, the incumbent state party president, filed the nomination paper for the post before Odisha BJP Election Officer and MP Pratap Sarangi in the presence of Chief…
Moscow, 7/7: The Kremlin said on Monday that the BRICS group of nations had never been working to undermine other countries after US President Donald Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent tariff on those aligning themselves with its “anti-American policies”. Trump made the comments as BRICS leaders kicked off a summit in…
Lucknow, 7/7: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a swipe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath saying that wearing saffron clothes did make one a ‘Baba’ and that the true identity of a ‘Baba’ lay in one’s thoughts and conduct. One doesn’t become a Baba simply by putting on saffron clothes….a…
Bengaluru, 7/7: Shubhanshu Shukla, the Indian Gaganyatri currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Axiom-4 mission, has acknowledged the efforts of team ISRO in ensuring his safe travel to the ISS. Shukla had called ISRO chairman V Narayanan on July 6, the space agency said. During the call, Narayanan expressed…
New Delhi, 7/7: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up on July 10 a batch of petitions challenging validity of the Election Commission’s decision to conduct a special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar, ahead of the Assembly polls in November this year. On behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate Kapil…
Bengaluru, 7/7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday sought to dismiss any suggestion of a possible shift to national politics, speculation about which has been rife following his appointment to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) OBC Advisory Council. Siddaramaiah, who offered tribute to former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on the occasion of his…
Washington DC, 7/7: President Donald Trump said on Sunday that billionaire Elon Musk’s move to start a new US political party is ridiculous and could add to confusion. I think it’s ridiculous to start a third party,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey. “Starting a third party just adds…
