Bhubaneswar, 23/8: In a big development, Odisha government has decided to include around 79.14 lakh women from 65.25 lakh families under Subhadra Yojana .Subhadra Yojana was one of the major poll promises of the BJP. According to the SOP ,beneficiary list prepared by the Women and Child Development (W&CD) department, 79,14,491 women, who have…
Kathmandu:,23/8 At least 14 people were killed after an Indian-registered passenger bus plunged into the Marsyangdi River in central Nepal on Friday, according to media reports. The bus from Gorakhpur was heading toward the capital Kathmandu from the resort town of Pokhara when it drove off the highway in Aaina Pahara in the Tanahun district….
New Delhi, 23/8: Markets regulator SEBI has barred industrialist Anil Ambani, 24 other entities, including former key officials of Reliance Home Finance from the securities market for five years for diversion of funds from the company SEBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 25 crore on Ambani and restrained him from being associated with the…
Chicago, 23/8: US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, on Thursday night accepted the nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, becoming the second woman to do so for the Democratic Party. At the convention, Harris remembered her mother Shyamala Gopalan and said that she misses her every day,…
New Delhi, 22/8: The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed an ‘X’ user to apologise to Alt-News co-founder Mohammad Zubair for his “offensive” comment against him on the social media platform. Observing that people should be temperate on the social media and apologise if they get “carried away”, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani asked the user…
New Delhi, 22/8: The CBI Thursday sought a polygraph test on former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and four other doctors in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at the hospital, officials said. The CBI took Ghosh and four other doctors, who were on duty on the date…
Dhenkanal, 22/8:Today , on the allegation of possession of Disproportionate Assets (DA) by Sri Bibhudananda Mishra, Forest Range Officer, Dhenkanal Range, simultaneous house searches are being conducted by Odisha Vigilance comprising 7 DSPs, 1 Asst. Commandant, 6 Inspectors, 6 ASIs, and other supporting staff on the strength of search warrants issued by Special Judge, Vigilance,…
Chennai, 22/8: Popular Tamil film actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar unveiled the flag of his political party – Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam – on Thursday and hoisted it at his party headquarters in Panaiyur near here. The two-coloured flag with maroon on top and bottom, has yellow in the middle with a motif of two fighting tuskers…
Hyderabad,22/8: At least 17 workers died and around 50 injured in a reactor blast that took place at a pharmaceutical factory in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district on Wednesday. The death toll from the reactor blast at the Escientia Advanced Sciences factory located in Atchutapuram SEZ in the Anakapalli district is likely to go up as…
Thiruvananthapuram, 22/8: A full emergency was declared at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Thursday following a bomb threat on an Air India flight from Mumbai, airport sources said. The aircraft is currently being inspected by security agencies, including a bomb detection squad, they said, adding the passengers who travelled on the flight are presently waiting…
