Bhubaneswar, 20/1:In a major development, Popular Odia jatra actor Piyush Tripathy has received major interim relief from the court, which has permitted him to resume stage performances while the legal dispute over an alleged contract breach continues. With the restriction lifted, audiences will once again be able to watch Piyush perform on the jatra stage…
New Delhi, 20/1: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over former Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s remarks criticising apex court orders in the stray dog issue, stating that she has committed contempt of court. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria said the former minister has made “all kinds of…
New Delhi, 20/1:Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal announced her retirement from competitive badminton, saying her body can not longer cope with the physical demands of the fast-paced sports. Nehwal has been out of action from the last two years due to a chronic knee condition and last played at the top level at the Singapore Open…
Chennai, 20/1: For the third year in a row, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday walked out of the Legislative Assembly without reading the customary address prepared by the State government on the first day of the sessions. The Governor cited not playing the national anthem along with the Tamil Thai Vaazthu (State…
New Delhi, 19/1: With tensions between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh over Yemen escalating, India and the United Arab Emirates signed a Letter of Intent for a strategic defence partnership agreement on Monday, just four months after a similar pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan raised hackles in New Delhi.Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted UAE President…
New Delhi, 19/1: Nitin Nabin is set to become the BJP national president as he emerged as the sole candidate for the top party post, senior BJP leader and returning officer K Laxman announced on Monday. In a statement, he said 37 sets of nomination papers were filed in favour of Nabin as the BJP…
Kolkatta, 19/1: A court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday granted bail to Satadru Dutta, the organiser of the botched-up Messi event in the city last month.Dutta was arrested on December 13 last year over alleged mismanagement in the Salt Lake stadium event on that day
Kabul, 19/1:Several people were killed in a blast in Afghan capital Kabul’s Shahr-e-Naw area, the Taliban interior ministry said on Monday. Acording to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured,” Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters, adding that details would be released later.
Washington DC, 19/1:President Donald Trump told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere he no longer felt an “obligation to think purely of peace” after the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize, as he repeated his demand for control of Greenland in a letter seen by Reuters. The Norwegian prime minister’s…
Spain, 19/1:A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks in a collision that police sources confirmed to Reuters had killed at least 21 people. The first train was traveling to Madrid from Málaga, on the country’s southern coast, and was privately…
