Bhubaneswar, 8/6: Days after the results of the Odisha assembly polls, state outgoing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian is not his “successor” and pointed out that the people of the state would decide on this. Pandian, an IAS officer of the 2000 batch, has served…
New Delhi, 8/6: The education ministry has set up a four-member panel to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,500 candidates in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday The move comes amid allegations of inflation of marks leading to 67 candidates sharing first rank in the…
New Delhi,8/6: Congress Working Committee members on Saturday unanimously urged Rahul Gandhi to take the role of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, as it also credited his two Bharat Jodo Yatras for the party’s performance in the general elections. At a press conference following a meeting of the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC),…
Imphal, 8/6: : More than 200 people belonging to the Meitei community have been evacuated from their villages in Manipur’s Jiribam district and moved to a newly set up relief camp after violence broke out following the killing of a man allegedly by militant official said.
Hyderabad, 8/6: Eenadu & Ramoji Film City founder Ramoji Rao passed away at the age of 87 on Saturday morning in Hyderabad, Telangana. He was undergoing treatment at the Star Hospital due to heart-related problems, where he took his last breath at 4:50 am. Condolences poured in after the news of the eminent personality’s demise…
Chandigarh, 7/6: Some farmer outfits on Friday threw their weight behind the CISF woman constable who allegedly slapped actor and BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut, saying the entire sequence leading to the incident needs to be properly investigated. Ranaut, in a video message, had on Thursday said she was hit in the face and abused by…
New Delhi, 6/7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences here on Friday, before staking claim to form the government at the Centre for a third consecutive term. Modi visited Advani soon after being chosen as the leader of the NDA parliamentary party, leader of…
New Delhi, 7/6: Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will meet on Friday to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as prime minister for a third term. The swearing-in is likely to be held on Sunday, sources said. After Modi is elected the…
New Delhi;6/6: A controversial scheme for short-term recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces may be up for review in Modi 3.0 as BJP’s new coalition partners on Thursday demanded re-examination of the Agniveer scheme, introduced by the Narendra Modi-government..Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan too called for a second look of the…
Chandigarh, 6/6: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, the recently-elected MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, was reportedly slapped by a female CISF constable at the Chandigarh airport on Thursday. A video doing rounds on the internet showed the altercation.
