Bhubaneswar, 18/12: Chief Minister Shri Naveen today laid the foundation for the corporate office of Odisha Mining Corporation at Jayadev Vihar in Bhubaneswar. Spreading over 6 Acres of land, this platinum rated green building will be a new landmark of the city. The design of the building has been very attractive and will add value…
New Delhi, 18/12: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday suspended 33 Opposition members, including Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, from the House for the remainder of Winter Session. The suspension came as Opposition members protested in the Houses demanding a statement from Union Minister Amit Shah on the security breach which took place on…
Mumbai, 18/12: Mumbai’s Haji Arafat Shaikh would steer the development of the new mosque which is to be built on the site given in lieu of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, by the Supreme Court orders. Haji Arafat, a BJP leader and former Chairperson of Maharashtra State Commission for Minorities, is a prominent Muslim community leader…
New Delhi,18/12:The high-level committee on ‘One Nation, One Election’ under former president Ram Nath Kovind is learnt to be meeting on Monday to review the progress made so far, including on the responses by political parties to the idea of holding simultaneous political parties to the idea of holding simultaneous polls. Sources said while no…
Chennai, 18/12: Four districts in southern Tamil Nadu continue to be battered by extremely heavy rains since Sunday, marooning several low-lying areas and throwing normal life out of gear. Kayalpattinam in the Thoothukudi district received a whooping 90 cm of rain in just 24 hours, much more than the annual rainfall, while several towns in…
Kolkata, 18/12: Congress MP and leader of the party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak in Parliament over the security breach issue, criticising him for taking “four days” to react to the incident. Chowdhury also claimed that Modi broke his silence on the issue because of pressure…
New Delhi, 17/12: With workers’ morale down after the recent Assembly poll debacle, the Congress has called a meeting of its top decision body Working Committee here on December 21 to discuss strategy for the Lok Sabha election in April-May and initiate preparatory work. This will be the third meeting of the Congress Working Committee…
Wanderers, 17/12: India pace bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan wreaked havoc as the KL Rahul-led visitors thrashed South Africa by eight wickets in the opening One-Day International at the Wanderers here on Sunday. On a wicket offering pace and bounce to the quicks, Avesh returned figures of 4 for 27 in his eight overs,…
New Delhi, 17/12: The Supreme Court has stayed the defamation case proceedings against Karnataka’s senior IPS officer D Roopa after she filed an affidavit in terms of the previous order to delete controversial social media posts against senior IAS officer, Rohini Sindhuri. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal took into record…
Johannesburg, 17/12: South Africa got all out for just 116 in the first ODI against India with pacers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan taking five and four wickets, respectively The Proteas won the toss and elected to bat first in Johannesburg.
