Bhubaneswar, 21/10: Odisha is bracing for heavy rainfall early next week under the impact of a possible cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to skirt the state and move towards West Bengal and Bangladesh, the IMD said on Friday. The West Bengal government has initiated the process of evacuating people…
New Delhi, 21/10: Congress on Friday distanced itself from the remarks of senior leader Shivraj Patil that the concept of ‘jihad’ (holy war) in Bhagavad Gita too, saying it is “unacceptable” and the party believes that the text is a key foundational pillar of Indian civilisation. Party General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh said…
Islamabad 21/10: Pakistan’s election commission on Friday disqualified former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office over charges of unlawfully selling state gifts received from heads of other nations and foreign dignitaries, according to PTI. He has been disqualified for five years under Article 63(i)(iii) for submitting a false statement in the…
Bangalore, 21/10: Rainwater gushed into at least 200 homes on Wednesday night when residents were asleep and destroyed household items. Houses located in several city neighbourhoods remained submerged as late as Thursday afternoon. The BBMP’s conservative estimates revealed that 60 locations, including those in the IT hub, have been engulfed by water.
Kolkata, 20/10: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday targeted her guns on the BJP-led Central government for allegedly depriving former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly by not nominating him for the ICC chairman’s post, terming it an act of “shameless political vendetta”. Banerjee, who said she would have spoken out on…
London,20/10: Britain’s third female Prime Minister, Liz Truss, is out of office on Thursday after one of the shortest tenures at 10 Downing Street in London and without a cherished India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) under her belt as a Brexit prize. Truss, who until Wednesday insisted in Parliament that she was a…
Deoghar, 20/10: Today Sri Bijayananda Sahu, Jr. Engineer, Tileibani Block, Dist-Deogarh has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.8000/- from a Complainant (Contractor) for facilitating release of the final bill of the work executed by him. The entire bribe amount of Rs.8000/- has been recovered from the accused Sri Sahu…
New Delhi, 20/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said on Thursday he would launch a drive this weekend to give government jobs to 10 lakh people, starting with 75,000 immediate appointments, as he tries to tackle criticism of widespread unemployment. Joblessness in the country of 140 crore people has stayed around 7 per…
New Delhi,20/10: Sports minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said the home ministry will take a call on Indian cricket team’s travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year since the players’ security is an important matter. Thakur though is expecting that Pakistan team will come to India to compete in the 50-over…
New Delhi, 20/10: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has nabbed gangster Deepak Tinu, who is an accused in singer Sidhu Moosewala’s murder and escaped from Punjab police custody on October 1, from Rajasthan’s Alwar, officials said. Special Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) HGS Dhaliwal said Tinu kept changing his hideout after fleeing from…
