Bhubaneswar , 29/8:On the occasion of National Sports Day today, Odia athlete, weightlifter Jhili Dalabehera and shooter Shriyanka Sadangi were conferred with the prestigious Biju Patnaik Sports Award for Outstanding performance in Sports and Games by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at an award ceremony held at Convention Centre in Loka Seva Bhawan Bhubaneswar. …
Mumbai, 29/8: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday laid bare the succession plan at India’s most valuable company, identifying twins children Akash and Isha for telecom and retail leadership, and youngest son Anant for new energy unit. He, however, insisted he isn’t retiring yet and will “continue to provide hands-on leadership as before”. …
Kolkata, 29/8: Veteran actor of the Bengali silver screen, Pradip Mukherjee, who became legendary after his iconic role of Somnath in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Jana Aranya’, died in a hospital here on Monday. He was 76. He also received critics’ accolades for his role of Dr Maiti in the Vidya Balan and Arjun Rampal starrer…
New Delhi, 29/8: Days after his exit from the grand old party, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday tore into the Congress and said that he was forced to leave his ‘home’. “I have been forced to leave my home,” Azad told reporters in Delhi. He added that Modi is…
New Delhi, 29/8: The rupee depreciated 31 paise to an all-time low of 80.15 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking the strength of the American currency and firm crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 80.10 against the dollar, then lost ground to quote…
Dumka, 29/8: Prohibitory order has been imposed in Jharkhand’s Dumka sub-division on Sunday following protests by some right-wing outfits after the death of a woman, who was allegedly set on fire by a person, an official said. Viswa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists staged a demonstration at Dudhani Chowk in Dumka town and…
New Delhi, 28/8: Rahul Gandhi remains the “number one” and the “only” choice of the Congress rank and file to take over as the party chief, senior leader Salman Khurshid said on Sunday after the schedule for the election of the AICC president was announced. Khurshid also said efforts will be made to persuade…
New Delhi, 28/8: Akasa Air, which started operations less than a month ago, has suffered data breach resulting in certain customer information being accessed by unauthorised individuals. The airline on Sunday apologised for the data breach and said the incident has been “self-reported” to the nodal agency, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team…
Jaipur, 28/8: As the Congress is facing a most turbulent time with veteran leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Jaiveer Shergill among others going on a resignation spree, all eyes are on an old warhorse and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to see if he will lead the Congress from the front as AICC president. If…
New Delhi, 28/8: The election to pick the president for the Congress party will be held on October 17 and counting of votes will take place on October 19. Filing of nominations to begin on Septemer 24, last day will be September 30.
