New Delhi, 19/8: A liquor trader paid Rs 1 crore to a company managed by an associate of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the CBI has claimed in its FIR on alleged corruption in the framing and implementation of the excise policy 2021-22. The agency, which carried out raids at Sisodia’s official residence…
Bhubaneswar, 19/8: As many as 550 Laboratory Technicians today joined the state Government in the health department. An induction programme was organised at Convention Centre in Loka Seva Bhawan connected with other places through online platform. Joining the programme on virtual platform, Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik advised them to treat the patients with…
Patna, 19/8: Amid a buzz that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may emerge as the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate, his party Janata Dal (United) said on Friday if other parties want so, then this is an option. JD(U) president Lalan Singh said Kumar’s main focus is on uniting opposition parties to take on…
New Delhi, 19/8: The billionaire founder of Paytm faces a crucial test of investor confidence Friday, when shareholders will decide whether they want him at the helm of a fintech pioneer that made one of the worst debuts in Indian history. Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s role as the chief executive officer is among the items…
Kanchanpur, 19/8: A BSF jawan was killed in a fierce gunbattle with suspected NLFT militants at the India-Bangladesh border in North Tripura’s Kanchanpur sub-division on Friday. The jawan, identified as Grijesh Kumar of BSF’s 145 Battalion, sustained four bullet wounds during the gunfight. A BSF team was on area domination operation at Sima-II…
New Delhi, 19/8: The CBI’s action against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia soon after he got global praise for his initiatives in education was not unexpected and is seen as the ruling BJP’s attempt to foreclose AAP’s political bid in the untested waters of Gujarat in the immediate future and whatever national ambitions it…
Washington DC, 19/8: Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his lead team sought documents from advertising technology firms working for the micro-blogging platform. His legal team subpoenaed two ad tech firms — Integral…
New Delhi, 19/8: India on Thursday tacitly hit out at China for criticizing the Quad, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stating that opposition to the four-nation coalition was possibly a ‘unilateralist’ approach rooted in the desire to control the choices of other nations. With the more-than-two-year-long stand-off between the Indian Army and the…
New Delhi, 19/8: The CBI is conducting raids at the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in an excise policy case. “The CBI is at my house,” Sisodia tweeted. The deputy chief minister said that he will fully cooperate with the CBI in the investigation so that the “truth…
New Delhi, 18/8: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was in the state capital on Thursday, said he did not see any reason to worry if a few leaders quit the party and join the BJP. Addressing the mediapersons, he said, “It is a blessing in disguise if a few leaders quit the…
