Kolkata, 3/8: Nine MLAs, including Babul Supriyo, took oath as ministers in West Bengal on Wednesday, in a major reshuffle of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet. Supriyo, along with Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmik, Udayan Guha and Pradip Majumdar were sworn in as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhavan by Governor La Ganesan. Birbaha Hansda, a…
Beijing, 3/8:China on Wednesday suspended exports of natural sand to Taiwan and halted imports of fruit and fish products from the self-governed island as US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in a trip condemned by Beijing. In a warning salvo ahead of Pelosi’s visit, Chinese customs had suspended imports from…
Taiwan, 3/8:Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen struck a defiant tone Wednesday as she hosted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a furious China gearing up for major military exercises around the island in retaliation for the visit. Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday despite a series of increasingly stark warnings and threats from Beijing,…
New Delhi, 3/8:Congress will up the ante against the misuse of central agencies inside and outside Parliament on Wednesday after searches in ‘National Herald’. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge decided to skip Siddaramaiah’s birthday bash in Karnataka and stay in the capital to visit Herald House and stand in…
New Delhi, 3/8: India has refrained from officially commenting on the drone strike carried out by the United States in Kabul on Sunday, killing Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri and exposing the continuing link between the terrorist organization and the Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan a year ago. Though the US…
Brimingham, 2/8: Harmeet Desai raised his game in the decisive singles as the Indian men’s table tennis team retained its Commonwealth Games gold medal after a close fight against Singapore here on Tuesday. World no. 121 Harmeet outsmarted 133rd-ranked Zhe Yu Clarence Chew 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 in the third singles to ensure India’s…
Brimingham, 2/8: The India lawn bowls team bagged a historic gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, a day after getting the country hooked to the rarely-followed game with their inspiring show. The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (slip) beat South Africa…
Bhubaneswar, : KIIT Polytechnic has been ranked as the best polytechnic in Odisha among all the state and private-run polytechnics by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), a constituent Board of Quality Council of India (QCI). The results were declared today. This is the first time that the rankings of the polytechnics in…
Bhubaneswar, 2/8:As many as 106 Junior Engineers (Mechanical) joined today the Water Resources Department. All of them have been recruited through State staff Selection Commission. Welcoming the new engineers on virtual platform, the chief Minister asked to get themselves acquainted with new technologies. He said, “Being technocrats, I expect all of you to be in…
New Delhi, 2/8: The schedule for Asia Cup 2022 has been announced. While the tournament will begin on August 27, the finals will be held on September 11. Also, India will face Pakistan on August 28
