Teacher recruitment scam: ED arrests Partha Chatterjee

Kolkata,23/7:Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee after overnight interrogation in connection with the teacher recruitment scam case.The agency sleuths started the interrogation at the residence of the minister at 8 am on Friday.   ED officials have recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from one of the properties of…

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Supreme Court stays High Court order on criminal proceedings against B S Yediyurappa

New Delhi, 22/7: The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Karnataka High Court against former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa that had refused to quash the criminal proceedings pending against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act on charges of de-notifying several acres of land in 2006-07. A bench of Chief Justice…

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358 Allopathic, 116 Homoeopathic Medical Officers, 36 Homoeopathic Lecturers Join State Healthcare System

Bhubaneswar, 22/7: As many as 358 Allopathic Medical Officers, 116 Homoeopathic Medical Officers and 36 Homoeopathic Lecturers today joined the State Government in the Health & Family Welfare Department. An orientation programme was organised for the new recruits at convention centre in the Lok Seva Bhawan.   Congratulating the new recruits on virtual platform, Chief…

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Ajay Devgn, Sooriya win Best Actor as non-Bollywood movies dominate 68th National Film Awards

New Delhi, 22/7: Non-Bollywood movies on Friday dominated the National Film Awards for 2020 with Tamil film ‘Soorarai Pottru’ which tells the life story of aviation icon Captain Gopinath adjudged the best film, its lead artists Sooriya and Aparna Balamurali were chosen as best actor and best actress. While Tamil and Malayalam movies bagged all…

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Akasa Air’s first commercial flight to take off on August 7, bookings open

New Delhi, 22/7: New airline Akasa Air on Friday said it will launch commercial flight operations on August 7 by operating its first service on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route using Boeing 737 Max aircraft. In a statement, the carrier said it has opened ticket sales on 28 weekly flights it will be operating on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route from…

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