Bhubaneswar,24/6: A day after claiming that a “powerful national party” was supporting his group of MLAs in the ongoing political drama in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde on Friday said no national party is in contact with them. Asked if BJP was backing his group, Shinde told a TV channel, “When I said a…
Bhubaneswar, : The President of the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) Dr Achyuta Samanta on Thursday met top officials of the international volleyball federation in Manila, Philippines and discussed measures to popularise the game in India in a big way. Dr Samanta represented India as the president of the VFI for the first time at…
New Delhi, 24/6: NDA Presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu on Friday called up some key opposition leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and sought their support for her candidature. Sources said she called them up personally and spoke to them before filing her nomination…
New Delhi, 24/6: Former Drinking Water and Sanitation Secretary Parameswaran Iyer was on Friday appointed the new CEO of Niti Aayog, according to a government order. He had resigned from the post in July last year. Iyer, a 1981-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and a well-known sanitation specialist, has been…
Rome/Bhubaneshwar: Odisha’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took the stage at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome to share the transformational progress by the state on strengthening livelihoods and food security with a specific focus on marginalized communities and women. The Chief Minister is currently in Rome at the invitation of…
Bhubaneswar, 24/6:In a shocking piece of news, noted Odia film and Jatra actor Raimohan Parida committed suicide today, reports said. As per reports, body of the actor was recovered from his house at Prachi Vihar in Palasuni area of Bhubaneswar on Friday morning. While reports say the actor committed suicide, the reason behind his…
Mumbai, 24/6:With the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking cancellation of membership of several rebel MLAs, minister Eknath Shinde, who has spearheaded the revolt against the party, has claimed that the group led by him is the “real Shiv Sena”, and also hit back saying he and his supporters will…
New Delhi, 24/6:The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the decision to a give clean chit to Narendra Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots. “We uphold the Magistrate court’s order. We find the appeal as devoid of merit,” the Supreme Court said. The Supreme Court delivered its verdict on a plea by Zakia Jafri…
New Delhi, 23/6:The government has ordered an investigation into a fire incident involving a Tata Motors electric vehicle, an official said on Thursday, after the automaker described it as an “isolated thermal incident”. A video on social media, which has gone viral, showed one of the company’s electric cars engulfed in flames. The…
Mumbai, 23/6: Amid a rebellion by Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, party MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday said the Sena is ready to quit the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra if the group of rebel legislators camping in Assam returns to Mumbai in 24 hours and discusses the issue with Chief Minister Uddhav…
