Gujarat, 25/4:Gujarat MLA, Jignesh Mevani was re-arrested in a case in western Assam’s Barpeta district on Monday afternoon, hours after he was granted bail by a court in Kokrajhar. Mevani was arrested from Gujarat’s Palanpur on Thursday by a team of Assam police following an FIR lodged by a BJP leader in Kokrajhar…
New Delhi, 25/4: A US commission said Monday that religious freedom has deteriorated “significantly” in India under the Modi government as it again recommended targeted sanctions over abuses. It was the third straight year that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom asked that India be placed on a list of “countries of…
Bhubaneswar, 25/4: All schools in the state will be closed from tomorrow. The Department of Public Instruction has ordered the closure of all public and private schools. All schools in the state have been closed for five days from tomorrow until the 30th. The state government has made the announcement in the wake of the…
Mumbai, 25/4: The Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the writ petition filed by independent MP Navneet and her MLA husband Ravi Rana, arrested in connection with the Hanuman Chalisa controversy, seeking quashing of an FIR registered against them. The couple had approached the HC this morning seeking that the FIR registered against…
Bhubaneswar, 25/4: Take the lead and work hard to make your city better. Stay with people and work hard to solve their problems. Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik made the remarks while inaugurating a workshop on Municipal Governance and Development Methods for newly elected mayors and mayors at the Lok Sabha Bhavan today. Informing…
Kokrajhar, 25/4:Independent MLA from Gujarat Jignesh Mevani was granted bail on Monday by a Kokrajhar Court in a case related to a tweet by him against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kokrajhar First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Kakoty granted him bail with several conditions, details of which are awaited. Mevani was taken back…
Bhubaneswar, 25/4: Chief Secretary Sri Suresh Chandra Mahapatra reviewed power supply situation in the state today in a high level meeting organised on digital mode from State Lokseba Bhawan wherein the Principal Secretary Energy Sri Nikunjabihari Dhal outline d the issues for discussion. Gridco, OPTCL, OHPC, OPGC along with other power producing companies and DISCOMs…
New Delhi, 24/4:The Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi held a consultation meeting with senior leaders on the role of political strategist Prashant Kishor in the party. The group, which was constituted to discuss the issue, submitted its report last week. Congress wants Kishor to end his previous commitments made to other parties…
Bengaluru, 25/4:After wearing of hijab in classrooms stoked a controversy in Karnataka, a school’s directive asking for an undertaking from parents to allow students to carry Bible to its premises has now triggred a fresh row. Bengaluru’s Clarence High School sought a declaration from parents that they do not object to their wards…
Washington DC, 24/4:Twitter Inc is coming under increasing pressure from its shareholders to negotiate with Elon Musk even though the world’s richest person has called his $43 billion bid for the social media platform his best and final offer, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. While the views of Twitter shareholders…
