The 23rd CPI(M) party congress has reelected Sitaram Yechury as the party general secretary for the third term. A leader from the Dalit community was also included in the CPI(M) politburo for the first time. Ram Chandra Dome from West Bengal is among the three new faces in the politburo. Former MP…
Mumbai, 10/2Ace filmmaker S S Rajamouli’s latest magnum opus RRR, which hit the screens on March 25, has crossed the Rs 1000 crore-mark at the worldwide box office. This is the second ‘Jakkanna’ movie to achieve this feat as his last release Baahubali 2 had raked in Rs 1,810 crore during its run. RRR opened…
Mumbai, 10/4: The ruling Shiv Sena has become “pseudo-secular” as a worker from that party has printed a calendar in Urdu in which founder Bal Thackeray is addressed as “janab”, Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday. He was talking to reporters while campaigning for Kolhapur North Assembly bypoll scheduled for April…
Bengaluru, 10/4: The CBI on Sunday described reports that the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is in India to gather information on the Bitcoin scam in Karnataka as “speculative” and “without any basis”. The agency said the FBI has not sent any team to India to conduct a probe. The FBI has…
Bangalore, 10/4: The Kali Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Uttara Kannada district is all set to house the state’s first Wildlife Research and Training Centre. The centre, which is expected to start functioning from May end, will come in handy in two ways. First, it will help Forest Department officials to make decisions…
Canberra, 10/4: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison called federal elections for May 21 on Sunday, launching a come-from-behind battle to stay in power after three years rocked by floods, bushfires and the Covid-19 pandemic. Morrison’s conservative government is struggling to woo Australia’s 17 million voters, lagging behind the opposition Labor party in a…
Islamabad, 10/4: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a crucial trust vote in the National Assembly past midnight on Saturday, becoming the first premier in the country’s history to be removed through a no-confidence motion. Khan, 69, was not present in the lower house at the time of voting. His party lawmakers staged…
Bhubaneswar, 9/4: In the wake of the launch of an improved housing (plotting) project called ‘Basudeb Bihar’ at Jagannath Prasad Mouza in Bhubaneswar by the Odisha State Housing Board, its information booklet was inaugurated on Saturday at the ‘Housing Building’ headquarters of the organization by the President, Mr. Priyadarshi Mishra. The project aims to…
New Delhi, 9/4:Bharat Biotech has announced a price revision of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin from Rs 1,200 to Rs 225 per dose for supply in private hospitals. Serum Institute of India that manufactures Covishield also made a similar announcement, slashing its vaccine’s single dose price from Rs 600 to Rs 225. The…
Islamabad, 9/3: The much-awaited voting on the no-confidence motion against embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is expected to take place after Iftar, the meal eaten after sunset during Ramzan to break the day’s fast, a lawmaker from the Opposition PML-N party said in Parliament on Saturday. A crucial session of the National…
