New Delhi, 5/4: Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war, petrol prices in India have gone up by merely 5 per cent as against over 50 per cent in some of the developed countries. Intervening in the short duration discussion…
Mumbai, 5/4: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday attached properties of journalist-politician Sanjay Raut, the Man Friday of Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray hours after the Maha Vikas Aghadi government formed a SIT to probe the allegations of corruption against the central agency. “…asatyamev jayate…,” Raut tweeted after the provisional…
Bhubaneswar, 5/4: Crime Branch has taken four accused persons Sarmista Rout, JhunaBhoi on three days police remand in the second phase in connection with Manas Swain murder case. During interrogation the accusedJhunaBhoi is cooperating with the investigation. On 4.4.2022 CB team visited the house of Manas in Ranapur. The family members (wife and brother) identified…
Islamabad, 5/4:Pakistan’s election commission has expressed its inability to hold general elections within three months due to legal, constitutional and logistical challenges, according to a media report on Tuesday. Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan stunned the Opposition on Sunday by recommending snap elections within three months, minutes after a no-confidence motion against…
Colombo, 5/4: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ruling party, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) on Tuesday lost its majority in Parliament as 42 MPs announced they would sit independently. Among the 42 MPs, 14 are from Sri Lanka Freedom Party, 10 belong to constituent parties of the government, and 12 are SLPP MPs, among others,…
Washington DC, 5/4: The United States and Britain announced plans Monday to seek Russia’s suspension from the UN Human Rights Council following allegations that Russian troops systematically executed civilians in Bucha, Ukraine. “The images out of Bucha and devastation across Ukraine require us to now match our words with action,” US ambassador to…
Korea,5/4: Kim Jong Un’s influential sister threatened South Korea with a nuclear strike if it tried to attack, in what appeared like an effort to justify future provocations to challenge the hawkish new president soon taking power in Seoul. Kim Yo Jong said that if South Korea “opts for military confrontation with us, our…
Colombo, 5/4: Amid the ongoing political upheavel in Sri Lanka triggered by the massive economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that he will not resign, but is ready to hand over the government to whichever party holds 113 seats in Parliament. On Monday, Rajapaksa held back-to-back political meetings amidst public protests throughout…
Angul, 4/4: Today i.e on 4.4.2022 at 7.15 PM, Sri Padmalochan Sahoo, Secretary, Sanahulla Co-operative society,Athamallik,Dist-Angul has been apprehended by Odisha Viglance while demanding and accepting bribe Rs.40,000/- from a Complaint(paddy farmer)in order to initiate Token for purchase of paddy. The entire bribe money has been recovered from Sri Sahoo and seized. Following trap,…
Islamabad, 4/4: Pakistan’s former chief justice Gulzar Ahmed was on Monday nominated for the office of the caretaker prime minister by incumbent Imran Khan, amid ongoing political crisis in the country. Former information minister and senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party Fawad Chaudhry said that the premier made the decision after approval…
