Bhubaneswar, 18/2: In a big development, Biju Janata Dal delegation met State Election Commission again today with further details of how BJP leaders and workers are indulging in electoral violence in Odisha and more so with specific reference in Kendrapada; and seeking adequate security for citizens, voters and BJD candidates and their supporters.
Mumbai, 18/2: A public offering of shares by India’s state-run Life Insurance Corp (LIC), set to be the country’s biggest ever at $8 billion (~Rs 60,000 crore), is expected to open for anchor investors on March 11, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The book will open for bidding…
Bhubaneswar, 18/2: In a major development, Biju Janata Dal delegation met the State Election Commission today providing details of electoral violence by BJP leaders and workers in Jagatsinghpur this morning just as the 2nd phase polling for Panchayat elections started. The delegation demanded strong and immediate action by SEC as well as increased security for…
Bhubaneswar, 18/2: As the number of Coronavirus cases decreased rapidly in Odisha, the government of Odisha has announced further relaxation in Coronavirus guidelines. As per the latest notification, the government has announced to lift night curfew restrictions from all urban areas in the State
Ahmedabad, 18/2: In a big development, a special court in Gujarat on Friday sentenced 38 of 49 convicts to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case. Eleven were given life imprisonment until death. #Gujarat: A special designated court sentences 38 convicts to death in 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts, 11 others to undergo…
Manipur, 18/2: If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the Manipur Assembly elections, then the current Chief Minister N Biren Singh can be the head of the government. Although the party has not announced it formally, the party’s national president Jagat Prakash Nadda (JP Nadda) has indicated that Singh will lead the legislature party in…
Bangalore, 18/2: As the row over the hijab ban intensified, the state government has silently set out to collect data of students belonging to the minority community from both private and government educational institutions, especially those enrolled in classes 1 to 10. According to the data accessed from the Department of Public Instruction…
Kolkata, 17/2: TMC leader was stabbed to death at a market in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Thursday morning, following which locals caught one of the assailants and lynched him on the spot, police said. Noorsalam Baig, 45, was stabbed to death by three persons in the Sarisha Haat area, around 30 km…
Kolkata, 17/2: Team India is leading 1-0 in the three-match T20 series. The second match of the series is to be held tomorrow i.e. on February 18. In this match too, it is difficult for senior Iyer i.e. Shreyas Iyer to get a chance. Recently, the IPL team KKR has made him its captain. Captain…
Bangalore, 17/2: In further hardening of the stand, the Karnataka government on Thursday issued a circular which says that wearing of hijab is not permitted in minority institutions run under the state government. Secretary for Minority Welfare, Haj and Wakf Department Major P Manivannan stated that, the interim order of the full bench…
