Mumbai, 31/7: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s close aide and Shiv Sena MLA and spokesperson Sanjay Shirsat is facing flak for his comment that Priyanka Chaturvedi was made a Rajya Sabha member “because of her beauty”. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has slammed Shirsat for his ‘misogynistic’ comments. Shirsat, however, had quoted former…
Chillika, 31/7: A tragic incident has taken place in Balugaon police station area of Khordha district. It has been reported that a father and son fishermen have lost their lives due to lightning. According to the information, late last night Balugaon NAC,Shanti Nagar resident Bidhan Vishwas (60) and his son Uttam Vishwas (32) went…
Cuttack, 31/7: In a big development, Odisha Civil services examination results has been declared.Sudev Kumar Prusty achieved the first rank. Suchismita Panigrahy bags second position in Odisha Civil Services (OCS) exam 2021. Pranab Ranjan Sahu secures third position in the examination. A total 432 candidates clears the examination.
New Delhi,31/7: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi government was “indifferent” to the pain and anguish of the people of violence-hit Manipur. The Congress chief said MPs of Opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A who visited Manipur to assess the situation in the strife-torn state, heard heart-wrenching stories of pain from…
New Delhi, 31/7: Aviation regulator DGCA has renewed the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of Jet Airways, winning bidder Jalan-Kalrock Consortium said. Jet Airways had stopped flying on April 17, 2019, due to a financial crunch.
Kandhamal, 31/7: A 35-year-old man, accused of raping a girl, was beaten to death allegedly by the victim’s family in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, police said. The incident happened in Raikia police station area, about 75 kilometres from Phulbani, the district headquarters.
Africa, 30/7: West Africa’s regional bloc ECOWAS on Sunday gave Niger coup leaders one week to reinstate ousted President Mohammed Bazoum or face sanctions and the possible use of force. The regional leaders meeting in Nigeria’s capital Abuja said punitive measures against Niger’s new military leaders could include financial and travel sanctions and a…
J&K, 30/7: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said it has nabbed from Samba district a key accused in an attack on a police party in April, making it the eighth arrest in the case. Farman Ali alias “DC”, a resident of Rakh Barotian, was allegedly involved in the April 6 attack…
Islamabad, 30/7: At least 35 people were killed and over 150 others injured on Sunday when a suicide bomber triggered a powerful blast at a hardline Islamic political party’s meeting in a restive tribal district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place at 4 pm at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers’…
New Delhi, 30/7: India’s semiconductor mission is not just about meeting domestic requirements but also aimed at contributing to global demand for trusted manufacturing, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday. In an address at a conference, he told top executives of leading global semiconductor firms that their decisions and relationships have…
