New Delhi, 21/5: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to intervene for now with the Madras High Court’s decision to consider a habeas corpus plea questioning arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji in connection with a money laundering case in an alleged cash-for-job scam. The top court said the High Courts are robus…
Chandigarh, 21/6: The NIA on Wednesday said it has arrested a key associate of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi for his alleged involvement in harbouring members of a terror syndicate involved in an RPG attack on the Punjab Police intelligence headquarters last year. Accused Vikas Singh, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, had provided shelter to…
Kolkata, 21/6: A 21-year-old woman was grievously injured after her ex- boyfriend allegedly stabbed her multiple times in the city’s Survey Park area, police said on Wednesday.The man has been arrested, and the woman is fighting for life at a hospital, they said. The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon when the accused reportedly…
Mumbai, 21/6: In a statement that has triggered a political issue in Maharashtra, senior Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar claimed that Eknath Shinde would have shot himself and ended his life if the “uprising” botched up, a year ago. Soon after the statement, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT)’s chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut has sought…
Chilika, 21/6: On the occasion of International Day of Yoga 2023, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India, Bhubaneswar office organised mass yoga demonstration today at Odi Art Centre, Barkul, Chilika. The theme for this year’s Yoga Day celebration is “Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.” Prasanta Kumar Sahoo, Patanjali Yoga Guru demonstrated Common Yoga Protocol. 200…
Washington DC, 21/6: The Ukraine issue will come up in the discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, a White House official said. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, however, said to what “degree specifically they will talk about a peace summit or a peace proposal, I cannot…
New Delhi, 21/6: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has sought to assuage fears about the ‘deletion’ of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from the NCERT textbooks and said “nothing of this sort has happened.” Pradhan was speaking at an event at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Maharashtra’s Pune city on Tuesday.
Tibet, 20/6: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to President Droupadi Murmu to wish her on her 65th birthday. Murmu was born on this day in 1958 in Uparbeda village in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj. In his message to Murmu posted on his website, the Tibetan Leader praised India and thanked the government…
Bhubaneswar, 20/6: In a major development, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday participated in the world famous Ratha Yatra in the pilgrim city of Puri along with lakhs of devotees from across the country and outside. The CM had darshan of the holy Trinity on the chariots and prayed for the well-being of…
Bangalore, 20/6: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be in New Delhi on Wednesday to meet President Droupadi Murmu and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, among others in what he termed as a courtesy call. According to the Chief Minister’s tour programme, he will be leaving for Delhi on Wednesday morning, where he is likely to…
