London, 3/10: The new Liz Truss-led UK government on Monday made its first major U-turn on its central plank of tax cuts by withdrawing a policy to abolish the top rate for the wealthiest, following market turmoil and to avert an expected rebellion within the governing Conservative Party. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng declared that the announcement…
Bhubaneswar, 22/12: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today presided over the ground-breaking ceremony for Aditya Alumina Refinery (HINDALCO) and Apparel Unit to be setup by Utkal Alumina Social Welfare Foundation. While the Alumina Refinery is coming up at Kansariguda, the Apparel complex will be set in Phulujuba village, both in Rayagada district. …
Mumbai, 21/1 (AO Bureau): The Bombay High Court has refused to grant relief to actor Sonu Sood over the alleged illegal construction case in Mumbai. Hearing the petition of Sonu Sood, Justice Prithviraj Chavan said, “The ball is now in the court of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).” Only BMC will take a decision in this…
Manipur, ,19/7: Tension mounted in the hills of Manipur after a May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a few men from the other side, officials said here on Wednesday. The video was doing the rounds on the eve of a planned protest…
Russia, 6/3: President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine on Sunday that Russia’s military operation would only be halted if Kyiv stopped resisting and fulfilled all of the Kremlin’s demands. Putin told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan by telephone that Ukraine’s negotiators should take a more “constructive” approach at talks with Moscow to take into account…
Mumbai: A new Bollywood film Kartavya starring Saif Ali Khan is set to release on Netflix from May 15.The film is directed by Pulkit and produced by Gauri Khan under Red Chillies Entertainment. It features a strong supporting cast including Rasika Dugal, Sanjay Mishra, Zakir Hussain, Manish Chaudhari, along with Saurabh Dwivedi who makes his…
Bhubaneswar: Former MLA of Bhubaneswar, Bijaya Kumar Mohanty passed away today. He died of a cardiac arrest. He was unresponsive after a cardiac arrest.The doctors of Capital Hospital declared him brought dead on December 22. He was admitted in the hospital and was undergoing treatment for suffering a cardiac arrest. As per rules, a post mortem…
New Delhi, 17/2: India’s top officials said they will continue to cut import taxes as the government looks to work around US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on trading partners. Weeks after she unveiled sweeping cuts to duties on imports from textiles to motorcycles, India’s finance minister said that she will carry…
New Delhi, 16/11: In a major announcement, the Centre on Monday decided to give over Rs 95,000 crore to states this month as part of their tax devolution amount to help them kick-start reforms and expedite capital expenditure to help the country achieve sustained double-digit economic growth after the Covid pandemic. This is double…
New Delhi, 31/5: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 1 lakh crore programme to increase foodgrain storage capacity by 700 lakh tonne in the cooperative sector. Giving details, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said presently, the grain storage capacity in the country is about 1,450 lakh tonne. In the next…
