Bengaluru, 7/7: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday sought to dismiss any suggestion of a possible shift to national politics, speculation about which has been rife following his appointment to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) OBC Advisory Council. Siddaramaiah, who offered tribute to former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on the occasion of his…
Chennai, 12/10: Passengers of the Darbhanga Bagmati express that met with an accident at Kavaraipettai near here late last night have left for Dharbanga by a special train on Saturday, the southern railway said. The Train No.12578 Mysuru – Darbhanga Bagmati Express collided with a stationary goods train at around 8:30 pm on October 11…
Bhubaneswar, 9/4 (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is kept on increasing day by day in Odisha. 1374 case more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The Coronavirus cases tally reached 3,48,182. The active cases in the State stood at 7,003.08. Sundargarh district recorded the highest spike of…
Kabul, 22/6:Afghanistan’s state-run news agency is reporting that at least 155 people have been killed in an earthquake in the country’s eastern Paktika province. Information remained scarce otherwise on the magnitude 6 earthquake that struck. The Bakhtar news agency separately reported rescuers were arriving by helicopter.
New Delhi: It is another milestone for the Nehru-Gandhi family as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took the oath of affirmation as a member in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Wearing an off-white saree with a golden border and holding the Constitution booklet, which has become a familiar sight in this Parliament session after Rahul Gandhi and other…
New Delhi, 1/11: India coach Rahul Dravid said Tuesday they are shutting out criticism of KL Rahul and backed the opening batsman to come good at the Twenty20 World Cup. India’s vice-captain has failed to get into double figures in three matches as the tournament in Australia moves towards the business end. …
Sao Paulo, 2/1: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil’s president, in a ceremony snubbed by outgoing leader Jair Bolsonaro, underlining the deep divisions the veteran leftist inherits. The 77-year-old ex-metalworker, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, vowing to…
Chennai, 14/3: Ahead of the upcoming assembly election, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MLA Dr. P Saravanan has joined BJP in Chennai on Sunday. Saravanan who is Thiruparankundram MLA was dropped from the candidates’ list by DMK after the constituency was allotted to its ally Communist Party of India (Marxist). Saravanan had won the Thiruparankundram constituency…
Mumbai, 21/7: As he launched BJP’s preparations for the forthcoming Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah described Sharad Pawar as “corruption ka sargana” and Uddhav Thackeray as “leader of Aurangzeb fan club”. Coming down heavily on Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Shah said that his arrogance would…
Kolkata, 15/6: BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who was admitted to a private hospital in the metropolis after he complained of uneasiness, remains “critically ill but stable”, doctors said on Sunday. Gangopadhyay (63), a former judge of the Calcutta High Court, was admitted to the hospital on Saturday with complaints of vomiting and abdominal pain, they…
