Kolkata, 15/2: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday described as “very unfortunate” the Income Tax department’s survey on BBC India’s offices and alleged that it is political vendetta of the BJP-led central government.The Income Tax department’s action came weeks after the broadcaster aired a two-part documentary, India: The Modi Question, on the prime…
Jaipur: A devastating fire at a chemical manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, claimed the lives of seven workers on Monday morning, while two others were feared trapped inside the premises, officials said.Authorities confirmed that approximately 25 workers were present at the time of the incident. The fire broke out at around 9.30 a.m. at plot number…
New Delhi, 13/8: The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled bail to Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at the Chhatrasal Stadium in the national capital. A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside the March 4 order of the Delhi High…
Bengaluru, 25/12: Karnataka has reported three Covid deaths and 34 cases attributed to JN.1, a new subvariant of the novel coronavirus, the health department announced on Monday. These are the first confirmed cases and deaths caused by the new virus strain that’s spreading fast and has been described by the World Health Organization (WHO) as…
Kashmir, 28/10: An army vehicle was fired upon on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Battal area in Akhnoor, ANI reported, citing army officials. No injury or casualty has been reported yet, and a search operation has been launched, officials told the agency. This comes after attacks on civilians there, which left at least six dead,…
New Delhi, 21/9: BJP president J P Nadda on Thursday came down heavily on the Congress for demanding an OBC quota within the reservation for women lawmakers, saying it was the BJP-led NDA that gave the country its first prime minister from the Other Backward Classes Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on the 128th Constitution…
Turkey, 14/4: The Turkish State Mint has reduced the size of the coins of lira, the Turkish currency, to deal with the rising minting costs, local media reported. The one-lira and half-lira coins are now half millimetre thinner and have a different composition of copper, zinc and nickel, the NTV reported on Thursday….
Ahmedabad, 23/3: A Court in Gujarat’s Surat District today convicted Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case for his remarks “why all thieves share the Modi surname” made during a political campaign in Karol in April 2019. The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma sentenced him to two years in…
Kichi, 18/5 (Ao Bureau):The state Health Minister KK Shailaja played an important role in dealing with coronavirus early in Kerala (Kerala). She is still working on similar strategies. He was also praised for this, but now he will not be given a ministerial berth in the new cabinet of the state to be formed after…
Puri: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended the ‘Kumar Utsav’ programme at Alarpur near Pipili last evening. The programme was organised by ‘Hara Durga Youth Club’. The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of the Hara Durga Youth Club to preserve the art, culture and tradition of the region through the Kumar Utsav.The Chief Minister visited…
