CBI Court, Bengaluru, on 25.07.2025, has convicted and sentenced Lalit Bazad, then Enforcement Officer of Enforcement Directorate, working in Bengaluru Directorate (on deputation from Central Goods & Services Tax & Central Excise, Chennai) to three years Imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5.5 lakh for having demanded and accepted Rs. 5 lakhs as illegal gratification…
MP, 14/12:Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Wednesday took objection to actor Deepika Padukone’s costume in a song of Bollywood film Pathaan and said if certain scenes are not “corrected”, the government will consider what to do about its screening. Mishra, the spokesperson of the state government, also said Padukone has been…
Wellington, 31/12 (AO Bureau): New Zealand star batsman Kane Williamson has become the No.1 batsman in Tests. The 30-year-old has surpassed Steve Smith and Virat Kohli to top the latest ICC Test Rankings of batsmen. Williamson briefly occupied the top spot at the end of 2015, but Smith or Kohli remained at number one since…
Chandigarh, 21/6(Ao Bureau):Delhi CM and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal has said on Monday that the Sikh face will be the chief minister in Punjab elections. He was addressing journalists on Monday after officially joining the party to the former IG Punjab Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh, who was sacked in the sacrilege case in…
New Delhi, 9/9: In a clampdown on illegal digital loan apps that offer loans, especially to vulnerable people at exorbitantly high-interest rates, the government Friday asked the Reserve Bank of India to prepare a list of all legal lending Apps and ensured only such apps would indulge in the lending business in future. The…
Angul: The driver of a cold drinks laden truck died after the vehicle met with an accident in Angul district of Odisha yesterday night. The accident took place on the National Highway No. 149 under Khamar police station of the district. The deceased has been identified as Sumant Sahu from Telasalmia area under Boinda police station…
New Delhi, 2/6: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday dared the Opposition to share evidence of allegations that returning officers and district magistrates were influenced to vitiate the poll process so the panel could take action against them. The Opposition should also tell the Commission about those trying to influence the poll process before…
Paris, 15/5: France on Monday promised Ukraine dozens more light tanks and armoured vehicles after President Emmanuel Macron met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris as Kyiv readies for a widely expected counter-offensive. Fresh off stops in Rome and then Germany, Zelensky dined with Macron at the Elysee Palace on Sunday night, where…
Bhubaneswar: The Board of Secondary Education, Odisha on Thursday announced that the results of the Annual High School Certificate (AHSC) Examination 2026 will be declared on May 2 at 4:00 PM.According to an official press release issued by the board, the AHSC results—considered the most significant school-level public examination in the state—will be released alongside the…
Ranchi, 25/2: The air ambulance that crashed in Jharkhand on Monday killing seven people had no cockpit voice or flight data recorders, DGCA said on Wednesday. It is mandatory for an aircraft to have cockpit voice and flight data recorders, popularly known as black box, but the ill-fated 40-year-old Beechcraft C90A aircraft was issued an…
