New Delhi, 4/4: After the upcoming biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha, the number of Congress MPs in the Rajya Sabha will be greatly reduced. The biggest concern for the party is the shrinking of its geographical base. The Congress will not have representation in the Rajya Sabha from 17 states and union territories. At…
New Delhi,2/5: The Supreme Court on Saturday declined to entertain a plea by West Bengal’s ruling party, All India Trinamool Congress against the Election Commission’s circular to appoint central government staff as supervisor and assistant during the counting of votes of Assembly polls scheduled on May 4, 2026. The apex court disposed of the plea,…
Kolkata (West Bengal), July 4: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that she will also assume the role of the party’s state unit president and inducted Madan Mitra and Kunal Ghosh into the state committee as General Secretaries.”As the AITC Chairperson, I announce that from today,…
New Delhi, 27/3: The BJP on Monday accused the Gandhi family of considering itself a “class apart, elite and above the Constitution” as it kept up the counterattack on the Congress amid the opposition party’s nationwide protests against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. The ruling party fielded Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat…
New Delhi, 10/3: The central government appears to be scrambling to fill the vacancies in the Election Commission following the surprise resignation of Arun Goel by tentatively fixing a meeting of PM Narendra Modi-led selection panel by March 15. The Opposition raised questions about the resignation asking whether it has to do anything with differences…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has emerged as a key beneficiary of the Centre’s Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) initiative, with 12 cargo terminals already operational and in-principle approval granted for 36 more locations across the state to strengthen rail-based freight movement.Union Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw shared the…
New Delhi, 20/10: The rupee depreciated 6 paise to a record low of 83.06 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday due to a stronger greenback overseas and unrelenting foreign fund outflows. Besides, a sell-off in domestic equities and risk-averse sentiments weighed on the local unit, forex traders said. At…
New Delhi: Sharing what he described as a “living example” of women’s empowerment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said women account for 46 per cent of the beneficiaries of the PM SVANidhi Yojana, reflecting how women are using the initiative to expand their small businesses and improve their families’ financial prospects.Speaking during the 137th…
Rayagada, The Rayagada Forest Division, under the leadership of the Odisha Forest Department, celebrated the 52nd World Environment Day on June 5, 2025. The event was held at the Forest Range Office in Rayagada and was attended by dignitaries, forest officials, local villagers, and students from Gumma School. The chief guest, Shri Satya Narayan Shadangi,…
Geneva, 27/12 (AO Bureau): Making a bold statement, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the COVID 19 Pandemic won’t be the last pandemic, and improving human healthcare is impossible without taking care of climate change and animal welfare. Tedros said, “For too long, the world has operated on a cycle of panic…
