Mumbai, 26/11: In a strategic move to counter resentment among the Dhangar community over the issue of reservation, the BJP has nominated Gopichand Padalkar from Jat seat in the Sangli district of Maharashtra. The second list of 22 candidates was declared on Saturday, nearly a week after the first list of 99 candidates was released….
Bhopal, 3/3: Only those greedy for power, wealth and land have abandoned the Congress, the party’s senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh said on Sunday. His comments came a day after the name of his former colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia was announced in the BJP’s first list of Lok Sabha candidates. Scindia, who shifted…
New Delhi, 10/4: Tesla chief Elon Musk will visit India this month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is expected to make an announcement on plans to invest and open a new factory in the country, two sources with direct knowledge said. The billionaire will meet Modi in the week of April 22 in…
Hisar, 17/10:Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been arrested by Hisar Police in Haryana’s Hansi in a case registered on derogatory remarks against Scheduled Castes. A case is registered against Yuvraj in Hansi city police station. Yuvraj is accused of making derogatory remarks on Yuzvendra Chahal towards Scheduled Castes in a live chat with Rohit Sharma last…
Kolkata, 14/3: Come April 30, and the Trinamool Congress government will put up giant TV screens in all blocks across West Bengal and stream live the inauguration of a grandiose temple of Lord Jagannatha at Digha, a seaside town in the Purba Medinipur district. With the assembly elections in West Bengal just a little over…
New Delhi, 4/4 (AO bureau)The price of gold and silver began to increase after a couple of falls. This week, gold has gone up by 449 rupees to Rs 44,919. At the start of this week, gold was at Rs 44,468. However, silver has seen very little uptrend. Silver has risen by Rs. 54 to…
Srinagar, 4/12: Jammu and Kashmir is planning to create a pool of cyber security analysts under the recently launched Cyber Security Policy (CSP) to combat cyber terrorism and cyber attacks. The CSP also talks about setting up computer energy response team (CERT), a nodal agency which will ensure safer and stronger internet by…
Cuttack, 31/8: In a big development, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the name of Ravenshaw University in Odisha needs to be changed. Dharmendra Pradhan questioned the role of Ravenshaw (Thomas Edward Ravenshaw) after whom the university has been named.
Singhbhum, 26/3: A 62-year-old woman was killed and another elderly woman injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by the banned CPI (Maoist) near Chiriabeda Tola in West Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The deceased Gurubari Tamsoy, along with Chandukai Tomsoy, both residents of Chiriabeda Tola of Anjanbeda…
New Delhi, 4/6: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said the railway board has recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI into the horrific three-train collision in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday night in which more than 270 people died. Earlier on Sunday, the railways virtually ruled out driver error…
