Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly and Biju Janata Dal President Naveen Patnaik Friday expressed concerns over the mysterious disappearance of a merchant navy cadet from the state in the Pacific Ocean and sought the intervention of the Directorate General of Shipping and the Ministry of External Affairs.Taking to his X account, the BJD…
New Delhi, 10/2: India is considering selling about 5 per cent of the shares it holds in Life Insurance Corp. of India as it prepares to file documents for the country’s biggest initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The government plans to offer 316 million shares of the 6.32 billion…
Srinagar, 12/3: Just hours after an assassination attempt on him, ruling National Conference president Farooq Abdullah is set to face a court hearing in Srinagar on Thursday where charges are likely to be framed against him in the multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association Scam. According to police and eyewitnesses, Abdullah narrowly escaped the assassination…
Chandigarh, 20/9: After the surprise announcement of the name of Charanjit Singh Channi, a Dalit leader, for the Chief Minister’s post in Punjab, the Congress looks at the larger aim of Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh which are also going to polls early next year. Rahul Gandhi, after the announcement of the new Chief Minister’s name,…
Bengaluru, ,8/10: Former Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao was bashed online after he expressed admiration towards lawyer Rakesh Kishore who hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gawai. Rao, a BJP leader, later said sorry when his admiration tweet went viral, earning the wrath of netizens. Even if it is legally & terribly…
New Delhi, 30/6: The death toll from this week’s sudden heavy rain has climbed to 11 in New Delhi, including four citizens who drowned in submerged underpasses, the Times of India reported, while flight operations stuttered. New Delhi, which endured one of its worst heatwaves in history earlier this month, faced the biggest downpour in…
Chandigarh, 30/5: Canada-based gangster Goldi Brar, a close aide of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, on Sunday took responsibility for the killing of singer-turned-actor-politician Sidhu Moosewala in Punjab. Many aides of the gang have been arrested by Punjab Police in the past. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expressed shock over the killing and appealed…
Washington,16/10: India is not cooperating with Canada on the latter’s investigation into the killing of a Sikh separatist last year, the United States alleged Tuesday. When it comes to the Canadian matter, we have made clear that the allegations are extremely serious and they need to be taken seriously. We wanted to see the government…
Chandigarh, 30/1:BJP on Tuesday landed another blow to the I.N.D.I.A bloc defeating the AAP-Congress candidate in Chandigarh mayoral polls after the alliance’s eight votes were declared invalid with AAP alleging that the “worrying” developments can raise “serious questions “about the integrity” of Lok Sabha elections. Manoj Sonkar of the BJP defeated Kuldeep Kumar, the AAP-Congress…
Sydney, 8/1 (AO Bureau): The honors shared by both India and Australia as India ended day 2 of the SCG test at 96-2, with Rahane and Pujara at the crease. India now trails by 242 runs. India lost two quick wickets after a steady start by Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. Both of them added…
