New Parliament building welcome addition, looks pretty damn impressive: Omar Abdullah

Kashmir, 26/5: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday said the new Parliament building was a welcome addition and looks “pretty damn impressive”, amid criticism by the Opposition over its inauguration. Abdullah, whose party’s MPs have also announced to boycott the inaugural ceremony, said when he was the member of the Lok Sabha, many of…

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lankan President

Colombo, 14/7: Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation, two government sources said on Friday, after he fled to Singapore following mass protests over his country’s economic meltdown.     Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country’s parliament late on Thursday, two sources said.   It…

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Bengal Election: Mamata Banerjee Hikes Minimum Wages For Labourers

Kolkata, 26/2: In a major development,  West Bengal Chief Minister  Mamata Banerjee has hiked the minimum wages for laborers. The announcement from the CM came an hour before the model code of conduct could be implemented. The model of code of conduct, which prohibits the state government from making any new policy announcements is implemented…

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Donald Trump says talks with Iran scheduled for June 30 but Tehran says nothing on cards

Washington DC, 26/6: US President Donald Trump on Monday took to Truth Social saying Iran had requested for a meeting and that it was scheduled on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. However, Tehran denied that such a meeting has been scheduled. Additionally, the White House said that Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and…

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Yellow warning to 17 districts of Odisha

Bhubaneswar, 4/4 (AO bureau): The SRC has written to district magistrates in 197districts of the state today. According to the meteorological department, thunderstorms are expected in Anugul, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendujhar, Khordha, Kendrapara, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Sonpur, Sambalpur, Deogarh, and Sundergarh districts. The meteorological department said winds of 30 to 40 kmph were…

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