New Delhi, 16/6: No change is being done to the Army’s regimental system under the ‘Agnipath’ scheme and the numbers of personnel to be recruited in the first year of its roll out would only make up three per cent of the armed forces, government sources said on Thursday amid wide-spread protest against the new…
Ahmedabad, 5/12: Exit polls on Monday predicted a big majority for the BJP in Gujarat while most of them gave an edge to it in Himachal Pradesh, indicating re-election of the ruling party in both states. However, two exit polls showed a dead heat between the BJP and the Congress in Himachal Pradesh…
Mataundh, 29/4:The husband of a BJP leader was arrested here on Friday, two days after his wife allegedly hanged herself to death over her in-laws’ pressure to give birth to a male child, police said. Banda’s Additional Superintendent of Police Laxmi Niwas Mishra said Deepak Singh, the husband of district panchayat member Shweta…
Bermhapur: Fire broke out in a soft drink factory in Ganjam district of Odisha on Wednesday morning. Property worth over Rs 1 crore reportedly gutted in this fire mishap.As per reports, fire broke out in a soft drink factory on the main road of Kodala in Ganjam district. Machines and raw materials for manufacturing of the…
New Delhi, 29/8: Days after his exit from the grand old party, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday tore into the Congress and said that he was forced to leave his ‘home’. “I have been forced to leave my home,” Azad told reporters in Delhi. He added that Modi is…
Bhubanewswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi extended birthday wishes to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday and hailed him for elevating India’s global standing.CM Majhi wished the EAM good health, happiness, and success. Praising EAM Jaishankar, CM Majhi said his exceptional leadership and steadfast efforts to elevate India’s global standing are commendable.“Warm birthday wishes…
New Delhi, 27/6: The contentious Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls will kickstart in five states, including Karnataka, covering around 19.78 crore voters from Tuesday (June 30). The house-to-house enumeration will begin in Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi besides Karnataka on June 30. Already, the SIR exercise, which is in its third phase, has started…
New Delhi, 13/5 (AO Bureau):Vaccination is being given priority in the country in view of covid infection. So now the emphasis is on getting a second dose of the vaccine after the first dose. Meanwhile, a team of experts from the state government is considering extending the timeframe between the two doses of Covishield vaccine,…
Mumbai, 18/3: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, who has triggered a controversy with his latest movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, has been given ‘Y’ category security. Sources said seven to eight CRPF commandos will provide the security cover round the clock because of his increased threat perception after the…
Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, Commissionerate Police busted a gang that used to steal mobile phones and valuables to spend money on drugs, arrested four members of it and seized several stolen phones and a gold chain from their possessions. Pahal Police registered a case and launched a probe on the basis of a written report…
