New Delhi,31/1: India and the US are working on an early visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. Modi and US President Donald Trump held a telephonic conversation on January 27. This was their first phone conversation since the American leader’s inauguration last week….
Twelve of the 16 Maoists killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district have been identified as dreaded ultras carrying a cumulative bounty of Rs 3.13 crore, including a central committee member of the outlawed movement, a police official said on Thursday. Prime among them was Chalpathi alias Jairam, a member of the central committee…
Mumbai, 8/6: Shares opened higher on Thursday, with the benchmarks closing in on all-time highs, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy decision in which the central bank is widely seen holding key rates steadyThe Nifty 50 index was up 0.10 per cent at 18,747.10 as of 9:16 am, while the benchmark…
New Delhi, 21/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing the nation today at 5 pm, as reported by PTI. However, there is no official word on the subject of his address in the evening. The PM’s address will come on the eve of Navratri, the day from when the GST rate cuts will kick…
Chennai, 14/3 (AO Bureau): In a sad piece of news, noted Tamil director and filmmaker SP Jananathan breathed his last at the age of 61. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital. When his assistants had visited him at his residence and found the filmmaker unconscious. He was then taken to a private hospital…
New Delhi, 10/6: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijit Dipke on Wednesday said that the youth of the country will not back down and warned of nationwide protests if Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan does not resign. Addressing a press conference in Pune, Dipke said that repeated irregularities in examinations had affected the future of…
Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court in Phulbani on Monday sentenced Saroj Kanta Ray, former Principal of Government ITI, Phulbani in Kandhamal district, to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. Ray, who is currently serving as a Lecturer in Electronics at Government Polytechnic, Dhenkanal, was also fined ₹50,000 by the court….
Mumbai, 20/7 (AO Bureau):Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband and businessman Raj Kundra was arrested on Monday by the property cell of Mumbai Crime Branch for making obscene films and publishing them through some apps. Raj Kundra, arrested in pornography case, has been sent to police remand by the court till July 23. After his arrest…
Mumbai, ,23/2: More than 60 per cent of shareholders of edtech firm Byju’s on Friday voted for the removal of founder and CEO Byju Raveendran and his family over alleged “mismanagement and failures” at what was once India’s hottest tech startup. Prosus – one of the six investors who had called the extraordinary general meeting…
Java, 30/6: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Java on Friday evening, the country’s geophysics agency (BMKG) said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties and no tsunami warning was issued. BMKG said the medium-sized quake, which hit at a depth of 25 kilometers (15 miles), was felt in…
