New Delhi, 7/12: Recently, in one of Justice B R Gavai’s final acts as the Chief Justice of India (CJI), a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by him recalled its May 16 judgment that struck down retrospective Environmental Clearances (ECs) by the Union government.The majority view held that the May judgment would lead…
Bhubaneswar, 25/1 (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is kept on increasing day by day in Odisha. 130 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The Coronavirus cases tally reached 334430. The Corona positive cases have been detected in 24 districts. 76 cases have been reported from different…
Patna, 16/9: With barely a fortnight left before the Election Commission announces the poll schedule in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his ninth visit to the election-bound State this year and launched projects worth Rs 36,000 crore This was also Modi’s 55th visit to Bihar as the Prime Minister, the highest by any PM…
Peru, 28/11:Earthquake tremors were felt in Barranca, Peru late Sunday evening. The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 7.4 on the Richter scale. According to the information given by the USGS, the tremors of the earthquake were felt 36 km north of Barranca, Peru. However, there is no information about any loss of life…
New Delhi, 3/8: With the upcoming BRICS summit in Johannesburg set to discuss admitting new members, India on Thursday dismissed as “baseless” reports that it is opposed to the expansion of the grouping. It is learnt that New Delhi is yet to take a final decision on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s in-person attendance…
New Delhi: An Air India flight operating from Mumbai to New York was diverted to Delhi on Monday, following a security concern arising out of a bomb threat. According to the sources, Mumbai airport received a message on X (formerly Twitter) regarding a bomb threat in the flight bound to New York.The message was conveyed to…
Kolkata, 12/5: In a purported video that surfaced from Sandeshkhali, a local BJP leader was heard saying that over 70 women had received Rs 2,000 each for taking part in protests against local TMC satrap Shahjahan Sheikh and his aides who were accused of sexual assault. In the video, lasting over 45 minutes, a man…
New Delhi, 8/10: A day after the Rajasthan government issued orders for a caste survey, Congress on Sunday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “silence” on the issue of a caste census and asked why the BJP-ruled states were not conducting such an exercise to ensure social justice. Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh…
Kolkatta, 27/10:The process of BJP leaders joining the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal is not taking its name to stop. Now another new name has been added to this list. Actually, MLA Krishna Kalyani, who resigned from BJP earlier this month, joined TMC today. He joined the TMC in the presence of Partha Chatterjee,…
Geneva,24/9: India has said Pakistan should focus on building its economy and improving its human rights record instead of harbouring terrorists and bombing its own people, in an apparent reference to the killing of 24 people in an explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Kshitij Tyagi, Counsellor at India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva, also slammed the Pakistan…
