Bhubaneswar,4/10: In a big development, Biju Janata Dal(BJD) has appointed MP Manas Ranjan Mangaraj as Chief Whip of the party in Rajya Sabha with immediate effect . “Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, MP, Rajya Sabha is hereby appointed as Chief Whip of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Rajya Sabha with immediate effect,” the party said in a…
New Delhi, 18/10: The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked the Gujarat government’s reply to pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case is very bulky wherein a series of judgments have been quoted but factual statements are missing. The top court granted time to the petitioners to…
Paradip : With the theme #Beat Plastic Pollution World Environment Day 2023 was observed at Paradip Port. Paradip Saksharata Samiti, the social arm of Paradip Port Authority organized plantation drive at Madhuban Colony under the flagship banner of ‘Mission- LiFE’. Chairman of PPA Shri P.L. Haranadh along with Shri Nilabhra Dasgupta, Dasgupta and volunteers of…
Malkanagiri; Chitarakonda Forest Department has seized a pick-up carrying a turtle after receiving information from a source in Chitarakonda Block Rajulkonda, Malkangiri District. According to the information received, the turtle was being smuggled from Narsingpatnam in Andhra Pradesh to Kalimela in a pickup truck (track number AP 39 NS1566). According to the information obtained from…
New Delhi, 29/10: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan over money laundering charges in a case of alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board. The 110-page supplementary chargesheet also named one Mariam Siddiqui, who was not arrested by the ED as an accused in the case. The…
Bombay, 4/7:Your next big star might come from a public ground,” the Bombay High Court told the BCCI, the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) and state authorities on Monday, while holding that these bodies must provide basic facilities such as toilets, drinking water and medical assistance at public grounds. A bench of Justices Anil Menon and…
New Delhi, 24/2: The newly enacted laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act — to completely overhaul the criminal justice system in the country will come into effect from July 1. The three laws got the Parliament’s approval on December 21 last year and President Droupadi…
Bangkok: Thailand on Sunday welcomed the five Thai nationals recently freed from Hamas captivity, as they arrived back in Thailand from Israel at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, along with Deputy Foreign Minister Russ Jalichandra and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, were present at the airport. Sharing a post on X,…
Ahmedabad, 18/3 (AO Bureau): Team India is in trouble in the T20 series against England. The team has lost 2 T20 matches and has won only one. Now if one more match is lost, the series will go out of hand. Team India’s biggest problem in the series has been KL Rahul’s form. KL Rahul…
Imphal, 23/4: Unidentified armed men set fire to several houses in two villages in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Wednesday morning, officials said The incident occurred when most residents of Gampal and Haiyang villages, in the district’s Sahamphung sub-division, were out in their fields for cultivation.
