Chandigarh, 22/4: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said the party lost the Punjab elections because of the “mafia raj” that prevailed in the state and it now needed to reinvent itself, while praising Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as a “younger brother” and an “honest man. Without taking names, he blamed Amarinder…
Washington DC, 4/2: Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is set to headline Netflix’s upcoming series Eric and will also serve as executive producer on the show. According to entertainment website Deadline, Cumberbatch will essay the role of a puppeteer whose son goes missing in 1980s Manhattan. Abi Morgan has penned the six-part show. Actors Gaby…
Washington, 4/3: US President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week, a White House official, deepening the fissure that has opened between the two one-time allies. President Trump has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed…
New Delhi;6/6: A controversial scheme for short-term recruitment of soldiers in the armed forces may be up for review in Modi 3.0 as BJP’s new coalition partners on Thursday demanded re-examination of the Agniveer scheme, introduced by the Narendra Modi-government..Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan too called for a second look of the…
Baripada: In a shocking incident, an additional tehsilar was aggressively assaulted and his vehicle torched by unidentified miscreants believed to be having links with the sand mafia in Kaptipada block of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district here on Monday. The revenue official Bhimkant Majhi, was on his way to raid illegal mining at some sand ghats when…
Guwahati, 28/6:The dissident Shiv Sena MLAs, who are camping at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati for the past few days are passing their time by playing various indoor games including chess and ludo. “Other than a couple of meetings within themselves, they have no other serious activity in Guwahati. To pass…
Angul: At least two persons were killed while over 20 others sustained critical injuries after the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) bus in which they were traveling overturned in Angul district this afternoon. Initial reports suggest that the OSRTC was on its way to Angul from Baripada with a total of 47 passengers. However,…
Jammu, 4/6: PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has been issued a passport with 10-year validity, sources said here on Sunday. After a prolonged legal battle in the Delhi High Court, the passport was delivered to Mehbooba. Her travel document expired in 2019 and since then she had…
Bhubaneswar, 24/11: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has requested the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) authorities to immediately take up the repair, maintenance and conservation work of the entire Ratna Bhandar (treasury) in the 12th century shine Puri. SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Padhee on Saturday said the temple administration will extend all its cooperation…
Mumbai, 19/4: Amazon.com Inc., The Walt Disney Co. and billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. are among those that have signaled an intention to bid for the broadcast rights of the Indian Premier League, or IPL, according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for an epic showdown for the prized asset in…
