Mumbai, 7/4: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar on Friday surprised his colleagues in the Opposition with a spirited defence of the Adani Group through an interview in a news channel owned by the conglomerate and stopped short of ridiculing the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into it. Pawar, whose party has…
Kolkatta, 21/3 (AO Bureau): Home Minister Amit Shah has released the BJP Manifesto for the West Bengal Assembly Elections. Several BJP leaders including Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh, Kailash Vijayvargiya, Babul Supriyo, Dinesh Trivedi were present on the occasion. After issuing the manifesto, Home Minister Amit Shah said that only after the formation of the…
New Delhi, 15/10: India’s ranking slipped in the 2022 Global Hunger Index with the nation being ranked 107th out of 121 countries. The report, prepared jointly by Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide and German organisation Welt Hunger Hilfe, scored India of 29.1, terming the level of hunger “serious”. In 2021, GHI had…
Mumbai, 31/5: PSG edged Arsenal 4-3 on penalties to defend the UEFA Champions League title in the final held at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Saturday (May 30).Kai Havertz fired Arsenal into an early lead in the sixth minute before Ousmane Dembele equalised from the spot in the 66th.Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes fired the…
New Delhi, 16/9: Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the only unit that conducted organisational elections in the Congress this time. The other states and territorial units are scrambling to complete the process by passing resolutions authorising the party president to choose state chiefs and AICC delegates by September 20, two days before the notification for…
Patna, 15/2: In a big development, special CBI court on Tuesday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in the Rs 139.5 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on February 18, a CBI counsel said. The court had on January…
New Delhi, 19/7 (AO bureau): Taking a big step in the direction of Defense Land Reforms, the Modi government has approved new rules. Under this, land purchased from armed forces for public projects or other non-military activities will be allowed for development of Equal Value Infrastructure (EVI) for them. A Moneycontrol report stated that since…
New Delhi, 11/10: Noel Tata was appointed on Friday as chairman of Indian conglomerate Tata group’s philanthropic arm Tata Trusts, the CNBC-TV18 channel reported, succeeding his half brother Ratan who died this week aged 86. Noel’s appointment is of significance as Tata Trusts owns 66 per cent of Tata Sons, the holding company of various…
Mumbai, 10/1: Mumbai terror attack mastermind and outlawed Jamat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed is in the custody of Pakistan serving a 78-year-imprisonment sentence as a result of a conviction in seven terror financing cases, the UN said in updated information. In December, India asked Pakistan to extradite Saeed, a United Nations-proscribed terrorist, who is wanted by…
New Delhi, 12/1: Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Monday shared a video of himself dressed as a Blinkit delivery agent and delivering orders, drawing attention to the daily grind of gig workers and renewing his call for better working conditions in India’s fast growing quick commerce ସେସତର.
