Bangalore, 29/3: Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday told the Karnataka Assembly that he would use his office to seek an explanation from the Election Commission about the 19 lakh “missing” electronic voting machines (EVMs). Kageri said this after senior Congress member HK Patil quoted statistics, based on RTI replies, on missing EVMs…
Lahore, 25/1: Pakistan on Sunday named a 15-man squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, effectively reversing a previous threat by board chairman Mohsin Naqvi to boycott the event in solidarity with Bangladesh. Salman Ali Agha will lead the Pakistan team in the tournament, scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka from February…
Kabul, 20/8: An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash on the Herat-Kabul highway involved a motorcycle, a truck and a bus late on Tuesday, said Ahmdullah Muttaqi, head of the information department for Herat’s provincial government. …
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj today informed that the State government will soon fill up over 1500 vacant professor posts in universities in the State.The Higher Education Minister informed about the recruitment of the professors in universities to the newsmen after attending an important meeting held to discuss about the vacancies across the state.Law…
Beijing, 11/12: A high-level US delegation will travel to China next week to follow up on President Joe Biden’s recent talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and prepare for Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit there early next year, the US State Department said on Saturday. The US announcement follows comments by a…
Washington DC, 20/3: Credit Suisse told staff its wealth assets are operationally separate from UBS for now, but once they merged clients might want to consider moving some assets to another bank if concentration was a concern, according to an internal memo. The memo dated Sunday, seen by Reuters, gave talking points to…
UK, 28/7: British leadership candidate Rishi Sunak would have a significant edge over his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss among swing voters if he became prime minister, a YouGov poll of almost 5,000 Britons showed on Thursday. YouGov said that among those who voted Conservative in 2019 but now say they plan to…
Kolkata (West Bengal): A fire broke out at Sealdah ESI Hospital in Kolkata on Friday. 10 fire engines reached the spot and doused the fire. Patients from various wards moved out of the hospital after a fire broke out early in the morning. However, no casualty has been reported.The patients of the ESI Hospital in Sealdah…
Sambalpur: In a tragic accident, two party workers of BJP died as a Hyva truck rammed into their car in A. Kantapali in Sambalpur late on Saturday night.The deceased have been identified as Debendra Naik and Murali Churia. Debendra is the chairperson of the Chipalipa mandal of BJP.According to information, the duo had gone to…
Bengaluru, 27/11: A total of 81 flights were delayed at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport due to low visibility caused by dense fog. The foggy condition caused several delays between 4.44 am and 8 am on Thursday (November 27)
