Bengal Police arrest another TMC leader in Sandeshkhali, lodge FIR against Shajahan

Kolkata, 26/2: The West Bengal Police arrested TMC leader Ajit Maiti from the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers, an officer said on Monday. Maiti, considered a close aide of absconding TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, was detained on Sunday evening from the residence of a civic…

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Fire breaks out at Tarini Bastralaya in Bhubaneswar, salesman killed

Bhubaneswar: A devastating fire broke out at the popular Tarini Bastralaya in Kalpana Square, Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, last night. Tragically, a salesman was reportedly charred to death in the incident. According to reports, there is a five-storey warehouse in the back side of Tarini Bastralaya near Kalpana Chhack in Bhubaneswar. The alarm was…

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PM Modi lays foundation stones for Rs 160-cr fishery projects in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday virtually laid the foundation stones for two fishery projects worth around Rs 160 crore in Odisha. He laid the foundation stones for the fishery projects while launching the Rs 24,000-crore Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana (PM-DDKY) and a Rs 11,440-crore Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses in Delhi. The fishery…

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Adani Group said to be in talks for Jaiprakash’s Cement unit for nearly Rs 5,000 crore

Ahmedabad, 10/10: Billionaire Gautam Adani-controlled Adani Group is in advanced talks with debt-laden Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd to buy its cement unit, people familiar with the matter said.     The ports-to-power conglomerate could pay about Rs 5,000 crore for a cement grinding unit and other smaller assets, one of the people said, asking not…

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Billionaire Flipkart founder ready to launch stealth AI startup

Mumbai, 7/11: Billionaire Binny Bansal is launching an AI-as-a-service startup that will target global customers, expanding to the fast-growing segment after making a fortune in Indian e-commerce. Bansal, who co-founded online retailer Flipkart and sold it to Walmart Inc., has hired 15 experts for the venture — mostly artificial intelligence scientists — and plans to…

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Section 144 imposed in Karnal

Karnal, 6/9: The police has already become alert after the announcement of siege of farmers’ Mahapanchayat and ‘mini secretariat’ in Karnal. The Karnal administration has implemented Section-144 in the district a day before the ‘mini secretariat’ encirclement. The gathering of people has been banned since Monday. Officials said that the district administration has banned the…

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Afghanistan situation tells us why CAA is needed: Hardeep Singh Puri

New Delhi,22/8:Since the capture of the Taliban in Afghanistan, all the countries are engaged in getting their citizens out of the troubled country safely. India is also continuously bringing back citizens. On Sunday, India operated two flights and about 222 people were brought back to India. Meanwhile, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, referring to the…

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BMC seals Market Building in Bhubaneswar for 48 hours for violation of Covid protocol

Bhubaneswar, 28/4 (AO Bureau). People were not obeying the Coronavirus guidelines in the market building.Today, however, the BMC has taken strong action. Market Building No. 2 in Bhubaneswar has been sealed. It has been sealed for four hours. The market was sealed today in the presence of the BMC and the DCP zonal commissioner. The…

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