NEW DELHI: A Cessna Grand Caravan EX (VT-KSS) with two crew members and four passengers onboard crashed near Rourkela in Odisha on Saturday. Luckily, no casualties or serious injuries have been reported so far. The injured have been taken to hospital. Headed from Bhubaneswar to Rourkela, the pilots issued a May Day call after encountering…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday moved the Supreme Court alleging interference and obstruction by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government during search operations at the Kolkata headquarters of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee(I-PAC) and the residence of its director Pratik Jain. Meanwhile, the state government filed a caveat seeking to be…
KOLKATA: A day after high drama and tense standoff as CM Mamata Banerjee walked into its office challenging the ongoing ED raid, the 450-odd employees of I-PAC office in Kolkata returned to work on Friday, in 100% attendance.There were some “visible changes”, though, right outside its office on the 11th floor at Godrej Waterside in…
Ramchander Rao (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reignited political debate in Telangana by proposing to rename Nizamabad district as Indur if it comes to power in the state.Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Arvind said names associated with the Nizam era reflect oppression and suffering and should be replaced to reflect cultural pride…
NEW DELHI: Union minister and HAM(S) supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday demanded the country’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. He expressed hope that the PM Modi-led government would bestow the award on the current Bihar CM.Manjhi’s push followed a similar demand from Nitish Kumar’s party colleague, KC…
NSA Ajit Doval (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday said that India is on track to become a developed nation at the pace set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even if the country runs on “autopilot”. He also reflected on current global situation, pointing to ongoing wars and conflicts across…
NEW DELHI: India said on Friday it did not recognise China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, asserting that it passed through Indian territory under forcible and illegal occupation of Pakistan.“Shaksgam Valley is Indian territory. We have never recognised the so-called China-Pakistan ‘Boundary Agreement’ signed in 1963. We have consistently maintained that the agreement is illegal and invalid,” MEA…
A student protest against Dipu’s murder, in Dhaka last month NEW DELHI: Slamming the Muhammad Yunus-led interim govt over the relentless attacks on minorities – including Hindus – and their properties in Bangladesh, and for watering down the incidents, India on Friday said attempts to whitewash the communal intent behind the crimes and attribute these…
AGARTALA: Tripura HC struck down a 25-year-old state govt policy mandating fixed pay for the first five years to newly appointed employees recruited through competitive examinations, calling it “unconstitutional”, reports Biswendu Bhattacharjee. The policy – introduced by the Left Front govt in 2001 and 2007 for Group C and Group D posts, respectively – required…
Diya Kumari with mother Padmini Devi. The row involves land in what used to be ‘Hathroi village’ in official records JAIPUR: Supreme Court has reopened proceedings in a Rs 400-crore land dispute between Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) and the family of former royal and deputy CM Diya Kumari, setting aside a Rajasthan high court order…
