Bhubaneshwar: The coastal belt of Odisha experienced heavy rain and squally winds on Thursday morning with the sea condition remaining rough, as severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ approached closer to the state’s coast, the IMD said. The cyclone is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early Friday with wind…
New Delhi: India needs a place in the UN Security Council to bring “more stability” to the world, an Indian-origin peer of the House of Lords said on Wednesday. Interacting with PTI Videos on the sidelines of an event here, Lord Rami Ranger also said the fighting has to become a thing of the past,…
Mumbai: After days of stalemate, Maha Vikas Aghadi of Congress, NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday announced contesting 85 seats each in Maharashtra assembly elections even as deliberations to seal a final pact are still underway. The three allies are discussing the sharing of the remaining 33 seats out of the total 288…
Wayanad (Kerala): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was given a rousing welcome by thousands of people, including UDF leaders and workers, at Kalpetta here on Wednesday as she prepares to make her electoral debut by filing nomination papers for the upcoming Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Priyanka, who arrived in the hill district on Tuesday…
Wayanad (Kerala): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will mark her electoral debut by filing her nomination papers today for the upcoming Lok Sabha by-poll in Wayanad. Priyanka arrived in the hill district on Tuesday night along with her mother, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of the Opposition…
Bhubaneshwar/Kolkata: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm named ‘Dana’ on Wednesday morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. It is expected to become a severe cyclone before crossing the eastern coast between Puri in Odisha and Sagar Island in West Bengal, with wind speeds reaching 120 km per…
New Delhi: India and Singapore on Tuesday agreed to further step up defence cooperation and enhance industry cooperation, including exploring collaboration in niche domains such as automation and artificial intelligence. At the sixth India-Singapore Defence Ministerial Dialogue here, the defence ministers of the two countries also agreed to extend the bilateral agreement on Joint Military…
Kazan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday witnessed an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi, which was put up on the occasion of his visit to Kazan. Modi arrived in this central Russian city to attend the 16th BRICS summit. “PM @narendramodi witnessed an exhibition on Mahatma Gandhi put up on the occasion of his visit to…
New Delhi: A meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf bill took a dramatic turn on Tuesday when Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle and threw it away during a heated exchange of words with BJP’s Abhijit Gangopadhyay. Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for one day from the parliamentary committee on Waqf for…
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka government’s decision to withdraw its consent to the probe agency for investigating a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar. The current Karnataka cabinet headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on November 23, 2023, held the…
