Bhubaneswar: Hours before his swearing-in as Odisha Governor, Raghubar Das on Tuesday morning visited Lord Lingaraj Temple here and offered prayers. Das, who reached Odisha on Monday and paid obeisance in Lord Jagannath temple in Puri, visited the Lingaraj temple to seek blessings before taking oath as Governor of Odisha. “I prayed to Shree Lingaraj to…
Chandigarh/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple places in Punjab, including at the premises of AAP MLA Kulwant Singh, as part of a drugs-linked money laundering investigation, official sources said. Locations in Mohali, Amritsar, and Ludhiana are being covered by the federal probe agency along with an escort of central paramilitary…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary, remembering his visionary statesmanship and the extraordinary dedication with “which he shaped the destiny of our nation”. “On the Jayanti of Sardar Patel, we remember his indomitable spirit, visionary statesmanship and the extraordinary dedication with which he…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case on November 2, official sources said on Monday. Kejriwal (55) has been issued the summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and according to the sources, the agency will record his statement once…
New Delhi: It is now incumbent on the part of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to tell the Supreme Court and people the whereabouts of Rs 338 crore in the excise case against former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the BJP said on Monday, targeting AAP on the court’s observation that money transfer was tentatively established….
New Delhi/Panaji: The approach of ‘might is right’ has no place in maritime order and fair rules of engagement are crucial for fostering collaboration and ensuring that no single country dominates others, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday in remarks seen as an oblique reference to China’s aggressive muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific. In an…
Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday accused the Raj Bhavan of ‘spreading lie’ on the petrol bomb case. The Molotov cocktail was not hurled inside the Raj Bhavan but on the ‘road,’ outside the premises that houses Governor R N Ravi’s residence, he said. After paying respects at the memorial of…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met the family members of eight Indian nationals who were handed down death sentences by a Qatari court, and conveyed to them that the government attaches “highest importance” to the case. Jaishankar also told the family members that the government will make all efforts to secure…
Kochi: The death toll from the blasts at a Christian religious gathering near this port city of Kerala has risen to three, according to an official statement. A 12-year-old girl, identified as Libina from Malayattoor in Ernakulam district, succumbed to her injuries in the early hours of Monday at the Kalamassery Government Medical College Hospital. In…
Kochi: One person died and over 20 were injured in a blast at a convention centre in Kalamassery here on Sunday morning, police said. People who were present at the convention centre told media that the first blast occurred in the middle of a prayer. “Subsequently, we heard two more blasts,” an old lady who…
