Category: National

Bhubaneswar, March 28 The Odisha Police’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) has arrested an absconding woman allegedly involved in a cheating case of Rs 2 crore from Mumbai, an official said on Wednesday. The accused, Rammi Bhuyan alias Rammi Pusty, was apprehended by the sleuths from the Kalyan area of East Mumbai in Maharashtra on March

New Delhi, March 28 The BJP has appointed its poll in-charges and co-in-charges for several states and Union Territories ahead of the Lok Sabha. The party on Wednesday appointed Rajya Sabha MP and former Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma as the election in-charge for Maharashtra while former Haryana BJP chief O.P. Dhankar has been appointed for

Chennai, March 28 MDMK MP from Tamil Nadu’s Erode constituency, A. Ganeshamurthi died in a private hospital in Coimbatore early Thursday morning. Ganeshamurthi (76) was upset over being denied a ticket to contest in the Lok Sabha polls. He reportedly attempted suicide by consuming poison on Sunday. Initially, he was rushed to a local hospital

Lucknow, March 28 Nominations for the second phase in Uttar Pradesh, where eight Lok Sabha seats will go to polls, will begin on Thursday. The last date for filing nominations for the second phase is April 4 and scrutiny will be done on April 5. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is 3 p.m.

Agra (UP), March 28 A fresh petition has been filed in an Agra court in Uttar Pradesh seeking the declaration of the Taj Mahal as Tejo Mahalaya, a Hindu temple. The petition, filed on Wednesday, has called for a halt to all Islamic activities and any other practices not suitable for a place of worship.

March 23, New Delhi In solidarity with soldiers serving at the world’s highest battleground, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting Siachen glacier to celebrate Holi with troops stationed there. Siachen glacier is a strategic military outpost and among the most challenging terrains in the world. Preparations are currently underway for the Minister’s visit.

Mumbai, March 23 The Mumbai Police has brought back notorious gangster Prasad Vitthal Poojary – who was arrested in February 2023 following an Interpol notice – in what is a first-ever deportation of a wanted fugitive by China, officials said here on Saturday. A resident of Vikhroli suburb in north-east Mumbai, Poojary, 44, along with

Kolkata, March 23 The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately replace BP Gopalika, as the Chief Secretary, as the senior bureaucrat is scheduled to retire before the forthcoming seven-phase polls in the state end. According to BJP leader Adhikari, while the last and

Imphal, March 23 The BJP on Friday decided to support the candidates of the National People’s Party (NPP) in the two parliamentary seats in Meghalaya, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) nominee in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) contender in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland. BJP’s national

Agra, March 23 World’s largest sloth bear centre at Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary in Agra has done pioneering work in the rescue and rehabilitation of this wildlife species. The facility set up by the Wildlife SOS, in 1998, has saved hundreds of sloth bears, from cruelty inflicted by “kalandars” who used to make them dance,