National News Updates

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief and Grand Alliance Chief Minister candidate Tejashwi Yadav is leading from his Raghopur Assembly seat while his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav is trailing from the Hasanpur Assembly seat. According to the early poll trends, Tejashwi was leading from the Raghopur Assembly seat with 2,445 votes, while his rival […]

New Delhi: As the trends are coming in from polling centres, the BJP is emerging as the single-largest party in the state but the Congress is not able to repeat its 2015 performance of 27 seats and the Mahagathbandhan is behind the NDA. Congress leaders say while it’s early to comment on the outcome of […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Italy to deposit Rs 10 crore, that would be paid to the families of two Kerala fishermen killed by Italian marines, in…

Cuttack: The Odisha Government submitted its reply in connection with a petition seeking waiver of fees in private schools in the state, in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation, in the Orissa High Court on Tuesday. Earlier, while hearing an intervention petition filed by some private schools last month, the court had asked the State […]

Patna: After four rounds of counting for the 243 seats in the Bihar Assembly elections on Tuesday, 38 constituencies are witnessing a very close fight between the NDA and the Grand Alliance. There is a gap of less than 1,000 votes between the leading and the first trailing candidate in these seats. In some seats, […]

Bhubaneswar: Special arrangements have been made for COVID-19 tests of all ministers, MLAs and other staff ahead of the winter session of Odisha Assembly starting from November 20, informed Speaker, SN Patro on Tuesday. During a high-level meeting held with officials of the health department and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Patro informed that it has […]

Bhubaneswar: Candidates from the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have registered lead over their nearest rival BJP nominees so far in the by-elections for the Tirtol and Balasore Sadar constituencies as the counting of votes continues. As per the counting trends of  the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJD nominee Bijay Shankar Das is leading […]

Mumbai: At least 6 properties belonging to absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri were auctioned for nearly Rs 23 lakh under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEMA), official sources said here on Tuesday. The successful bidders include lawyer Ajay Shrivastava and Supreme Court advocate Bhupendra Bhardwaj in […]

Imphal/Kohima: Ruling BJP’s candidates on Tuesday won two Assembly seats while party-supported Independent candidate won the third one in Manipur, with BJP leading in the fourth seat for which official result was yet to be out. BJP’s ally and ruling NDPP bagged one Assembly seat in Nagaland, where an Independent candidate was leading in the […]

Lucknow: The ruling BJP appeared set to retain six seats while the Samajwadi Party may get re-elected from the one it held earlier as counting of votes in the bypolls for seven Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituencies continued on Tuesday. BJP’s Usha Sirohi was leading in Bulandshahr, Prem Pal Dhangar in Tundla, Shrikant Katiyar in Bangarmau, […]

New Delhi: The military delegates from India and China are likely to hold talks for the ninth time this week to resolve the border disputes in Eastern Ladakh, as both countries during the eighth round of dialogue had constructive exchange of views on disengagement. The eight Corps Commander level talks between both the countries took […]

Bhubaneswar: Randhir Singh, father of OTV MD Jagi Mangat Panda on Tuesday sought help from Union Home Minister Amit Shah against the protracted police excess against his family and employees at the channel’s studio in Sarua, Khordha, in the guise of investigation into a land issue. Stating that his family and employees have been forced […]

Patna: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday secured victory on five seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly elections and was leading on 68 seats, emerging as the single largest party in the state. Latest Election Commission inputs said the counting of votes was still on with more than 2.30 crore votes out of the […]

Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Tuesday won all the eight Assembly seats for which by-elections were held on November 3. The BJP not only won all the seats, but also registered victories with significant margins, barring in one seat, over their Congress rivals. Except Morbi, all other seats registered winning margins […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha will experience light rain and thundershowers ahead of Diwali, predicted India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. As per the latest weather bulletin, several districts in Coastal Odisha will experience rainfall activity for the next two-three days. Here is the complete weather outlook till November 13: Day […]