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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the first list of 54 candidates (out of 60) for the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections, to be held on April 11. According to the list, Chief Minister Pema Khandu will contest from the Mukto constituency in the Tawang district and Finance Minister Chowna Mein from […]

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar passed away at his private residence here on Sunday evening after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 63. The condition of Parrikar, diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer in February last year and in and out of hospitals in Goa, Mumbai, Delhi and New York since then, had […]

Sundergarh: Amid her cold war with party’s Jogesh Singh over Sundergarh Assembly constituency ticket for the upcoming elections, BJD leader Kusum Tete on Sunday resigned as the chairman of Sundergarh Special Development Council (SDC). In her resignation letter to BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Tete mentioned that her decision to quit from the […]

Kandhamal: Police today recovered decomposed body of a young girl from a water tank near Latedikiya village in Kandhamal district. As per reports, one of the workers employed at the pump house found the floating body inside the tank on Sunday. The pump house worker Gangaram Pradhan said, “When I reached the pump house, I […]

Bhadrak: In a serious case of medical negligence, an alive man was allegedly declared dead by a doctor and sent for post-mortem at Bhadrak district headquarters hospital in the district on Saturday. The incident came to light today morning after the patient, Sujit Khatua of Khatuapatna village under Dhusuri Police limits, gained consciousness ahead of […]

Puri: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today alleged that Brahmagiri MLA Sanjay Das Burma violated the model code of conduct by landing helicopter at Rebana Nuagaon Kerandia helipad in Puri district by obtaining ‘verbal permission’. According to BJP leader Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, the Brahmagiri MLA landed his chopper at around 5.15 pm at the Rebana […]

Basel (Switzerland): India’s B. Sai Praneeth gave a tough fight before losing to top seed Shi Yuqi of China in the men’s singles final at the Swiss Open badminton tournament, here on Sunday. Placed 22nd in the world rankings, Praneeth fought for an hour and eight minutes before the World No. 2 from China claimed […]

Bhubaneswar: A Bhubaneswar-bound IndiGo flight from New Delhi was diverted to Kolkata due to rough weather here on Sunday. According to reports, IndiGo flight number 6 E-2211was en route to Bhubaneswar from New Delhi had to make an emergency landing at Kolkata airport after the authorities decided to down the flight due to bad weather […]

Balasore: Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel at the Rupsa railway station on Sunday arrested three persons while they were allegedly trying to smuggle 45 live turtles to Kolkata. The arrested persons, Anadi Sasamal, Uttam Mandal and Ashok Paria of Dantan area of West Bengal had reportedly collected the turtles from Sakhigopal area of Puri and […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s DMK on Sunday announced Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi Karunanidhi will be its candidate from Thoothukkudi constituency as it released its list of 20 candidates for the April 18 Lok Sabha polls. Kanimozhi will be crossing swords with the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate in Thoothukkudi. The party will also field former Union Ministers […]

Cuttack: Alleging partiality by the poll observers of the Election Commission, Odisha Congress today asked the reason behind not recording the Salepur meeting of Minister Pratap Jena. While the Congress’ meeting in Mahanga was video recorded today by the poll observers, why the same was not done a few days back at Salepur where Pratap […]

Bhubaneswar: With the upcoming general elections heating up the State politics, allegations and counter allegations among political parties have hit fever pitch in Odisha. Accusing the Bolangir district BJD unit of violating model code of conduct, the Nagar Congress Committee and the district Congress Campaign Committee on Saturday met the district electoral officer and sought […]

Chandigarh: All voting-related information would be easily available for voters in all districts in Haryana through touchscreens, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer Rajeev Ranjan said on Sunday. Ranjan, after inaugurating the first voting related touchscreen set up in Kurukshetra, nearly 100 km from here, said that similar touchscreens would be set up across Haryana. The […]

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s final rites were more important than a government formation, the coastal state’s BJP unit said on Monday, even as ongoing negotiations between allies and BJP leaders, including Nitin Gadkari and the party’s National Secretary B.L. Santosh, have appeared to hit a roadblock. Emerging from a night-long meeting with Gadkari, […]

Bhubaneswar: Subroto Bagchi, one of the co-founders of Mindtree and a well-known IT entrepreneur, on Sunday resigned as the head of Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) stating that he will return to the information technology company in Bengaluru. He said that there is an imminent threat of hostile takeover of Mindtree which has forced him […]