Congress President Rahul Gandhi to arrive in Bolangit on Wednesday for the second time within a week time.Which reflects Congress’s focus on western Odisha and Rahul is obvious;y going to breath life into the party followers and the tribal in particular for whom Rahul had promised years back to remain their soldier in Delhi.
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Prince Albert II of Monaco on Tuesday called on President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Welcoming the Prince, the President said that although India and Monaco shared a relationship of trust, friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation, the current visit was an impetus to take the relationship to newer heights. He said both the countries can do more on issues such as renewable energy, climate change and the environment. ‘We must prioritise these areas for bilateral cooperation,’’ he said. He pointed out that India was the fastest growing major economy in the world and Monaco’s technology and investment…
Welcoming the Supreme Court order on the CBI-Kolkata police fracas, the BJP on Tuesday said that the verdict makes it clear that there is no scope for ‘Dadagiri’ in West Bengal politics and the nation should be grateful to the apex court. “Didi ki dadagiri par aaj Supreme Court ne ankoosh lagaya (The Supreme Court has put a halt to the politics of Dadagiri often pursued by Mamata Banerjee),” Union Minister and party leader Smriti Irani told reporters here. “A grateful nation welcomed the verdict delivered today,” Ms Irani said. She said taking cognizance of the plea from the CBI,…
Nine people including a baby have died in a fire at an eight-storey building in south-western Paris, fire service officials say. More than 30 people – including six firefighters – were injured. One person is in a serious condition, said a BBC News report. Fifty people were evacuated by ladders from the blaze in the upmarket 16th arrondissement. The Paris prosecutor says it may have been deliberately started. Police have detained a female suspect. French President Emmanuel Macron said that the country “had woken up to tragedy”, and praised the fire services for their courage. Rue Erlanger is a popular…
Punjab National Bank on Tuesday said the Bank has done 100 per cent provisioning till the third quarter results against the accounts affected by the fraud carried out by Nirav Modi and now the lender has completely provided for the fraud . The Bank’s provisions fell 38.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 2,753 crore. Of this, Rs 2,014 crore has gone for making provisions against the accounts affected by the Rs 14,357-crore Nirav Modi fraud. “Nothing left to provide for the fraud now,” PNB chairman Sunil Mehta said on the sidelines of an event for release of its Quarter 3…
(UNI) India on Tuesday floated a proposal, expressing its willingness to host the next World Cup Hockey, scheduled to start on January 13, 2023, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced. India has hosted the men’s World Cup thrice, the latest being last year in Bhubaneswar. Spain, Malaysia and Germany have proposed organising the event in the July 1 to 17, 2022 window. ”Bidding countries had to indicate until the deadline of 31 January 2019 also their preferred time window, either 1-17 July 2022 or 13-29 January 2023,” FIH said in a statement. FIH will now start the evaluation process of…
Congratulating the party workers for the success of the ‘Jan Akanksha Rally’ in Bihar on February 3, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the rally has strengthened voice of change in the country. In a post on social media, Mr Gandhi said, ‘I am touched by the love and affection shown by people of Bihar . The Jan Akanksha rally held in Bihar’s Gandhi maidan has strengthened the voice of change in the country. Congratulation to all party colleagues in Bihar for the successful rally.’’
Should one of the world’s most recognised buildings, Britain’s houses of Parliament, be converted into a luxury hotel and tourist attraction? That was the idea put forward Monday by MP Ed Vaizey, a former minister for digital and the creative industries, as the iconic Palace of Westminster will undergo a massive 5.22 billion US dollar facelift. Britain’s second biggest city, Birmingham, 200 kilometers north of London, could be the home of the brand-new parliament building, Vaizey said in an interview with journal Building Design. “This country should close this building. It should become a heritage site and luxury hotel owned…
(UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will visit the city to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to express his solidarity. After presentation of the Vote-on-Account budget in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, Mr Naidu will fly to Kolkata, where Ms Banerjee continued her sit-in to protest the attempted raid by the CBI on the residence of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, Mr Naidu will reach Kolkata around 1530 hours and meet Ms Banerjee and extend his support. “We’re all together to save this country& protect democracy. There is an attack on…
Private airline SpiceJet on Monday announced offer under which the people can travel as low as Rs 1.75 a km on select domestic routes and at Rs 2.5 km on select international routes. The four-day sale will begin from February 5, whereas the travel period covered is till September 25, 2019. For ultra short-haul domestic routes like Jammu-Srinagar, Chennai-Bengaluru, Kochi-Bengaluru, Hubli-Bengaluru one-way fares under the offer will start from as low as Rs 899, inclusive of all taxes. For domestic routes with a flying time of over an hour, one-way fares would be available for as low as Rs 1.75…
Indian women cricket team will complete its century of playing Twenty20 matches, when they take on the Kiwis at Westpac Stadium, here on Wednesday. So far, the team has played 98 matches, out of which they have won 53 and lost 43. The women team have won three matches and lost five off eight Twenty20 matches against New Zealand. The women’s team is better as compare to men’s team, who have won only two matches out of eight against New Zealand. Women’s team will complete 100 matches, playing the second match of the three-match series, and will become the sixth…
The Shiv Sena once again slammed the Modi government over the issue between the West Bengal government and the CBI, alleging that it was ‘orchestrated’ for political gains in the coming Lok Sabha elections. In an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the party said what was happening in Kolkata, was a ‘threat to democracy’. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been on a sit-in protest since Sunday, against the CBI’s bid to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in chit fund scam cases, declaring that her agitation to save the ‘Constitution and the country’ will go on and she…
Renowned film director Govind Nihalani and film editor Abhijeet Deshpande, have been selected for this year’s ‘Kalamaharshi Baburao Painter’ and ‘Chitramaharshi Anandrao Painter’ awards respectively. These awards will be given away during 7th Kolhapur International Film (KIF) festival, to be held from February 7 to 14 at INOX Multiplex Reliance Mall, which will be inaugurated by veteran actress Rohini Hattangadi. Chandrakant Joshi, president of Kalamaharshi Baburao Painter Film society (KBPFS), organiser of the film festival said that the names were selected, considering their contribution in Hindi-Marathi film sector. Mr Joshi said that about 60 foreign films from different countries including…
With two more patients succumbing to the deadly H1N1 influenza in Himachal Pradesh, the toll in the state mounted to 16. Two swine flu patients died at IGMC on Monday night and 113 cases have surfaced. The two deceased include a nonagenarian who was suffering from cardiac ailments while other was a diabetic. After Question hour in the Assembly, Health Minister Vipin Parmar on Tuesday said Kangra and Shimla districts recorded 36 and 33 cases respectively. Twenty H1N1 patients are hospitalised at IGMC and eight at Dr Rajnder Prasad Medical College, Tanda. The state had recorded only two deaths due…
At least 28 Afghan security forces personnel were killed as a result of a Taliban attack in northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan, media reported on Tuesday. No further details have been provided so far. “Fresh clashes erupted in Talawla, an area on northern outskirts of provincial capital Kunduz city at midnight after Taliban militants stormed security checkpoints. The clashes also caused five soldiers and several militants injured.”
Rescuers were ready to rescue villagers near Mount Karangetan volcano in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province through sea if the volcano spewed more hot lava, a senior official said on Tuesday. Head of Search and Rescue Office for Manado, the provincial capital, Amirruddin said that over 110 villagers from five villages have been evacuated so far as hot lava and volcanic rocks slid downward to the villages and a road. “Now about 30 of our personnel are at the scene, helping evacuate the people. We have deployed two rubber boats and two other boats,” he told Xinhua. Amiruddin said his office…
West Bengal chief Minister Mamat Banerjee on Tuesday said, ” Nobody is the big boss of this country, democracy is the big boss of this country. ” “I think it’s our moral victory. We have respect for the judiciary and This order was passed earlier also that they can call mutually. Rajeev Kumar never said I will not be available. If you need any clarification, you can come,” Banerjee said welcoming Supreme Court’s order on Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar. “They came to arrest. The court said no arrest. We are grateful for the order. We welcome the verdict,” she…
Continuing its strong run at the box office, the kangana ranaut-starrer ‘Mannikarnika-The Queen of Jhansi’ collected Rs. 115 crores gross worldwide at the end of second weekend, officials at Zee studios said. The film collected Rs 76.65 crores NBOC in 10 days, Rs 94 crores gross in India at the end of second weekend and crossed 2.85 million US Dollars in overseas markets. The film was released in over 3000 screens in India and over 700 screens in overseas markets. Speaking on the response to the film, Shariq Patel, CEO, Zee Studios said, “We at Zee Studios are proud to…
Amid the political storm of ‘CBI-Kolkata police’ row and Mamata Banerjee taking a rather unusual but aggressive stance, BJP leader and Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said by doing so, Trinamool Congress chief has only tried to project herself as the ‘nucleus’ of India’s opposition. “It would be a gross error to assume that she did this (Dharna) because of a routine investigation involving a Police Officer. She did it to defocus from other opposition aspirants for the highest office and to project herself as the nucleus of India’s opposition,” Mr Jaitley wrote in a blog posted on Facebook.…
A former trusted police officer of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee- Bharati Ghosh has joined BJP and is now likely to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections. Ghosh, who is said to have been close also to BJP leader Mukul Roy, joined the saffron party on Monday in presence of BJP leaders Kailash Vijaywargiya and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Taking to Twitter, BJP’s in charge for West Bengal Mr Vijaywargiya said, “The BJP family continues to grow in West Bengal. I welcome former IPS officer Bharati Ghosh to the party.” Posted as West Midnapore Superintendent of Police, Ghosh…
The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court order directing Kolkata top cop Rajeev Kumar to appear before the CBI in chit fund case probe and said the court directives reflect the moral defeat of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. ‘Mamata Banerjee ki naitik haar (It is moral defeat of Mamata Banerjee),’ tweeted BJP incharge of West Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya. He also said the court order marks ‘victory of democracy’. Party leader Nalin Kohli also welcomed the verdict of the three-judge bench of the court and said, ‘It has been made clear by the Supreme Court in its order…