(UNI) Congress stalwart Kamal Nath was on Monday sworn in as Madhya Pradesh’s 18th Chief Minister in the presence of party President Rahul Gandhi, former Premier Manmohan Singh and numerous apex leaders of the United Progressive Alliance’s constituent units. Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oaths of office and secrecy at about 1430 hrs to Mr Nath during a grand ceremony at the state capital’s Jamboree Ground. The Chief Minister was sworn in alone. His Council is to be formed in the near future. The Congress has made a comeback to power in Madhya Pradesh after an interval of one-and-a-half decades.
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(UNI) Fuel prices raised; petrol costs Rs 70.53 a litre in Delhi New Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) Fuel prices registered a hike of 19-20 paise a litre on Monday. In Delhi, petrol retailed at Rs 70.53 a litre ? the third hike in five days. In Mumbai petrol costs Rs 76.15 a litre, in Kolkata it is retailing at Rs 72.62 a litre, in Chennai petrol costs Rs 73.19 and in Bengaluru Rs 71.10 per litre. Similarly, diesel prices went up by 9-10 paise. In Delhi, diesel retailed at Rs 64.47 a litre, in Kolkata Rs 66.23, in Mumbai Rs…
Recovering from a pancreatic ailment the chief minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar was shown in a picture where he was shown inspecting a bridge at the Mandovi river with a tube in his nose. Parrikar in fact is still under treatment for the pancreatic issue which was detected few months back. Undeterred by health issue he had inaugurated the NIT campus a day before.
It was a special occasion for Hillary Clinton who revisited a place she had visited way back in 1995. It was a Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in Gujarat and Hillary was overwhelmed by the growth achieved by those women. ” I am so inspired by these women” she added ” I will never forget the sight of thousands of women now sharing how SEWA changed their lives “.
After Elon Musk its the billionaire founder of the Spaceflight company Virgin Galactics Richard Branson is eager to risk a spaceflight for the first time in few months from now. This was revealed by him saying ” i think I can pretty confidently say that today’. Virgin Galactics ‘ rocket completed its first ever trip almost to the edge of the space on last Tuesday.
It may have become fun but for political dispensation in Pakisthan did not go well with Google when the Pak prime minister Imran Khan appeared when searched for term ‘Bhikari’ (beggar) . It was when people searched for term Beggar in Urdu and the photos of Imran Khan appeared which has prompted the Pakisthani govt to take it seriously as a suspected conspiracy.
(UNI) The Cyclonic Storm ‘PHETHAI’ over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved further northwards with a speed of 19 kmph during past 6 hours on Monday and lay centred at 1130 hrs over westcentral Bay of Bengal near latitude 16.2°N and longitude 82.2°E, 85 km south-southwest of Kakinada and 60 km east-southeast of Narsapur in Andhra Pradesh. It is very likely to move nearly northwards and cross Andhra Pradesh coast around Kakinada during this afternoon between (1500 To 1700 Hours IST). However, due to unfavourable environmental conditions, it is likely to cross coast as a ‘cyclonic storm’ with a wind speed…
(UNI) The Congress member from Gurdaspur in Punjab Sunil Jakhar on Monday made a petition to the Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Majahan praying for a privilege motion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he said “deliberately misleading the Supreme Court and Parliament” in connection with the Rafale fighter jet deal. In his petition, a copy of which was made available here, Mr Jakhar alleged that there was “serious miss representation of vital, significant facts” to the Supreme Court. He accused that the government has “not only misled” the apex court but also “casts aspersion” on Parliament and the Public…
(UNI) The death toll in the Sulwadi Maramma Temple food poisoning incident in Chamarajanagara district has gone up to 14 with one more women dying in a private hospital here on Monday. Hospital sources said 35-year-old Mallibai breathed her last on Monday as she failed to respond to the treatment . Incidentally husband Krishna Naik had also died in the same tragedy when over 100 people eat prasad which was contaminated, allegedly due to some one mixing poison in it. The couple leaves behind two daughters. At least 66 persons are being treated at eight private hospitals and 28 more…
Biju Janata Dal has up its ante over the Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of paddy in a bid to exert pressure on the NDA government to pay the due to the farmer. For which the party has plans to go for sit-on ‘Dharna’ in the parliament premises on the 8th of next month. An issue that relates to the livelihood of farmers the BJD has criticised the central government for failing to pay the existing MSP of Rs.1750 even.
(UNI) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday appealed to all political parties to arrive at a consensus and ensure passage of Women’s Reservation Bill for providing reservation to women in Parliament and state legislatures. “Reservation of seats for women in Panchayats and Municipalities has proved to be successful,’ he said addressing a gathering at the Women Entrepreneurship Platform Conclave and after presenting Women Transforming India Awards 2018, organised by the NITI Aayog, WEP and UN in India, here. The Vice President said the contribution of Indian women to GDP, currently at 17 per cent, was well below the global…
It was not a day for India when the lady from India Nehal Chudasama could not make it for Miss Universe . Philipines’ Catriona Elisa Grey has been crowned the Miss Universe 2018 at a grand ceremony while the second and third position were conferred to the representatives from South Africa and Venenzuela. Gray was ecstatic as she took her first walk as Miss Universe .
(UNI)Born in Punjab (India) Indian-American Shree Saini got her cherished dream fulfilled when she was crowned Miss India Worldwide 2018 at the 27th Annual Global pageant held in the Fords City of New Jersey. Sakshi Sinha of Australia and Anusha Sareen from United Kingdom were adjudged the first and second runner ups. Shree Saini said, “the dream of mine of one day competing for a world title started when I was just in elementary school and watching an international pageant on TV. “I was instantly inspired by the contestants’ confidence when they proudly said their countries’ name on stage and…
(UNI)The government on Monday welcomed the Delhi High Court verdict that convicted senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, a former MP, for the 1984 anti-Sikh mayhem and went onto say that the Congress party and the “Gandhi family legacy” will continue to pay for the sins.”Sajjan Kumar’s conviction by the Delhi High Court is a delayed vindication of Justice. The Congress and the Gandhi family legacy will continue to pay for the sins of 1984 riots,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted.
ସମୀକ୍ଷା ବ୍ୟୁରୋ- ଶେଷରେ ହକି ମହାକୁମ୍ଭର ପରିସମାପ୍ତି ଘଟିଛି। କଳିଙ୍ଗ ଷ୍ଟାଡିୟମ ରେ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ବିଶ୍ଵକପ ପୁରୁଷ ହକି ରେ ବେଲଜିଅମ ପ୍ରଥମଥର ଲାଗି ବିଶ୍ଵ ବିଜେତା ହୋଇଛି। ଗତ ୧୮ ଦିନ ଧରି ରାଜଧାନୀ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବରରେ ଯେଉଁ ଉତ୍ସବ ମୁଖର ପରିବେଶ ଓ ତାର ମାସକ ଆଗରୁ ଯେଉଁ ପ୍ରକାର ଉତ୍ସାହାମୂଳକ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତି ଚାଲିଥିଲା, ସେଥିରୁ ଓଡ଼ିଶାକୁ ବେଶ ଲାଭ ମିଳିଛି। ପ୍ରଥମତଃ, ଓଡିଶା ଆଜି ଏକ ବିଶ୍ଵସ୍ତରୀୟ କ୍ରୀଡା ପ୍ରତିଯୋଗିତା ଆୟୋଜନରେ ନିଜର ଦକ୍ଷତା ପ୍ରମାଣିତ କରିଛି। ଏସିଆନ ଆଥଲେଟିକ୍ସ ମିଟ ପରେ ବିଶ୍ଵକପ ପୁରୁଷ ହକିର ଆୟୋଜନ, ବ୍ରାଣ୍ଡ ଓଡ଼ିଶାକୁ ଏକ ନୂଆ ମୂଲ୍ୟ ଦେଇଛି। ୧୬ ଟି ଦେଶର ଖେଳାଳୀ, ୫୦ ରୁ ଅଧିକ ଦେଶର ସାମ୍ବାଦିକ, ସୋସିଆଲ ମିଡିଆରେ ନିରନ୍ତର ପ୍ରଚାର, ଶହ ଶହ ବିଦେଶୀ ପର୍ୟଟକ ଓ ଖାଦ୍ୟ ଉତ୍ସାହୀଙ୍କ ଭିଡ, ବଲିଉଡ, କ୍ରିକେଟ ଓ କ୍ରୀଡା ଜଗତର ବହୁ ତାରକାଙ୍କ ଯୋଗଦାନ-…
(UNI) Syria’s Social Affairs and Labor Minister Rima al-Qadiri has said that 30,000 orphans have been registered in the capital Damascus and its countryside, the pro-government al-Watan newspaper said Sunday. The minister said that the number of children who have lost their providers has increased during the Syrian war. She said that the ministry is working to establish a database to include the number of orphans in other Syrian provinces, adding that the ministry is working on a long-term project to find a sponsor for each orphan. Qadiri said the sponsorship of orphans should take place within the environment of…
A powerful quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Papua province in eastern Indonesia on Sunday, but did not trigger potential for tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency of Indonesia disclosed here. The quake jolted at 16:42 Jakarta time (0942 GMT) with epicenter at 52 km southwest Keerom of the province and the depth at 106 km underearth, said an official in charge at the agency Dedi Sugianto.
Actor and model Milind Soman has no regrets about his wife being 25 years younger to him. His wife Ankita is 25 years younger on which Milind said, the gap in age does not matter. Its all about ‘ understanding each other, and make her feel comfortable and do what best she wants to do’.
A senior bank employee in West Bengal was arrested when it was found that he had managed to steal coins worth Rs.84 lakh from the bank and had used that to buy lottery tickets. The matter got exposed during an internal audit and the man was arrested by the police. It can leave many wonder how could he transport such huge sum from the bank.
Zee Media has served a notice of Rs.1,000 cr defamation to Navjyot Singh Sidhu who had alleged that the media had used some ‘ doctored’ visuals where people were seen giving slogans “pakisthan zindabad’ at his rally. That was a sequel to a threat by Sidhu for filing defamation for using doctored visuaks. Zee media asked Sidhu to apologise within 24 hours.
Fake cancer to jail, was the journey of a woman of Indian origin who had pretended to have detected with brain cancer and could manage lying her family and got paid with 2,50,000 pounds (Rs.2cr roughly) . However having her trick exposed she has been sentenced to four years imprisonment by a court in UK. It was traced that she managed the fake report lifted from a site.