BJP will form govt in Odisha with a majority in assembly polls & also win all 21 Lok Sabha seats, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan tells TOI’s Manash Pratim Gohain. Excerpts from the interview:Why is everyone in BJP – from the PM, HM, JP Nadda and you – talking about Odia Asmita on the campaign trail?That’s…
CHHAPRA (SARAN): Defying the midsummer sun, all of Khalpura, a Rajput-dominated village, poured out on the streets on Monday (May 13) to welcome Rohini Acharya, daughter of RJD chief and former CM Lalu Prasad and the party’s candidate from Saran. For most people in Bihar, she’s the “kidney girl”.One would think that a political greenhorn…
PUNE: Colonel Waibhav Kale (retd), who was killed in Gaza while on United Nations (UN) duty, was cremated with the state honour at the crematorium in Pune cantonment limit on Friday evening. Kale, 46, was killed, and another staffer from the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) from Jordan was injured when their UN-marked…
NEW DELHI: In a twist to the AAP MP Swati Maliwal’s assault case, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, who has been accused by Maliwal of assaulting her, filed a counter complaint against the MP on Friday.The development came hours after AAP held a press conference on the matter and accused Swati Maliwal of…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight, AI-807 from Delhi was forced to return to the airport due to a suspected fire in the plane’s air conditioning system. The aircraft was carrying 175 passengers at the time of the incident.According to a Delhi airport official, “The flight landed safely at 6.38 PM.”(More details to follow) Source…
NEW DELHI: Drawing a clear battle line, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday hit out at its party MP Swati Maliwal for being hand-in-glove with the BJP, while strongly refuting allegations that chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar either verbally or physically assaulted her on May 13 at the CM’s residence.In the first…
NEW DELHI: Bhavesh Bhinde, has been remanded in police custody by a Mumbai court till May 26 in the hoarding collapse incident which claimed the life of 16 people and injured 75.Bhinde, the owner of Ego Media and the main accused in the Ghatkopar billboard collapse case, was arrested by the Mumbai Police in a…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam. The prosecution complaint was submitted to a special court, and the accused are sought to be charged under…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday stressed that India has a very low tolerance for any form of cross-border terrorism. Speaking about China Jaishankar described the situation as ‘more complex’, and listed three factors that impact the situation.“Would you do business with somebody who had just barged into your drawing room and…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) has issued an advisory for Indian nationals travelling to Laos and Cambodia in search of employment to be cautious of scams.The ministry said that these fake agents are luring people for employment. “All Indian nationals who are traveling for jobs in Cambodia and the Southeast Asian region,…
