KOTTAYAM: ZamngIchan Chandini has witnessed horror and endured hardships that few 14-year-olds can imagine. Hailing from a violence-hit district in Manipur, Chandini, who lost her home in the ethnic conflagration that engulfed the northeastern state and was unable to continue her education, is now back in school, in Kerala, along with 46 other students who…
NEW DELHI: As the buzz about allies seeking to secure a higher share of berths and high-profile portfolios in Modi 3.0 govt persisted on Saturday, there were indications of the BJP leadership asking NDA partners to ‘pare down’ their demands to ‘reasonable limits’ while assuring that unfulfilled desires may be given due consideration at an…
BHUBANESWAR: Caretaker chief minister Naveen Patnaik defended his close aide VK Pandian on Saturday, amid the criticism directed at BJD’s chief election strategist for the party’s recent electoral setback. Naveen expressed his disappointment and deemed the criticism directed towards Pandian regrettable.Amid the internal turmoil in BJD following the party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha…
BHUBANESWAR: Caretaker chief minister Naveen Patnaik defended his close aide VK Pandian on Saturday, amid the criticism directed at BJD’s chief election strategist for the party’s recent electoral setback. Naveen expressed his disappointment and deemed the criticism directed towards Pandian regrettable.Amid the internal turmoil in BJD following the party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha…
BHUBANESWAR: Sofia Firdous, 32, of Congress has created history by becoming the first Muslim woman to be elected MLA in the state from the Barabati-Cuttack seat. She defeated BJP candidate and noted gynaecologist Dr Purna Chandra Mahapatra (69) by a margin of 8,001 votes.Though 141 women have become MLAs in Odisha since 1937, no Muslim…
MYSURU: M Lakshmana, the state Congress spokesperson who lost the Lok Sabha elections from Mysuru, has called upon CM Siddaramaiah to reassess and reevaluate the guarantee schemes being run by the government in Karnataka. Addressing reporters here on Saturday, Lakshmana pointed out that BJP has accused the state govt of encouraging laziness through these guarantee…
NEW DELHI: Congress and the opposition parties were mulling if to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi on Sunday. Sources said Congress president received the invite late night for the event, which will be attended by leaders of South Asia and Indian Ocean Region.Earlier, AICC managers Jairam Ramesh and KC Venugopal chided BJP that…
KOLHAPUR: Satara district administration Saturday demolished eight cottages constructed illegally in a Mahabaleshwar club owned by the family of the teenager allegedly involved in the Porsche crash that killed two engineers in Pune on May 19.The club was built on govt land and run by a trust. The parents and grandparents of the teen allegedly…
NEW DELHI: Days after his swearing-in, Narendra Modi will undertake a day-long visit to Italy to participate in the G7 summit on June 14. With Modi unlikely to attend the Ukraine peace summit, which will be hosted by Switzerland immediately after G7, he’s expected to be back the next day, in time for the Parliament…
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of education has constituted a four-member panel headed by a former Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairperson to review the grace marks awarded to more than 1,563 candidates in the medical entrance exam National Eligibility Entrance Test-undergraduate (NEET-UG). This was informed by the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Saturday.The medical/…
