Bhubaneswar, March 12 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey and film star Sidhanta Mohapatra figure in the first list of BJD candidates for the Lok Sabha and assembly elections. Patnaik, also the party president, named the candidates Wednesday for five Lok Sabha and 30 assembly seats. The names of other candidates […]
Panaji, March 12 (IANS) Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who is in judicial custody here, regularly telephoned from prison a Delhi-based woman business associate, an inquiry report said Wednesday. The report filed before the Margao district and sessions court Wednesday by prison authorities also said a SIM card seized from Tejpal’s prison cell at the Sada […]
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Rebel RJD leader Ram Kripal Yadav Wednesday joined the BJP. Ram Kripal Yadav was upset over RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa being made the candidate from Patliputra constituency in Bihar. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of party president Rajnath Singh. “I have been a dedicated worker […]
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), March 12 (IANS) Seeking “revenge” for the security personnel’s killings by Maoists in Chhattisgarh Tuesday, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Wednesday said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) would probe the attack. “So many jawans have lost their lives in the attack, we will take revenge…the central and state forces are working together on it,” […]
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) A defamation case was filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for saying at a rally in Maharashtra March 6 that the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) killed Mahatma Gandhi. The case was filed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district Tuesday. The case, filed by Sanu Shukla, a lawyer and also the convenor […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit was sworn in as the 22nd governor of Kerala at Raj Bhavan here Tuesday. Kerala High Court Chief Justice Manjula Chellur administered the oath of office. Dikshit replaced Nikhil Kumar who was in office for less than an year (March 23, 2013-March 5, 2014) and was […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy can breathe easy as a notification issued by the centre has accepted the state’s recommendation to keep agricultural land, plantations and habitations of 123 villages out of ecologically sensitive areas. The ecologically sensitive areas were identified by a high-level working group on the Western Ghats. Chandy, addressing […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Mozambique Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco Tuesday praised India for its “non-interfering stand” while providing lines of credit meant for the development of his country’s agriculture and infrastructure sectors. “India does not impose anything on us while granting the line of credit. India respects the priorities of our government,” Pacheco said. “The […]
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday lauded the Indian Air Force (IAF) saying it has been commendably executing its mandate of safeguarding the Indian skies. The president was speaking after presenting the top honours of Standard and Colours to 112 Helicopter Unit and No.4 Base Repair Depot of the IAF. The award of […]
Mumbai, March 11 (IANS) Living up to his common man image, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal will kickstart his Lok Sabha campaign here Wednesday by using public transport to reach out to voters, the party said Tuesday. After landing at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Kejriwal will catch an auto-rickshaw to go to Andheri station. There, the […]