Former IAS officer Sujata Rout Karthikeyan on Thursday joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), providing a boost to the regional party as it seeks revival path after its electoral setback in 2024.
Trust General Secretary Champat Rai's close aide Tinnu Yadav has also been named as accused in the FIR.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a state visit to Seychelles from June 27 to 29 to attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the National Day of Seychelles as the Guest of Honour, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Thursday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here on Thursday that rebel MP Sanjay Dina Patil, who defected from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to the Eknath Shinde-led Sena, has been issued a stern warning after he used unprintable language and choicest expletives against journalists.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) interrogated T. Veena (Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister) for a second time on Thursday at its Kochi zonal office.
Uttarakhand Health Department was able to save minimum 750 lives with timely intervention through medical screening and identifying devotees unfit for travelling to high altitude shrines of Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath.
Six criminals posing as anti-corruption vigilance wing sleuths conducted a fake raid at the house of an octogenarian physician and decamped with cash, gold ornaments, and household valuables at his native village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, police said on Friday.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh Friday noted that following the Supreme Court's recent order the Election Commission will now have to include the EPIC, Aadhar cards, and Ration Cards as proof for voter registration in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in Bihar.
To ensure smooth tolling operations and strengthen reporting of ‘Loose FASTags’, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has further streamlined its policy for the Toll Collecting Agencies and Concessionaires to immediately report and blacklist ‘loose FASTags’, that are also commonly called “tag-in-hand”.
As part of its ambitious mission to revive extinct and vanishing rivers across Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has initiated restoration work on the Budhi Rapti river in Shravasti district.
