April 04, 2024 03:31 am | Updated 09:48 am IST - BHUBANESWAR Dynastic politics carries a negative connotation, but it is unfair to solely attribute its promotion to any single party. The allocation of tickets by the three principal parties - the Biju Janata Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and …...Read More
Candidate lists reflect dynastic succession across political spectrum in Odisha
UK is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel, Sunak warned
The UK is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel, Rishi Sunak has been warned. Three former Supreme Court justices are among over 600 lawyers and academics who have signed a 17-page letter to warn the present situation in Gaza is "catastrophic". The government has been facing growing calls …...Read More
Congress launches door-to-door campaign with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge distributing pamphlets in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad
April 04, 2024 02:23 am | Updated 06:29 am IST - New Delhi Launching its “Ghar Ghar Guarantee” initiative in the National Capital, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on April 3 asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about “Modi Ki guarantee” but it is “unsuccessful” and does not reach people. …...Read More
Hand over 2018 high school violence probe to NIA, Calcutta High Court tells Bengal government
April 04, 2024 02:01 am | Updated 02:01 am IST - Kolkata A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to transfer the 2018 violence at a Uttar Dinajpur school, in which two youths died, to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The bench, …...Read More
Legal battles and political tensions over Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh
April 04, 2024 01:55 am | Updated 10:46 am IST Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s proposal to shift the capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam in the name of decentralisation had come as a bolt from the blue for the thousands of farmers who visualised a global …...Read More
'I'm visually impaired, but I got to see my unborn baby': Blind photography exhibition World Unseen features incredible ultrasound scan
Running her fingers over her scan for the first time, Karen Trippass could feel straight away that her unborn baby had her husband's nose. Born with bilateral coloboma, a rare condition also known as cat-eye syndrome, she never thought she would experience this pregnancy milestone in the same way that …...Read More
Congress candidate Geetha Shivarajkumar campaigns in Sagar
April 04, 2024 01:44 am | Updated 01:44 am IST - Shivamogga The Congress candidate for Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat, Geetha Shivarajkumar, campaigned in parts of the Sagar Assembly constituency on Wednesday. She continued her visits to villages after a couple of days. Her husband and actor Shivarajkumar, who was …...Read More
Odisha police book three RTI activists in connection for ‘fake news’
April 04, 2024 01:44 am | Updated 01:44 am IST - BHUBANESWAR The Commissionerate Police for Bhubaneswar-Cuttack has filed case against three Right To Information activists who alleged that 74 police personnel were deployed for protection of V.K. Pandian, Chairman 5T (Transformational Initiatives), and close aide of Chief Minister Naveen …...Read More
Progressive forums of Hassan appeal to voters to defeat JD(S)-BJP alliance
April 04, 2024 01:41 am | Updated 01:41 am IST - Shivamogga A forum of progressive organisations has appealed to the people to defeat JD(S)-BJP alliance candidate Prajwal Revanna in Hassan. The representatives of Hassan district unit of the Centre for Indian Trade Union, pro-Dalit organisations, CPM, and CPI held …...Read More
Best case scenario for India’s economic development rests on nuclear power: report
April 04, 2024 01:31 am | Updated 06:21 am IST - New Delhi For India to be a developed country by 2047 and on track to achieve net zero — or effectively zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2070 — it must significantly prioritise investments in nuclear energy and expanding related …...Read More
