[ad_1] The Biju Janata Dal Friday elected Naveen Patnaik as Chairman of its Parliamentary Party – a decision taken at a party meeting to discuss its strategy ahead of the Budget session, starting July 22. Patnaik, the BJD chief, chaired the meeting, which was attended by its nine Rajya Sabha members. “As part of our […]
Ex-Foreign Secy Kwatra appointed as envoy to US | India News
[ad_1] Former Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra was on Friday appointed as India’s ambassador to the United States. “He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. The post of India’s envoy to the US has been vacant since Taranjit Sandhu retired in January. Kwatra, who served as the […]
Behind latest kidney transplant racket: An MBA grad, staff at hospitals, a tailor | Delhi News
[ad_1] An MBA graduate in Public Health Management, a tailor, two men who had illegally donated their kidneys in the past, and another who had got his wife’s kidney transplant done in a similar manner: these are among 15 faces behind another inter-state kidney trafficking racket busted by the Delhi Police in the last few […]
Assets case: 37 yrs & ‘shoddy’ CBI probe later, ex-IAS found unfit to stand trial, his brother acquitted | India News
[ad_1] Thirty-seven years after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked former IAS officer S S Ahluwalia in a disproportionate assets case, the 86-year-old was declared “unfit to stand trial” by the court on January 16. It also rapped the agency for its “shoddy probe”. Ahluwalia was found to be suffering from moderate dementia and […]
NIA arrests key aide of Canada-based wanted Khalistani terrorist Landa | India News
[ad_1] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key aide of Canada-based Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa in a major terror network case involving the supply of deadly weapons for extortion from businessmen among others, an official statement said on Friday. “Baljeet Singh alias Rana Bhai alias Balli, hailing from Barwani district […]
Women’s Asia Cup: India stroll to a comfortable win against Pakistan to kick off their title defence | Cricket News
[ad_1] The ‘Greatest Rivalry’ is now a familiar refrain from Indian cricket broadcasters when it comes to building up a match against Pakistan. Often though, the action on the field doesn’t live up to the hype. It was one of those occasions on Friday in Dambulla, as Harmanpreet Kaur’s India breezed to a comfortable 7-wicket […]
ED attaches Rs 300-cr worth land of M3M realty in case involving Congress | Delhi News
[ad_1] The ED on Friday said it has attached land in Gurugram, worth over Rs 300 crore, of real estate group M3M as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged land fraud case that also involves Congress leader and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. To attach the land, a provisional […]
BMC received only 413 pothole-related complaints on its digital portal, just 6% of grievances since June | Mumbai News
[ad_1] Amid intensified showers in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has received 413 pothole-related complaints on its ‘My BMC pothole fixit’ digital portal over the past few days, of which the civic body has resolved 329. However, this is much lower than the actual number of pothole-related grievances–of which the civic body has […]
Two-thirds of NCAP funds used for dust management, less than 1% for industrial pollution: Report | India News
[ad_1] Nearly two-thirds of the funds allocated to 131 cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) have been used for dust management, while less than one per cent has been utilized to combat air pollution from the industrial sector, a new report revealed on Friday. Launched in 2019, the NCAP is India’s first national […]
What does Crowdstrike have to do with Microsoft Windows PCs crashing worldwide? | Technology News
[ad_1] Microsoft Windows PCs at airports, banks, health services, IT companies, and news outlets worldwide are crashing and showing the infamous Blue Screen of Death, causing machines to either shut down or restart automatically. While some attribute the crashes to the ongoing Microsoft cloud service outage, the Blue Screen of Death is likely caused by […]