Day: July 2, 2019

President to visit Odisha from March 20-22

Prez gives assent to 7 state Bills

8:09 pm July 2, 2019

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to seven state Bills, including one belonging to Bihar which will ensure that the menace of dowry is dealt under the relevant central law, officials said Tuesday. Of the seven Bills which got the President’s approval, two are of Andhra Pradesh and one each was of […]

Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Dissident priests want Vatican to appoint administrative

8:06 pm July 2, 2019

Kochi: A section of priests protesting reinstatement of Cardinal George Alencherry as Major Archbishop of the Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese Tuesday urged the Vatican to appoint an administrative archbishop with independent charge at the earliest to defuse the crisis. The priests are up in arms against the recent Vatican decision to reinstate Alencherry to the post with […]

Two killed in road accident in UP

6:55 pm July 2, 2019

Lucknow: Two persons were Tuesday killed and another injured in a crash involving two trucks in Vrindavan colony in PGI area here, police said. The incident took place at about 5.30 am when one of the trucks hit the other from behind, they said. Ahsan Ali (35) and Firasat alias Guddu (36) were killed while […]

RS members object to Mahatma Gandhi’s picture in liquour

6:52 pm July 2, 2019

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha members Tuesday expressed concern over picture of Mahatma Gandhi on liquor bottles of an Israeli company, prompting the Chair to direct External Affairs minister S Jaishankar to look into the matter and take immediate appropriate action. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, AAP member Sanjay Singh said an Israeli company has […]

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

More rains likely in 13 Odisha districts by Wednesday

6:47 pm July 2, 2019

Bhubaneswar: More rain is likely to lash nearly half of Odisha, which is already soaked, by Wednesday, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Tuesday. The Met department has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in 13 of the 30 districts of the state due to shifting of a low pressure area from northwest Bay of Bengal […]