Day: August 23, 2019

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

CM announces Rs 500-cr Puri package, seeks people’s support

9:05 pm August 23, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Amid protests over the governments eviction drive near Puris Shri Jagannath Temple, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged people to cooperate and make sacrifices for the upkeep and security of the 12th century shrine. Patnaik also announced a Rs 500-crore special package for developing the temple town into a world heritage site. The […]

Adityanath got CM's post by chance: Akhilesh Yadav

Akhilesh dissolves all SP units in Uttar Pradesh

9:02 pm August 23, 2019

Lucknow: Attempting a course correction in the party after its Lok Sabha poll debacle, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday dissolved its all units in Uttar Pradesh, including the state executive, and district and youth wings, sources said. The party, however, has retained state president Naresh Uttam, they said. “Party president Akhilesh Yadav has […]

Victory of truth: VHP on Babri demolition case verdict

Babri demolition: SC asks UP govt to pass orders in 2 weeks on extension of special judge’s tenure

8:56 pm August 23, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to pass orders within two weeks on extension of tenure of the special judge conducting trial in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, in Lucknow. A bench of justices R F […]

UN, France raise concern over Amazon wildfires ‘crisis’

8:53 pm August 23, 2019

Salvador: Paris and the United Nations called Thursday for the protection of the fire-plagued Amazon rainforest as Brazil’s right-wing president accused his French counterpart of having a “colonialist mentality” over the issue. Official figures show nearly 73,000 forest fires were recorded in Brazil in the first eight months of the year — the highest number […]

Israel bombed Iraq weapons depot: report

8:45 pm August 23, 2019

Washington: Israel has carried out at least one strike against a weapons depot in Iraq, The New York Times reported Thursday. There have been a series of blasts in Iraq over the past month at training camps and arms depots used by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces, which are mainly composed of pro-Iranian militias. Israel […]