The BJP, which is aiming to topple the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha, plans to hold as many as 100 election rallies in the state, with key speakers including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Odisha BJP vice-president Golak Mohapatra on Sunday said that mega rallies will be held in all … Read more
Referring to an assurance on educational loans made in the DMK’s manifesto for the 2021 Assembly election, Congress legislator J.G. Prince on Tuesday insisted that the State government help students, and stated that bank officials were taking the aid credited to the students’ accounts by the State government. During his speech in the Assembly, Mr. … Read more
West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Kolkata on Oct. 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The arrest of West Bengal Minister Jyoti Priya Mallick by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on October 27 over an alleged public distribution system (PDS) scam has sparked a political … Read more
The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police has cracked a massive racket involved in opening ‘mule bank accounts’ that help cyber and financial fraudsters to park and operate their ill-gotten money. The racket was active in tricking gullible villagers into opening bank accounts in tri-junction region of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The STF … Read more
Cyber fraudsters have reportedly withdrawn ₹1.48 lakh from two bank accounts after the victim logged into a mobile application shared by the fraudsters under Undi police limits in the West Godavari district. The incident came to light after the victim, K.B. Krishnam Raju, lodged a complaint with the police on August 14. The victim is a … Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: PTI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, June 1, 2023 condemned the withholding of Twitter accounts of Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator Seeman and May 17 Movement coordinator Thirumurugan Gandhi. The accounts have been withheld after the government of India reportedly made an … Read more
Gulf countries account for more than half of the Indian prisoners including undertrials and convicts lodged in foreign jails. According to data available with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), as many as 8,441 Indians including women are lodged in foreign jails in 69 countries in connection with various offences ranging from murder to domestic … Read more
Microblogging platform Twitter on Monday argued before the High Court of Karnataka that the reasons recorded by the authorities to block tweets or accounts has to be communicated to the persons and organisations against whom blocking orders are issued. The Rule 16 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information … Read more
July 20, 2021 — The nation’s top health officials said Tuesday that the Delta variant of the coronavirus is racing through the country and now is responsible for 83% of all U.S. cases. That’s a massive increase from a week ago, when Delta was seen as responsible for just more than half of new … Read more
Two FIRs have been registered against unknown persons for posting abusive comments against Mumbai Police and also for spreading misinformation on the 34-year-old actor’s death by suicide. Several social media account holders have been trolling the Mumbai Police after the death of Bollywood actor Sushsant Singh Rajput. The Mumbai Police is investigating thousands of fake social … Read more