Kanpur/New Delhi: Former Union minister and veteran Congress leader Sriprakash Jaiswal died in Kanpur Friday following a cardiac arrest. He was 81. Jaiswal was first taken to a local nursing home in Kidwai Nagar this evening after his condition worsened and then shifted to the Cardiology Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. Jaiswal married Maya...

New Delhi: Widening its probe into the alleged financial irregularities at the Al Falah Group and Trust, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detected that its arrested chairman could have acquired some land parcels in Delhi by "forging" documents. The Al Falah University based in Haryana's Faridabad district is under the spotlight of investigations into the November 10...

Question Hour in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

New York: In the fallout from the killing of a National Guard soldier, US President Donald Trump has threatened to take away the citizenship of those disrupting "domestic tranquility" and halt migration from 'third-world countries'. In an angry post on Truth Social around Thursday midnight, Trump announced his plans for sweeping changes to immigration targeting "anyone who...

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday said he invited his deputy D K Shivakumar for a meeting over breakfast November 29 to discuss amid the heightened leadership row. Speaking to reporters here, Siddaramaiah said, "The party high command had called me and him (D K Shivkumar) and asked us to have a meeting. Hence, I have invited...

Bhubaneswar: An FIR has been registered against BJD leader Manmath Routray for allegedly making defamatory comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during the recent bypoll to the Nuapada assembly constituency, police said Friday. The cyber police station in Bhubaneswar has registered the case against Routray under various sections of Bharatiya...

Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district collector Friday issued directions withholding the November salaries of all employees of 51 government offices for not implementing the OSWAS (Odisha Secretariat Workflow Automation System) mode of paperless work. Sources said that around 300 employees, many of them in panchayat offices, may be affected. The state government has mandated all offices to operate...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD and Congress in Odisha accused the BJP government of being insensitive to sexual abuses of women in the state, claiming that the administration's policy of "zero tolerance" to rape was not enough, as people wanted 'zero incidents'. The recent issue relating to alleged sexual abuse of three girls in the age group of...

Bengaluru: Following the leadership crisis in the ruling Karnataka Congress party, the caste groups and religious seers have come out in the open with either supporting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah or his Deputy and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar. The Kuruba community, from which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hails, has issued a warning that if Siddaramaiah is removed from...

Padang (Indonesia): The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island rose to 164 Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said, as rescue workers found their efforts hampered by damaged bridges and roads and a lack of heavy equipment. Monsoon rains caused rivers to burst their banks in North Sumatra province Tuesday. The deluge...