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Bhubaneswar, Apr 9 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday inaugurated three new grid substations and eight transmission lines established at Rs 600 crore, and assured the people of Bhubaneswar and adjoining areas of uninterrupted and high-quality power supply. He said the new power facilities will benefit about 22 lakh consumers in the region. Majhi launched the new grid substations at Balianata, Satyanagar, and SCB Medical College in Cuttack, in presence of Deputy Chief Mi ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 9 (PTI) Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday thanked the people for turning out in large numbers to vote for a change in the state. People voted with the hope of a "New Bor-Asom" (New and Greater Assam) and new leadership, Gogoi said in a statement. "It is now the responsibility of the Election Commission to ensure the security of the EVMs and conduct accurate counting of votes on May 4," he said. Gogoi also thanked Congress president Mallikarjun K ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Union Women and Child Development Minister Annpurna Devi on Thursday said the Poshan Abhiyaan should become a 'jan andolan' and stressed the need to reduce children's screen time and improve nutrition in the first six years of life. Launching the eighth edition of Poshan Pakhwada under the theme 'Maximising brain development in the first six years of life', Devi said the campaign is not merely a nutrition programme but an effort to turn it into a "jan andolan" (people's m ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Temperatures in Delhi began rising on Thursday after several days of rain and below-normal readings, with the maximum temperature settling at 30.8 degrees Celsius and further increase expected over the next few days amid forecasts of strong surface winds. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a minimum temperature of around 17 degrees Celsius and a maximum of about 33 degrees Celsius for Friday, along with strong surface winds during the daytime. Meanwhile, st ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 9 (PTI) India's oldest living Test cricketer CD Gopinath died at the age of 96 here on Thursday, ending the last human link to the nation's first Test-winning team. Gopinath, who was the second oldest cricketer in the world after Australian legend Neil Harvey (97), is survived by his wife, children and grand-children. Following his demise, Mumbai's 95-year-old Chandrakant Patankar has become the country's oldest cricketer. He played one Test, against New Zealand in 1955. In the d ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) India still has the largest number of poor people in the world and four out of five Indians earn less than Rs 171 per day, Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha Leader Derek O'Brien said on Thursday as he shared a "fact-check" on claims made in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at a poll rally. Taking to X, the TMC leader hit back at Modi over his speech in West Bengal's Haldia, issuing a detailed "fact check" of what he termed as seven claims made by the prime minister. "L ...Read More >
Agartala, Apr 9 (PTI) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday claimed that Tipra Motha Party's defeat in the upcoming tribal council elections is "inevitable" as the outfit has "failed" to serve the people. Addressing an election rally in South Tripura district's Kalacherra, Saha accused Tipra Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma of playing communal cards to woo innocent tribal voters. Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), comprising two-thirds of the north ...Read More >
Kohima, Apr 9 (PTI) An estimated 80.62 per cent voter turnout was recorded as polling for the byelection to the Koridang assembly seat in Mokokchung district of Nagaland when voting ended at 5 pm on Thursday, the EC said. The polling process remained largely peaceful, officials said, adding that 18,045 out of 22,382 electors cast their votes. Of the 30 polling stations, several polling stations registered exceptionally high turnout of above 95 per cent. These include Mangmetong II with 99.08 p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Prodigiously talented Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's legion of fans keeps on growing with South African batting great Graeme Smith describing the 15-year-old Indian as a "proper superstar" after his exploits in the IPL 2026. The 15-year-old Sooryavanshi smashed world's best T20 bowler Jasprit Bumrah for a six off the very first delivery he faced during Rajasthan Royals' win 27-run win over Mumbai Indians in a rain-curtailed match on Tuesday. The young swashbuckler hit Bumrah aga ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) The government has stepped up supplies of critical petrochemical feedstock to the pharmaceutical industry to ensure uninterrupted production of essential medicines, as global supply chains remain strained due to the crisis in West Asia. Prior to the West Asia conflict, the pharmaceutical industry imported a bulk of its petrochemical feedstock, mostly in Kandla, Gujarat, from where the logistics chain took them to factories. The war, however, has disrupted those imports, w ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) A series of programmes, including a 'Bhim Jyoti Utsav' and a Constitution-themed festival, will be organised in the national capital from April 10 to 14 to mark the 136th birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, Delhi minister Ravinder Indraj Singh said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference at the Delhi Secretariat, Singh said the events would be held at multiple locations across the city, with a major highlight being the 'Bhim Jyoti Utsav' near India Gate, where a special ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Apr 9 (PTI) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced candidates for polls to the district panchayat, taluka panchayats, and municipalities of Vav-Tharad and Aravalli as well as Surendranagar Municipal Corporation in Gujarat. Elections to local self-government bodies will be held on April 26 for nearly 10,000 seats, with counting of votes scheduled for April 28. Over 4.18 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls, which will cover 34 district panch ...Read More >
Guwahati/Silchar/Dibrugarh (Assam), Apr 9 (PTI) Around 30 people were injured and seven arrested in connection with poll-related violence in Assam on Thursday, officials said. A senior police officer told PTI that the Congress candidate in Patharkandi constituency in Sribhumi district, Kartik Sena Sinha, allegedly entered the Rangamati polling booth and started an argument with the presiding officer. "He claimed fake electors cast genuine people's votes. When the presiding officer denied the c ...Read More >
Mumbai/Pune, Apr 9 (PTI) The Opposition Congress on Thursday opted out of the bypoll to the Baramati assembly seat in Maharashtra at the last moment, giving a virtual walkover to ruling NCP candidate and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar though a contest will still take place as 22 other nominees remain in the fray. After initially appearing firm to contest the April 23 bypoll, necessitated due to the death of former Deputy Chief Minister and sitting Baramati MLA Ajit Pawar, the husband of Sunetra, the C ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) A Delhi court on Thursday granted six days of interim bail to 2020 Delhi riots accused Khalid Saifi to attend family functions scheduled this month. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the bail application filed by Saifi, the founder of United Against Hate, seeking two weeks of interim bail to attend weddings of his niece and nephew and allowed his plea to attend the family functions. In an order today, the court said, "The Barat and Nikah of the nephew o ...Read More >
Agartala, Apr 9 (PTI) An estimated 79.84 per cent voter turnout was recorded as polling for the byelection to Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura ended at 5 pm on Thursday, officials said. The voting was peaceful, they said. Despite inclement weather, voters came out in large numbers in all the polling booths and exercised their democratic rights without any disturbance, officials said. "Polling for the byelection in all 55 booths began at 7 am amidst tight security. Voters wer ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 9 (PTI) The talent and capability of today's graduates will take the country to new heights on the global stage, said Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday, while speaking at the 18th convocation of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU). "Today's graduates are the real drivers of Viksit Bharat," she said at the event held at the university's East Delhi campus in Surajmal Vihar. A total of 26,649 degrees were conferred on students, including 124 PhDs, 11 MPh ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) E-commerce firm Amazon is planning to expand its quick commerce vertical Amazon Now in the US and Europe after success in India, according to a document from the company. The company started Amazon Now last year in India and the UAE. "We've been working on Amazon Now, ultra-fast delivery on thousands of items within 20 minutes. Customers love this service. In India, where we have more than 360 micro-fulfilment centres (and growing rapidly), Amazon Now orders are increasi ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 9 (PTI) Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in both Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, where bypolls were held on Thursday. While the turnout in Bagalkot was 65.68 per cent, it was 63.04 per cent in Davanagere South. While the ruling Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP aims to wrest them and deliver a setback to its rival, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership. The bypolls were necessitated due ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 9 (PTI) An estimated 84.42 per cent voter turnout was recorded as polling ended at 5 PM on Thursday in all 126 assembly constituencies of Assam, surpassing the previous 82.04 per cent voting in the 2021 elections, officials said. The BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term in power in Assam, while the Congress is striving to reclaim a state it lost a decade ago. Dalgaon recorded the highest voting at 94.57 per cent, while the lowest turnout was in Amri at 70.40 per cent, ...Read More >
Patiala/Moga, Apr 9 (PTI) Six schools in Patiala and three in Moga received bomb threat emails on Thursday, officials said, adding that nothing suspicious was found after checks. Bomb disposal squads, dog squads, and police teams rushed to the premises and conducted a thorough search and sanitisation operation, the officials said. Security was heightened around the educational institutions in response to the threats, the police said. A school staff member in Moga said that authorities were im ...Read More >
New Delhi: VerSe Innovation has appointed Prasanna Prasad as Chief Product and Technology Officer, as the Dailyhunt parent steps up its artificial intelligence-led product and platform strategy. In the new role, Prasad will lead the company's engineering, product and data science teams. The company said Prasad's immediate mandate will be to expand the use of AI across VerSe's platforms, with a focus on content personalisation, creator enablement and advertising efficiency. It also plans to buil ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 9 (PTI) Voting for the 140 Assembly seats in Kerala concluded at 6 pm on Thursday with people still standing in queues outside many polling stations. Those present at the polling stations at 6 pm were given tokens and would be allowed to vote. Till 5 pm, a turnout of 75.01 per cent was recorded, slightly higher than that of the 2021 Assembly polls which saw a polling percentage of 74.06 per cent. Final turnout will be available only after people left at the polling sta ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 9 (PTI) Punjab Police on Thursday said that with the arrest of two operatives, it has busted an ISI-backed Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module preparing to commit high-impact terror attacks to disturb peace in the state. The arrested accused have been identified as Akash Masih and Jablaun, both residents of the Dulla Nangal area of Gurdaspur district. Both have a criminal past, police said. The arrests led to a significant recovery of arms and ammunition. This incl ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 9 (PTI) Air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration major Blue Star Limited expects around 20 per cent growth in volumes and about 25 per cent revenue growth this year, its managing director B Thiagarajan said on Thursday. He said the air-conditioning industry is currently facing a total cost impact of around 13 per cent, comprising 5 per cent from revised energy labelling norms and about 8 per cent due to higher raw material prices. "Out of this, the industry has already passed ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Silver prices declined by Rs 7,800 to Rs 2.43 lakh per kilogram in the national capital on Thursday while gold fell to Rs 1.54 lakh per 10 grams as investors booked profits amid concerns over the durability of the fragile ceasefire in West Asia. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the white metal depreciated by Rs 7,800, or 3.10 per cent, to Rs 2,43,200 per kg (inclusive of all taxes) from Wednesday's closing level of Rs 2,51,000 per kg. Gold of 99.9 per cent ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 9 (PTI) Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ather Energy on Thursday said it almost doubled the number of its Experience Centres (ECs) to over 700 across India in the just-concluded financial year. This rapid expansion has played a key role in driving Ather's growth across markets, improving accessibility and enabling the company to scale across both existing and new markets, the company said. Ather said it has added over 350 new Experience Centres, effectively doubling its retail ne ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 9 (PTI) The Telangana High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing to April 10 on the anticipatory bail petition filed by Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case filed against him by the Assam government over his allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife. Congress leader and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who virtually argued for Khera, alleged political vendetta in the case by the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government. Assam Advocate General Devajit Saikia, wh ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 9 (PTI) The Haryana government has suspended two officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) with immediate effect. In two separate orders issued on Wednesday, the government placed Ram Kumar Singh and Pardeep Kumar under suspension with immediate effect. While no reason was given for their suspension, sources said the action was linked to the ongoing probe into the Rs 590-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case. During the suspension period, both officers -- promoted from the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will undertake a two-day visit to Qatar, India's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas and cooking gas LPG, which had halted supplies following the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East. The visit on April 9-10 follows a tentative US-Iran ceasefire that has rekindled hopes of resumption of energy supplies from the region. "Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep S Puri, will be on an official visit to the State o ...Read More >
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