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TEAM MOHAN TAKES CHARGE OF ODISHA

ODISHA politics turned a new page on Wednesday with the BJP forming its first government in the state under the leadership of senior tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi, who ended the 25-year rule of the Naveen Patnaikled BJD.

NAIDU LOGS IN AS CHIEF MINISTER OF AP

TELUGU Desam Party boss N Chandrababu Naidu was on Wednesday sworn-in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time in his four-decade-long political career in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, and Bandi Sanjay besides a host of other NDA leaders.

Close to 50 Indians dead in Kuwait building blaze

Most died due to suffocation; minister sent to oversee assistance

L&T's chairman and MD took home ₹51 crore salary in FY24

CHAIRMAN and managing director (CMD) SN Subrahmanyan of L&T took home a total salary of ₹51 crore in 202324, as much as 43.11% higher than the previous year.

Will miss playing for India more on match days: Chhetri

IT'S been about less than a week since that emotional night in Kolkata where Sunil Chhetri donned India colours for one last time.

UPBEAT USA FACE LITMUS TEST

Against India, several stars of the co-hosts will have extra motivation to step up on Wednesday

Standard CC champions

STANDARD CC secured the TNCA Thiruvallur DCA League Championship 2023-24 I Division tournament after winning six out of seven matches with 24 points.

NRAI picks 15-member squad for Oly

NOT so long ago, there were murmurs about a potential surprise or two in regards to the Indian shooting team for the upcoming Paris Olympics But the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has stuck to its policy and picked a team based on the ranking chart after the Olympic Selection Trials (OST).

'India will be global leader in the age of AI'

INDIA will overtake the US as the largest software developer community by 2027, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke said on Tuesday.

State Bank to raise up to $3 bn through forex debt

THE country's largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday said it would raise up to $3 billion through forex debt in the current fiscal to fund its loan growth, which it expects to be around 16%.

Gen insurers can offer less than 1 yr tenure policies

GENERAL insurance companies can now offer insurance policies for a tenure of less than a year, and they cannot reject claims for want of documents, according to a circular issued by the insurance regulator-Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) -- on Tuesday.

Tata Motors looks for 20% PV market share by 2030

BUOYED by success of Nexon and Punch, Tata Motors has set an ambitious target to achieve 18-20% share in the Indian passenger vehicle (PV) market.

SBI, others to give ₹14K cr loan to Vi

Proceeds will be used to repay creditors, roll out 5G network and pay for additional spectrum

Ola Electric's ₹7,250-cr IPO gets Sebi nod, listing likely within one month

OLA ELECTRIC, India's largest electric scooter maker, has received market regulator Sebi's approval to launch its much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO).

No plan to privatise BPCL: Hardeep Singh Puri

PETROLEUM minister Hardeep Singh Puri has dismissed any possibility of privatisation of state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) citing the company's significant profits.

Didi moves EC for polling in 10 constituencies

AFTER the Election Commission announced that by-elections in four assembly seats will be held on July 10, the Trinamool Congress wrote to the poll panel urging it to also conduct bypolls in six other constituencies that are going to be vacant as the MLAs from there have been elected as MPs.

7 FIRS, over 200 held after arson hits C'garh town

AFTER a day of violence and arson perpetrated by thousands of Satnami protesters, the district administration in Chhattisgarh swiftly responded.

Disquiet in BJP as Cong turncoats take oath in Gujarat

APPOINTMENT of Congress turncoats as ministers in Gujarat is likely to stoke dissension in the BJP, according to some ruling party leaders.

Grief grips Jaipur as bodies of J&K terror victims arrive

10 died as bus carrying pilgrims attacked by terrorists fell into a deep gorge at Reasi in Jammu & Kashmir

Son Kartikeya or a key aide-who will succeed Shivraj from Budhni?

WHILE Shivraj Singh Chouhan made debut as a union minister in Delhi, assuming charge of agriculture-farmers welfare and rural development ministries on Tuesday, the ruling BJP circles in state speculated about the possible names who could succeed the 65-yearold ex-CM in his assembly constituency Budhni.

MP okays ₹24K cr power subsidy, 46K vacancies for health sector

THE Dr Mohan Yadav-led BJP government in Madhya Pradesh, on Tuesday, approved ~24,420 crore subsidy on electricity and over 46,000 new vacancies in the health sector.

Results a reality check for BJP, says RSS ideologue

THE Lok Sabha poll results are a \"reality check for overconfident\" BJP leaders and workers, said RSS ideologue and columnist Ratan Sharda.

Two Indians recruited by Russian army killed in war

TWO Indian nationals recruited by the Russian army were killed in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine recently, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.

BJP paid price for trying to change Constitution: Rahul

ON his first visit to Rae Bareli after the Lok Sabha elections, Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday commented that had his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contested from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have lost by 2-3 lakh votes.

KEY MODI MINISTERS JOIN WORK

AMIT Shah on Tuesday took charge of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, with his deputies Nityanand Rai and Bandi Sanjay Kumar.

Police nab former mutt assistant from Varanasi

Hours after his anticipatory bail petition was rejected, a 48-year-old man wanted in connection with the Dharmapuram aadheenam extortion case was arrested by a special police team from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh on Monday night.

Fake blood donors scam patients' kin, suck money and scoot

ON May 31, 30-year-old R Manikandan from Thanjavur was scrambling to find an AB-positive blood donor for his friend's wife who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital for cancer.

Anniyur Siva is DMK's choice for Vikravandi bypoll

AIADMK may pick R Muthamil Selvan, PMK likely to join byelection fight in BJP alliance

Child labour: Legislation sought to recognise all under 18 as children

On World Day Against Child Labour, Tamil Nadu Child Rights Watch (TNCRW) and Campaign against Child Labour - Tamil Nadu (CACL-TN) have appealed to the union government to enact legislative reforms, ensuring that all individuals under the age of 18 are uniformly recognised as children across all laws to prevent their employment as labourers.

Indian univs to offer admissions twice a year along the lines of foreign varsities: UGC

INDIAN universities and higher education institutions (HEIs) will now be allowed to offer admissions twice a year on lines of foreign universities.