Bhubaneswar, Aug 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday advised the officials of the state forest department to show empathy towards tribals and other local people during the enforcement of various forest protection rules. While speaking at the conference of Divisional Forest Officers (DFO) here on Tuesday, CM Mohan Charan Majhi said one-fourth of our population belongs to various tribal communities.They primarily reside in the forest and its surrounding areas. It is the mo…

Washington/New York, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday morning that he will impose higher tariffs on India in the next 24 hours for buying Russian oil and reselling products abroad, even though he asserted New Delhi was going to offer zero tariffs.Trump, who announced a 25 per cent tariff on India last week, told CNBC: “I think I’m going to raise that very substantially over the next 24 hours, because they’re buying Russian oil.””India went from the highest tariffs ever (t…

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) As India observes the sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Shiv Sena-UBT leader and MLA Aditya Thackeray on Tuesday said that while the removal of the constitutional provision was a necessary and proud step, the promised restoration of statehood remains unfulfilled. “Removing Article 370 was a necessary step, and we are proud of it. But the statehood that was to be granted after this has not y…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has strongly refuted recent media claims suggesting a closed-door meeting between Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Udaipur Files producer Amit Jani. The PIB, through its official fact-checking handle on August 5, labelled the claim as “Fake News” and clarified that no such meeting ever took place.”Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw has not held any such meeting,” the…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a meeting with German MP Jurgen Hardt in New Delhi on Tuesday, discussing bilateral cooperation and various other global developments. In a post shared on X, EAM Jaishankar stated, “Always nice to catch up with German MP Jurgen Hardt. Discussed our bilateral cooperation and global developments.”In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada’s Kananaski…

Bhopal, Aug 5 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate seized incriminating documents related to benami companies and properties during a search on the premises of a company, Advantage Overseas Pvt. Ltd, in a Rs 1,266 crore bank fraud case, an official said on Tuesday. The Bhopal Zonal Office conducted search operations in the case of Advantage Overseas Pvt. Ltd. (AOPL) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The search operation led to the recovery of substantial i…

Bengaluru, Aug 5 (IANS) Following strong criticism and a warning of arrest from the Karnataka High Court, the RTC employees’ unions on Tuesday called off their indefinite bus strike across the state.The unions had continued their protest despite the court’s earlier order and the state government’s invocation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), which had brought bus services to a halt and caused widespread inconvenience to the public.A bench headed by Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhr…

Amaravati, Aug 5 (IANS) YSR Congress Party President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday alleged that there is rampant corruption in the coalition government headed by Chandrababu Naidu.He claimed that corruption has spread widely, especially in the liquor business, illegal sand mining, and Amaravati land deals.Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that works for the state capital, Amaravati, are being awarded double the cost compared to Hyderabad and Bengaluru.Address…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday shared a 1912 map of the legislature and informed MLAs that a room had been wrongly labelled as “gallows” by the previous government. Responding to a matter raised by BJP’s Chief Whip Abhay Verma about the erroneous decision to put a plaque of “gallows” on the premises, the Speaker issued a statement dispelling doubts that the oldest seat of democracy in the city housed gallows during colonial rule.Later, BJP memb…

Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad on Monday hailed Union Home Minister Amit Shah as the “modern Iron Man” of Gujarat, crediting him with playing a pivotal role in shaping the BJP into the world’s largest political organisation and strengthening India’s internal security framework. Describing Shah as a resilient and visionary leader, Prasad said his political journey – from facing politically motivated legal challenges to becoming the longest-serving Home Min…