Chit Fund Case: Odisha Court Awards 5-Yr Jail Term To Sai Samrudhi Realcon India MD

Sambit Das, the managing director of Sai Samrudhi Realcon India Limited, a Ponzi firm, was sentenced to five years in jail by a special Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (OPID) court in Cuttack on Thursday. On charges of duping depositors, the court handed down the sentence to Das under Section 420 of the IPC and…Continue Reading

Sputnik V Shows Strong Protection Against Omicron: Joint Italian-Russian Study

The Sputnik V vaccine has demonstrated strong protection against Omicron variant, with over 2 times higher virus neutralising activity compared to the Pfizer vaccine, according to a study conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Italy in collaboration with Russian Direct Investment Fund.The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Gamaleya Center) and the Russian…Continue Reading

Odisha Panchayat Polls: Urge To Serve Society Brings Educated, White Collar Executives Into Politics 

This Panchayat elections in Odisha is witnessing a phalanx of young and highly educated people in the arena, trying their luck in grass roots politics. The new crop of politicians, all believer of the saying, ‘action speaks louder than words’, share a common objective of serving the society. Till a few days ago, checking the tooth of…Continue Reading

Inherited Property Of Issueless Hindu Female Dying Intestate Goes Back To Source: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that inherited property of a female Hindu dying issueless and intestate, will either go to the heirs of her parents or husband.Explaining the provisions of the Hindu Succession Act, a bench of Justices S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari said: “The main scheme of this Act is to establish…Continue Reading

Odisha Man Dies In Accident After Hearing Wife’s Death

Apparently devastated by the news about wife’s death, Dillip Nayak, from Harekrushnapur village under Dhenkanal Sadar Police limits, met with an accident that took his life on Thursday.The tragic incident occurred when Dillip’s bike crashed into a tree near Biswanathpur village under Gondia Police limits when he was rushing back home after hearing about his…Continue Reading

Media messes up coverage of voting rights, blames Biden for GOP’s racism

Remember: With Republicans, every accusation is a confession. Nowhere is that more true than in the discourse around fair elections and voting rights, both of which Republicans stand firmly against. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats attempted to pass a bill that would both protect voting rights and strengthen elections against blatant Republican sabotage. In response, Senate…Continue Reading

Jon Ossoff confronts Susan Collins over her past support for voting rights legislation

Sen. Jon Ossoff, one of the two Georgia Democrats elected in last year’s runoff elections, confronted Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on the Senate floor Wednesday over her previous support for voting rights legislation and her opposition to Democrats’ new voting rights proposal. Ossoff, the youngest member of the Senate, called out the fifth-term senator before she joined the…Continue Reading

Joe Manchin’s revisionist history: Filibuster stands after Senate Democrat sides with Republicans

On Wednesday, just months out from the midterm elections, Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., blocked their own party’s effort to pass a sweeping voting rights overhaul by refusing to exempt the measure from a Republican filibuster. The conservative Democratic explained his reasoning during a floor speech that day, addressing the upper chamber…Continue Reading