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Manama : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today issued Edict (101) of 2023, appointing directors at the Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), based on a proposal by the President of the SCE. The edict stipulates the following: The following directors shall be appointed at the executive apparatus of the SCE: Article (I) 1. Shaikh Mishal bin Ibrahim bin Jaber Al Khalifa shall be appointed as Director of Al Areen Wildlife Directorate. 2. Nouf Ali Abdul Mohsen Al-Wasmi shall be appointed as Director of the Reserves Directorate. 3. Amna Hamad Ali…

Manama, Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), received Alastair Long, the newly appointed UK Ambassador to Bahrain. Lieutenant-General Abdullah bin Hassan Al Noaimi, Defence Affairs Minister was present. The Commander-in-Chief praised the historic Bahrain-UK relations in various sectors, wishing the Ambassador success in his duties.

Najmul Hossain and Shakib Al Hasan stitched together a 169-run partnership for the third wicket as Bangladesh scored 282/7 in 41.1 overs after bundling out Sri Lanka for 279 in 49.3 overs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.With this win, Bangladesh moved to seventh position with four points from two wins while Sri Lanka remained on four wickets from eight matches and in eighth position. Chasing 280 for a win, Bangladesh lost openers Tanzid Hasan and Litton Das early in the Powerplay to Madushanka, who continued his impressive new-ball spells.But having raced off the blocks early, Bangladesh only needed to consolidate…

Deputy Solicitor General of India, Dhiraj Kumar Trivedi, has replaced Phiroze Edulji, earlier appointed as the special public prosecutor in the matter on behalf of the ED. Trivedi had already started arguing in the matter at a special court in Kolkata from Monday evening only. Observers feel that the change in the counsel might be an indication of how seriously the Union government and the central agency authorities are viewing the matter of the ration distribution case in West Bengal. They say that one major reason for this change of counsel might be that the central agency authorities feel that…

As expected, the Central Election Committee of the party cleared the name of Revanth Reddy for Kamareddy seat. His name figured in the third list of candidates released by the party on Monday night.Revanth Reddy, like KCR, will be contesting from two seats. KCR is seeking re-election from Gajwel in his home district Siddipet and is also contesting from Kamareddy seat.Revanth Reddy is also contesting from his home constituency Kodangal in Mahabubnagar district.Earlier, Revanth Reddy filed his nomination from Kodangal, where he suffered defeat in 2018. He was later elected to Lok Sabha from Malkajgiri in 2019.The Congress has also…

The injured were identified as Rajpreet Singh, 25, Yash Puri, 19, Aakash Luthra, 27, and Rohan Prakash, 25 – all friends. The officer said that three are residents of Tilak Nagar while one lives at Shakti Nagar.According to police, the accident took place near Amarlila Hospital, Najafgarh Road and information was received regarding the same from Kalra Hospital, Kirti Nagar where four persons were undergoing treatment.”They all were in the car when the accident occurred. All the four are under treatment,” said a senior police officer, adding that a case has been registered under Sections 279 and 337 of the…

According to the police, at 7:03 p.m. on Monday, a PCR call regarding the matter was received at the Khyala police station following which a team was rushed to the spot.“The victim was stabbed at around 6:45 p.m. at M Block in Raghubir Nagar,” said a senior police officer.“Based on the initial probe, certain suspects have been rounded up. A case under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Khyala police station,” the officer added.–IANSssh/arm

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, senior party leaders including Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Salman Khurshid, Pramod Tiwari, and Ranjeet Ranjan trained their guns at the BJP, saying that a party delegation was scheduled to meet the poll panel but the appointment was cancelled at the last moment. Singhvi said the appointment had been postponed to November 8 or 9, when the first phase of elections in Chhattisgarh will already be over on November 7. The Congress leaders alleged that the BJP’s defeat in Chhattisgarh was certain and that is the reason the BJP was trying to malign…

The three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud dismissed the plea and asked the petitioners to raise their contentions with the Madras High Court.The CJI praised Justice Anand Venkatesh of the Madras HC for passing the suo motu order, saying that the petitioners will be at liberty to raise their contentions before the high court.In August, Justice Venkatesh had exercised his suo motu revision powers and held that the transfer of the case against the Tamil NaduHigher Education Minister from the district court at Villupuram to the district court at Vellore wasillegal.In July 2022, the transfer…

Manama Assigned by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister of the Royal Court, received the 20th National Audit Office (NAO) annual report 2022-2023 from NAO President Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. The minister commended the NAO’s efforts in preserving public funds and ensuring they are well managed as per the law through implementing the highest standards of transparency and professionalism. Shaikh Khalid stressed the important role performed by the office as an independent agency that contributes to enhancing efficiency, productivity and optimal utilisation of resources. NAO president said that the…