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Cuttack: The Orissa high court has clarified that it has not imposed any restriction on the use of the Upper Bali Yatra ground (killa maidan) for the upcoming Bali Yatra, paving the way for the district administration to proceed with arrangements across both upper and lower grounds.In an order issued on Oct 9, a special bench of Justices S K Sahoo and V Narasingh said: "It is abundantly clear that this court has not put any fetters on the district administration regarding use of Upper Bali Yatra ground in organising the historic Bali Yatra, 2025. Hence, in our considered view, no permission is required from this court for the district administration to use some part of the Upper Bali Yatra Ground for organising the historic Balijatra. Motion seeking permission thus stands disposed of."With it, the administration now has a free hand to proceed with plans to organise the historic fair -- one of Odisha's largest cultural events -- across both grounds. Bali Yatra-2025 is scheduled to begin on Nov 5.The clarification comes in response to a compliance affidavit filed by collector (Cuttack) Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde following the court's earlier direction to explore feasibility of shifting all stalls to the Lower Bali Yjatra Ground to decongest the Ring Road -- a major concern flagged by the advocates' committee. The committee had raised alarm over safety hazards due to heavy pedestrian traffic between the two grounds, which they argued created the risk of accidents and hampered emergency vehicle movement to SCB Medical College and Hospital.The collector, in his affidavit, stated that this year, the government had approved the Mahanadi Riverfront Development Project near the embankment of the Lower Bali Yatra Ground. Accordingly, all stalls were initially planned within the Lower Bali Yatra Ground, covering an area of 60 acres... and the Upper Bali Yatra Ground was designated for parking purposes.However, several stakeholders -- including political parties, senior citizens, corporates, and cultural bodies -- objected to the complete shifting of stalls, citing the Upper Ground's historical and cultural significance as the original venue of Bali Yatra.
Sambalpur: With rising inflow of floodwater into the Hirakud reservoir, authorities opened four more sluice gates Thursday, taking the total number of gates currently discharging excess water to 20. According to officials, 13 gates on the left dyke and seven on the right dyke have been opened. As of 9:30 p.m. Thursday, the water level at the reservoir dropped to 628.83 feet. The latest reports said the inflow was about 297,903 cusecs, while the outflow stood at 361,432 cusecs. Of this, 327,040 cusecs are being released into the Mahanadi through the 20 sluice gates, 31,949 cusecs through the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Alleging "blatant misuse" of agencies to defame its leaders, AAP on Thursday questioned why the first information report filed against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Satyendar Jain was being kept under wraps and "selective" press notes were being leaked to the media.Bharadwaj, who is Delhi AAP convener, alleged that only two former ministers were named in the case without any reasonable cause while all the officers of the health and public works departments, who were actually responsible for executing the hospital projects, were spared. "Is the FIR so baseless that BJP ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 4 (ANI): Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan made strong remarks on the necessity of education while addressing a gathering at the Agaram Foundation event in Chennai. Education is the only weapon that can break the chains of dictatorship and Sanatan, the Rajya Sabha MP said on Sunday. Kamal Haasan added, Dont take anything else in your hands, only education. We cannot win without it, because the majority can make you lose. Majority Fools (Moodargal) will make u lose; knowledge alone will seem defeated. That why we must hold on to it (Educat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The central drugs laboratories have found 55 samples manufactured by various firms in June to be "not of standard quality", health ministry officials said on Friday. Further, state drugs testing laboratories have identified 130 drugs samples as 'not of standard quality', they said. Also Read | Chhattisgarh: 6 Bodies of Naxals Recovered in Ongoing Encounter With Security Forces in Narayanpur. According to routine regulatory surveillance activity, the list of 'not of standard quality' and spurious drugs are being displayed on the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisa ...Read More >
Bhopal, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's seven-day foreign visits to Dubai and Spain concluded on Saturday, and he is scheduled to return to New Delhi on Sunday, government officials said. Talking to media in Barcelona in Spain on Saturday, Chief Minister Yadav said that his visit has been successful as various memorandums of understanding were signed with investors to increase production, employment opportunity and farmers' income in the state. Speaking at the conclusion of his visit, the Chief Minister highlighted the state's focused efforts on developme ...Read More >
Washington, Jun 5 (PTI) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, leading a multi-party delegation to the US, was Thursday asked a question by his journalist son whether government interlocutors sought evidence of Pakistan's culpability in the Pahalgam attack to which he replied India would not have conducted Operation Sindoor without convincing evidence. "That shouldn't be allowed. This is my son," Tharoor said laughing, during an interaction at the Council on Foreign Relations when his son Ishaan Tharoor, global affairs columnist with the Washington Post, stood up to ask him a question. "Ishaan Tharoor, ...Read More >
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India] July 17 (ANI): In a shocking incident in Madhya Nayanapalli village of Pakala mandal, a man named Giri allegedly murdered his wife and two daughters and then attempted to take his own life. According to police reports, Giri and his wife, Hemalatha, had two daughters. In a heinous act, Giri reportedly pushed his wife and daughters into a well. A family member stated that he received a call informing him that Giri had thrown his wife and children into a well. When locals rushed to the spot, they found that Giri had tried to slit his own throat in an apparent s ...Read More >
Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway around 4.15am on Monday.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Sandeep Singh Gill said, "A case of robbery, rape, abduction and criminal intimidation has been registered with the Daund police. Seven members of two families of farmers from Junnar were travelling to Pandharpur for a pilgrimage ...Read More >
Kolkata: In a fresh clash with the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP, especially defence minister Rajnath Singh, of "misusing" the Army after its troops dismantled a Trinamul Congress agitation venue in the Maidan area in the city stating that permission had lapsed. The location was Gandhi statue on Mayo Road where the ruling party had built a dais for its 'Bhasa Andolon' stir over the attacks on Bengali-speaking migrant workers outside the state. It falls under the Headquarters Bengal Sub Area of the Eastern Command of the Army. On Monday afternoon, a contin ...Read More >
KOLKATA: An FIR has been lodged against Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammed Shami and Arshi Jahan, Hasin's daughter from her first marriage at Suri in Birbhum district in West Bengal. A few days ago, a conflict erupted over a plot of land in the Sonator area under ward no. 5 of Suri Municipality. The land reportedly belongs to Arshi and it is alleged that neighbor Guddu Bibi was trying to encroach that land. It is alleged that after the construction work started on the land on Friday last week, Hasin started beating up her neighbour. The locals captured the scene on camera. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta celebrated her 51st birthday in her ancestral village, Nandgarh, in neighbouring Haryana on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Union ministers and BJP leaders greeted Gupta, born on July 19, 1974, on her first birthday after becoming the chief minister in February. "Best wishes to Delhi Chief Minister, Smt. Rekha Gupta ji, on her birthday. Rising through the ranks, she has always remained active in serving Delhi. As Chief Minister, she has undertaken numerous initiatives for the city's welfare. May she be blessed with ...Read More >