Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Commissioner of Police (CP) S Dev Datta Singh said that the Odisha Bandh called by the opposition parties to protest the death of a college student in Balasore, who recently succumbed in hospital to injuries sustained after setting herself on fire last week, remained largely peaceful. Speaking to ANI, Singh highlighted that extensive arrangements were made by the police in the wake of the protest called by the political parti
Punjab Police's counter intelligence (CI) wing, Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with links to Pakistan and arrested one of its operative after recovering 10 .30-bore sophisticated pistols along with magazines from his possession, said director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Thursday. The DGP said the accused is a notorious narcotics smuggler with two cases pertaining to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic S
The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has condemned the Wall Street Journal's fresh article on the Air India flight crash, alleging the report tried to point out the "pilot's mistake" over the movement of fuel control switches on the plane. CS Randhawa, the FIP chief, slammed the report, pointing out that the preliminary probe report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau's (AAIB), released last week, did not place blame on any pilot. ".
Silchar: One person was killed and two others injured on Thursday morning after police opened fire during a clash with evicted settlers in Assam's Goalpara district, police said. Fifteen police and forest officers were injured too. A large-scale eviction drive was carried out by the state government between July 8 and 12 in the Goalpara and Dhubri districts, during which alleged illegal houses on forest and government land were demolished. Acco
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that private self-financing medical colleges are required to pay only a stipend, and not a full salary, to in-service govt doctors pursuing postgraduate or super-specialty courses under the govt quota.A division bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice K Surender passed the order while partly allowing a batch of appeals moved by Karpaga Vinayaga Medical College and others. They challenged a single judge'
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday offered to cooperate with the Bangladesh government to repair and reconstruct the ancestral property of noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, which is set to be demolished. The property, currently owned by the Bangladesh government, had fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. The external affairs ministry said it was regrettable that the property in Mymensingh, which once belonged to Ray's grandfather, em
Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao has slammed a ₹25 crore defamation notice on Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and sought an unconditional public apology for his 'illegal' and 'unlawful' acts of making false imputations against him with regard to the suicide of University of Hyderabad (UoH) research scholar Rohith Vemula causing him 'serious agony' and 'Irreversible' damage. Mr. Vikramarka has been given three days to apolo
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Co-working major WeWork India has received market regulator Sebi's go-ahead to launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO), enabling the promoters to monetise their investments amid record demand for office spaces across the top seven cities. Bengaluru-based WeWork India Management Ltd, which filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) in February, obtained observations from the markets regulator on July 8, an update with
Chandigarh: Veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh died on Monday, July 14, after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while out for a walk in his native village in Punjab's Jalandhar district. He was 114. His demise was confirmed by author Khushwant Singh, a former state information commissioner of Punjab, who spoke to Fauja Singh's family members. Khushwant Singh had written a biography on Fauja Singh titled 'The Turbaned Tornado'. The driver, w
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow special court on Tuesday granted bail to Rae Bareli MP and leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, in connection with a defamation case filed against him over his remarks made in December 2022 during the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Additional chief judicial magistrate Alok Varma granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on production of two sureties of ₹20,000 each. The judge had earlier ordered Rahul Gandhi to app
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilitie
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has now issued red alert for certain parts of Maharashtra, including the Mumbai region. As heavy rain continues to batter the region, a red alert has been issued for Raigad, Thane and Ratnagiri. Due to the downpour in the region, flight operations in Mumbai have taken a hit. Furthermore, several subway stations have also closed due to the heavy rain alerts. For Mumbai city and suburban region, Raigad, T
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kull
Mumbai: The much-anticipated secondary airport for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the Navi Mumbai airport, is now expected to be inaugurated on Sept 30. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had confirmed the new date.Sources said scheduled domestic flights will begin only months later. Commercial operations will begin gradually, with the airport to be open only for a 12-hour window from 8am to 8pm in the initial months. When international flig
Ravindra Jadeja (61*), Jasprit Bumrah (5) and Mohammed Siraj (4) tried their best as the trio played out of their skins to help India stage a marvellous comeback. However, right when it felt like India would register a memorable win, England pulled a rabbit out of the hat. There was ecstasy in the England camp but agony in India's. Jadeja kept trying his level best, but in the end, Siraj's dismissal painted a sorry picture for the visitors. Befo
RAIPUR: An engineer and her sister have been arrested for allegedly cheating in the Chhattisgarh VYAPAM Sub-Engineer recruitment exam in Bilaspur on Sunday, police said. Electronic devices including a hidden camera, miniature earbuds and a walkie-talkie set that were used to transmit images of the question paper and receive answers, have been seized from the two sisters identified by the police as Annu Surya, who had an engineering degree from t
Delhi rain LIVE updates: Delhi is predicted to have generally cloudy skies and light rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning today. The maximum temperature will settle at 32-34 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature will be between 23-25 degrees Celsius. While there is no weather warning for today, the IMD has predicted very light rain or drizzle in Delhi for the day....Read More
Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and retired school teacher C Sadanandan Master, who lost both his legs in Kannur district in 1994 as part of political violence, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President of India Droupadi Murmu. Sadanandan, along with lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and historian Meenakshi Jain, were chosen to fill the vacancies caused by the retirement of nominated members in
Just four days after an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) from the Cybercrime police station, Mansa Devi Complex, was arrested in a ₹1.15 lakh bribe case, the state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Panchkula, has apprehended a constable from the same police station for his involvement in the crime. The arrested individual has been identified as Pradeep Kumar. The ACB stated that constable Pradeep Kumar's arrest was made after sufficient e
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, JP Nadda, visited Dammam and Riyadh from July 11-13. His visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation with India in the field of Chemicals and fertilisers. He led a high-level delegation that included the Secretary and other senior officials from the Department of Fertilisers and Ministry of Ext
Mumbai: A Lord's Test and an India bowling day. Cast your mind back to 2021 and those 60 overs of hell. It took India 62.1 overs this time to dismiss England for 192. But to get over the line this time, India have to chase those runs down. England recorded four strikes late on Sunday in Yashasvi Jaiswal (0), out to an injudicious half pull, Karun Nair (14), gone to an ungainly leave, Shubman Gill (6), whose nervy vigil lasted nine balls, and nig
Agartala: The Tripura Police on Sunday sought the help of their Delhi counterparts to trace a 19-year-old college student from the state who went missing in the national capital six days ago. Sneha Debnath, a resident of Bhuratali village at Sabroom in South Tripura district, studies Mathematics at a college under Delhi University. A Tripura police officer, requesting anonymity, said they have contacted the Delhi Police. "Director general of po
Bhubaneswar: The next 48 hours are crucial for the 20-year-old undergraduate student who attempted to die by suicide on an Odisha college campus on Saturday over alleged sexual harassment by a professor, as "her vital organs have suffered serious damage," doctors at AIIMS Bhubaneswar monitoring her condition said on Sunday. Hours after she was admitted to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar with 90% burns, police arrested
Bhubaneswar: An assistant professor of an autonomous college in Balasore district of Odisha was arrested and its principal suspended on Saturday, hours after an undergraduate girl student attempted to die by suicide, protesting the inaction over her sexual harassment complaint against him. Police arrested assistant professor Samir Kumar Sahu, who heads the education department in Fakir Mohan autonomous college, hours after the girl student attem
Tamil Nadu director general of police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal on Friday held a press conference to announce the arrests of three key terror suspects -- Abubacker Siddique, Mohammed Ali and Sadiq alias Tailor Raja -- in a coordinated multi-state operation led by the state Anti Terror Squad (ATS). The three accused were all wanted in connection with the 1998 Coimbatore blasts in Tamil Nadu , which killed 58 people. The operation was carried out in co
Jaipur: In a landmark move to promote handball across the country, Prasar Bharati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Handball Association of India (HAI).The agreement is for a period of three years, under which Prasar Bharati will produce and broadcast all international and national handball events, organised by HAI on DD Sports, Waves OTT and other PB platforms.The MoU was formally exchanged between Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, Pras
Chennai: India targeted nine terror targets in Pakistan with precision under Operation Sindoor and did not miss even a single one of them, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said on Friday, adding that the entire operation lasted only 23 minutes. Speaking at the 62nd convocation at IIT-Madras in Chennai, he also dared the foreign media to show at least one image of damage on the Indian side and took pride in India's capability and technologica
Raipur: Five people were killed and four others injured after a borewell drilling truck they were travelling in fell into a ravine in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district on Friday, police said. The truck, with nine people onboard, plunged into a small ravine after the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle near Chata village under the Kukdur police station. Additional superintendent of police in Kabirdham, Pushpendra Singh Baghel, said that
Raipur: Twenty-two Maoists with a cumulative reward of ₹37.5 lakh, who were active in the Abhujmad forest region, surrendered before security forces in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district on Friday, police said. "The Maoists who surrendered were active in the Kutul, Nelnar, and Indravati area committees of CPI (Maoists) Maad division," Narayanpur superintendent of police (SP) Robinson Guria said. The Maoists surrendered before senior officers of
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has announced an ex gratia of ₹5 lakh for the family of a man who died after a building collapsed near Pul Mithai in North Delhi's Lohia Chowk area around the early hours of Friday. The deceased has been identified as Manoj Sharma, also known as Pappu, aged 45. He was an employee at shop number 7A, owned by Gulshan Mahajan, and had been working there for the past 30 years. The collapsed building, located