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Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object i ...Read More >
Mumbai: In the upcoming episode of Salman Khan-hosted reality show 'Bigg Boss 19', contestants Ashnoor Kaur and Farrhana Bhatt will be seen engaging in an ugly spat. In a promo shared by Colors TV, the Bigg Boss directs the contestants to assemble in the assembly room, where captain Farrhana is given the task of ranking them according to their activities in the house. "Ghar ki captain Farrhana ko show ke prati gharwalon ki layakta ko rank karna hai (The captain of the house, Farrhana has to ra ...Read More >
Mumbai: Amid the ongoing debate around Deepika Padukone's reported 8-hour shift demand, actress Rani Mukerji shared that she also worked for fixed hours after the birth of her daughter, Adira. Reflecting on her journey of balancing work and parenthood, the National Award-winning actress revealed that her daughter was just 14 months old when she shot for 'Hichki' in 2018. She used to start work in the morning so that she could wrap up the shoot early to be at home for her daughter. "When I did ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a red warning for Odisha on October 2, coinciding with Dussehra festivities. Heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls along accompanied by thunderstorm/ lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph is likely in the districts of Jagatsinghpur and Puri under the influence of the well-marked low pressure over westcentral Bay of Bengal expected to concentrate into a Depression during the ...Read More >
New Delhi: The central government, on Wednesday, announced a 3% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) ahead of Dussehra and Diwali celebrations. This will impact nearly 49.2 lakh central government employees. Around 68.7 lakh central government pensioners will also see more money entering their bank accounts with the government announcing a 3% hike raise in Dearness Relief or DR. This is the last DA/DR revision under the 7th Central Pay Commission, before the 8th Pay Commission comes into effect fro ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange warning for Odisha's twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack till 5.38 pm on Wednesday. The cities are likely to experience moderate thunderstorms along with rain, lightning and gusty wind speed 30-40 kmph under the influence of a well-marked low pressure over westcentral Bay of Bengal. The weather agency has also warned of similar weather conditions at many places in the districts of Balangir, Bargarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jajp ...Read More >
Mumbai: Actor Sonam Kapoor is reportedly expecting her second child with her husband, businessman Anand Ahuja. If a report by Pinkvilla is to be believed, Anil Kapoor's daughter is in the second trimester of her pregnancy and an official announcement from the couple is expected soon. "Sonam is in the second trimester of her pregnancy, and the news has brought immense joy to both families," a source cited by the entertainment portal claimed. The couple, who tied their knot in May 2018 after yea ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday, announced several measures to help exporters tide over challenges posed by the imposition of 50% tariffs by the US. These include reduced paperwork and compliance burden for small exporters and importers. "The export sector is a vital part of India's economy," RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said while announcing steps to further strengthen the sector and enhance ease of doing business for traders. Extension of the time period for repatria ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Police have arrested 117 people over suspected malpractice, which led to deferment of written test for the Combined Police Service Examination 2024, officials informed on Wednesday. Among them are 114 candidates and three agents accused of facilitating the racket. They have been booked under Sections s319(2)/318(4)/338/336(3)/340(2)/111/61(2)/3(5) of BNS along with with Section 11(1)/12(1) of The Odisha Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024. According to police, ...Read More >
New Delhi: A chilling international dimension has surfaced in the Delhi molestation case involving Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, as leaked chats reveal that the former head of a Delhi management institute allegedly tried to traffic women to a "Dubai sheikh." Investigators examining his phone discovered messages where Saraswati, also known as Swami Parthasarathy, asked one of his students, "A Sheikh from Dubai is looking for a sex partner. Do you have any good friends?" When the student replied ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure area over westcentral Bay of Bengal became well marked on Wednesday morning. The system is likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a Depression over westcentral and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by October 2 morning and cross south Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh coasts in the morning hours of October 3, the India Meteorological department (IMD) said in a morning bulletin. The low pressure had formed at around 5.30 pm on Tuesday under the influence of the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Crimes in Odisha rose in 2023 in comparison to cases in the previous two years. According to a report published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), the total number of crimes in Odisha under Indian Penal Code (IPC) rose to 1,70,022 in 2023. NCRB, under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, also reported a 78% chargesheeting rate in Odisha crime cases for 2023. The corresponding number of crimes in 2021 was 1,24,956 and in 2022 it was 1,43,414. The report went on to specify ...Read More >
Mumbai: 'Balika Vadhu' actress Avika Gor tied the knot with longtime beau Milind Chandwani in a star-studded ceremony on the sets of the reality show 'Pati, Patni Aur Panga' on Tuesday. The grand wedding saw several celebrity contestants and guests in attendance. The guest list included Hina Khan, Rocky Jaiswal, Rubina Dilaik, Abhinav Shukla, Gurmeet Choudhary, Debina Bonnerjee, Sudesh Lehri, Mamta Lehri, Swara Bhaskar, Fahad Ahmad, Geeta Phogat and Pawan Kumar. Other special celebrity guests ...Read More >
Mumbai: Celebrity couple Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra welcomed their first child, a daughter, in July. Soon after Kiara became a mom, an old statement of hers about Kareena Kapoor resurfaced on social media. Sharing a picture of Kareena and Kiara, a social media page named Bolly Masala wrote, "Kiara Advani wants her daughter to have Kareena Kapoor's qualities. She and Sidharth recently welcomed a baby girl." Kiara was upset, and called out the social media page for linking her old state ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a major relief to Rhea Chakraborty, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to return her passport. The central agency had seized the actor's passport in connection with the 2020 drugs case linked to fellow-actor and her former partner Sushant Singh Rajput's death case. The passport had been impounded as part of Rhea's bail conditions, but the high court said that as the actress has abided by all rules so far, there is no reason to doubt her pres ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Police have launched an investigation into the alleged electrocution death of a young man while visiting his girlfriend's residence in Odisha's Dhenkanal. The victim, identified as Biswajit Behera (18), allegedly collapsed when he jumped over the boundary wall to enter the premises and came into contact with an electric wire late on September 28. He was rushed to Dhenkanal district headquarters hospital, but doctors declared him dead on arrival. Biswajit's family later lodged a co ...Read More >
Mumbai: Rumours of trouble in Govinda and Sunita Ahuja's marriage have been doing the rounds for quite some time. Reports suggested Govinda's affair with a 30-year-old Marathi actress caused the rift, and that the celebrity couple has been living separately. However, the couple celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with the paparazzi, and put an end to divorce rumours. However, further rumours of marital discord have been fuelled by Sunita, who in her latest vlog took a dig at young actresses for datin ...Read More >
Keonjhar: Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Tuesday visited his home district Keonjhar on the occasion of Maha Ashtami and offered prayers to Maa Durga at Jhumpura Puja Mandap. The Cm participated in the sacred rituals and prayed for the peace, prosperity, and well-being of the people of Odisha. Majhi also interacted with people at his residence at Raikala. He personally received grievance petitions from citizens and held discussions on various local and state issues. "I am a son of this soil, one ...Read More >
Patna: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday released the final voter list of Bihar ahead of the Assembly polls due in November. The revised list has been published after taking into account all the claims and objections to the draft list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. "In the light of Special Intensive Revision, the final electoral roll has been published on 30.09.2025. People can look up their names by clicking on the link voters.eci.gov.in," the poll pa ...Read More >
New Delhi: A full emergency was declared at the Delhi airport on Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was received by an IndiGo flight from Mumbai. The aircraft was searched thoroughly after passengers deboarded, but nothing suspicious was detected. Flight 6E 762 had 200 passengers on board and security agencies found the threat to be non-specific, authorities said. Operated with an Airbus A321neo aircraft, the flight took off from Mumbai at 5.51 am. It is not known exactly when or how the thre ...Read More >
New Delhi: Now that the Mig-21s are history, how soon before the Indian Air Force starts receiving the Tejas Mk1A Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) it ordered from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)? Officials have told India Today that the first two aircraft will be delivered in October. The fourth General Electric (GE) F-404 engine for the Tejas Mk1A is also expected to arrive soon, they said. HAL received the third engine earlier in September. "HAL has received the third GE-404 engine for LCA Mk ...Read More >
New Delhi: Why did Indian cricketers refuse to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Pakistani interior minister and Asia Cricket Council (ACC) chairman Mohsin Naqvi? It has now come to light that Naqvi's reposting of certain images on his X handle - not accessible in India - triggered the refusal. One of the images titled 'Final Day' showed Pakistani cricketers, including captain Salman Ali Agha and fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, in flight suits with airborne fighter jets in the background. Earlie ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a Diwali bonanza for employees, the central government has announced a non-productivity-linked bonus for 2024-25. The Ministry of Finance has issued an order stating that central government Group C and Non-Gazetted Group B employees will receive an 'Ad-hoc Bonus' equivalent to 30 days' salary for the year. This amount has been fixed at Rs 6,908. "To illustrate, taking the calculation ceiling of monthly emoluments of Rs 7,000 (where actual average emoluments exceed Rs 7,000), Non- ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed the plan proposed by US president Donald Trump to end the conflict in Gaza. Trump announced the 20-point peace plan after talks with Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu, who is said to have welcomed the proposal. "We welcome President Donald J. Trump's announcement of a comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict. It provides a viable pathway to long term and sustainable peace, security and development for the Palestinian and Israeli people, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Defence minister Rajnath Singh, on Monday, said that refugee influx and the presence of illegal immigrants are a threat to maritime security in the Bay of Bengal region. "India keeps facing several challenges along the land borders. The actions of our neighbouring countries are not hidden from anyone. Another thing that we can see is instability in countries around us. These challenges affect our maritime region, especially the Bay of Bengal," Singh said in his address at the Coast G ...Read More >
Mumbai: 'Bigg Boss' season 7 winner Gauahar Khan appeared as a guest on the recent Weekend Ka Vaar episode of 'Bigg Boss 19' and exposed singer Amaal Mallik. Gauahar, who had earlier called out Amaal for hypocrisy on social media, confronted the singer on national television for backbiting and using unpleasant remarks such as 'chep' for close friend Tanya Mittal. On learning that Amaal called her 'chep', which means clingy, Tanya broke down and shared that she felt betrayed by the person she c ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Sarun Payasingh claimed silver medal in Men's Long Jump at the 64th National Open Athletics Championships 2025 in Ranchi. The 25-year-old Sarun narrowly missed out on gold as his best effort of 7.77 metres was just 10 centimetres less than what gold-medallist Mohammed Sazid of Haryana achieved (7.78 metres). Sarun, who hails from Kalahandi district, was part of the 4x100m gold-winning Odisha quartet at the National Inter-State Athletics meet in Chennai a month ago. On Su ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Lawrence Bishnoi gang has been listed as a terrorist entity by the Canadian government. This came after pressure from calls from Conservative and NDP politicians, reports said. Pro-Khalistan outfits that openly issue threats against India, remain safe in that country though. "That is why the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, announced today that the Government of Canada has listed the Bishnoi Gang as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code," a press re ...Read More >
Mumbai: After the massive success of 'Saiyaara', fans are eagerly waiting for the announcement of Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda's next film. Adding to the curiosity of fans, reports suggested that Ahaan has signed a three-film contract with YRF and Aneet could be replacing Kiara Advani in Maddock's horror-comedy 'Shakti Shalini'. Now, Pinkvilla has reported states that Ahaan will be teaming up with 'Tiger Zinda Hai' director Ali Abbas Zafar for YRF's upcoming romantic-actioner. "Ali Abbas Zafa ...Read More >
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