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Puri (Odisha) [India], July 5 (ANI): As the Bahuda Yatra began in Puri on Sunday, Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari said the state government has mobilised every department to manage the swelling crowds. Bahuda Yatra -- the return leg of the annual car festival -- marks the journey of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Goddess Subhadra from the Shri Gundicha Temple to Jagannath Temple. Pujari noted that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved the up-gradation of Puri Municipality into a M ...Read More >
Mumbai: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, once distant cousins, are coming together to challenge the Maharashtra government's choice to implement Hindi as a compulsory language for Classes 1 to 5 according to the National Education Policy (NEP). They perceive this action as an infringement on local identity and language variety. Uddhav's Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are set to conduct a unified protest march on July 5, representing their first joint endeavour in twenty year ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: In a major announcement ahead of the Bahuda Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday said Puri municipality will be upgraded into a municipal corporation. The decision has been taken in view of the growing population, influx of a large number of pilgrims and tourists throughout the year and the necessity to provision modern and quality civic amenities in the seaside town. The municipal corporation will be formed by including Puri city and surrounding are ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 5 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said that the state government is prioritising quality education for students, and quality teachers are being recruited through the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). Saha also informed that more recruitments will be made in the future. Also Read | Centre Notifies Waqf Management Rules 2025; Portal, Database, Audit of Waqf Properties. "Textbook education can never be the standard of life. One can become morally strong th ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The announcement by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi to upgrade Puri municipality into a municipal corporation and revamp the tourist infrastructure marks a crucial turning point for Odisha's premier tourist destination. This long-overdue development comes at a time when the holy city faces increasing competition from emerging tourist destinations.Despite being one of Hinduism's char dhams and home to the revered Jagannath Temple, Puri's tourism infrastructure remained largely unde ...Read More >
Srinagar- A local court in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday dismissed a case of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation filed against PDP leader and MLA Waheed-Ur-Rehman Parra in connection with a roadshow he held during last year's Lok Sabha elections in Pulwama district. The case, registered under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), was dismissed by Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora, Muneer Ahmad Bhat, who ruled that no cognisance of the offence could be taken due to procedural ...Read More >
The campus will also have an auditorium with a capacity of 300 seats, a space where light and sound shows will be hosted daily, and a large open-air stage where cultural performances will be showcased, he said. Stressing that a large number of tourists, especially the youth, visiting Puri are not aware of the Jagannath culture, Majhi said little has been done in this regard for the last seven decades. "For the promotion and preservation of Jagannath culture and literature, the government has n ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Aiming to transform Puri into a world-class religious tourism destination and provide better amenities for residents, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday unveiled plans for a comprehensive infrastructure upgrade of the pilgrim town. Elevating Puri from municipality to a municipal corporation, Majhi announced a world-class Shri Jagannath Museum, library and research centre in the beach town, which has a population of around 4 lakh.Coinciding with the ongoing nine-day Rath Yat ...Read More >
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged urban local bodies (ULBs) to emulate parliamentary procedures, incorporating Question Hour and Zero Hour for citizen issue resolution. He expressed concern over disruptions and emphasized the importance of debate and discussion.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said urban local bodies (ULBs) should function on the lines of Parliament with regular Question Hour and Zero Hour to raise issues concerning citizens. He was addressing the first National Level Conf ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced that Puri Municipality will be upgraded to a Municipal Corporation to ensure better civic amenities and infrastructure for residents and pilgrims. It will be the sixth municipal corporation of the Odisha. In an official press statement, CM Majhi said: "As the principal servant (Sevak), huge responsibilities have been assigned to me by the people of Odisha. Providing qualitative and basic amenities to th ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Puri: Amplifying the festive spirit in the pilgrim town amid ongoing Rath Yatra celebrations, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday announced that Puri Municipality will soon be upgraded to a Municipal Corporation, making it the sixth such civic body in the state after Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Rourkela and Sambalpur. Addressing a press meet at Lok Seva Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, CM Majhi described himself as an ordinary devotee among the many walking alongside Lord ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Signalling the government's intent to move ahead with the impeachment motion of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said that main opposition parties have given their in-principle approval to support the motion in the upcoming monsoon session scheduled for July21-August 21. Rijiju said that the government is yet to decide whether the motion would be brought in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. For the Lok Sabha, signatures of a m ...Read More >
Palghar, Maharashtra: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted raids on the residences of architects, builders, and chartered accountants in the Vasai-Virar construction scam, unearthing crores of rupees and seizing highly crucial and confidential documents. During the operation, bank funds totaling ₹12 crore and fixed deposits were frozen, and ₹26 lakh in cash was confiscated. The ED has found evidence of a deep-rooted nexus between municipal officers, construction developers, and ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a setback to Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez, Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed her plea to end criminal proceedings in a Rs 200-crore money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar, currently imprisoned for fraud.Justice Anish Dayal dismissed the plea that also sought to quash the chargesheet by the Enforcement Directorate and proceedings pending before the special court under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against her and others.A copy of ...Read More >
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): In his first visit since becoming the state BJP chief, Hemant Khandelwal was felicitated at a programme organised by the party's local unit at the Kalidas Sanskrit Academy premises on Thursday. Elected unopposed, yet Khandelwal was given a lukewarm welcome by the concerned managers, and even the party workers' presence was thin. The party was sharing the venue, which was already booked for the Gundecha Temple of ISKCON by the Maharaja Vikramaditya Shodhpeeth. Addressing ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: Municipal Corporations of Lucknow, Pune and Indore were recognised among the best-performing urban local bodies during the first national conference of urban local body chairpersons held in Manesar, Haryana. Addressing public representatives from across the country after inaugurating the first-ever two-day National Conference on 'Strengthening Constitutional Democracy and the Role of Urban Local Bodies in Nation Building', held at the ICAT-2 Campus Auditorium in Manesar, Lok Sabha S ...Read More >
BALASORE: Flood situation continued to be critical in Balasore district as Subarnarekha continued to flow above the danger level, while Jalaka showed signs of falling on Tuesday. Flood-affected villagers complained of poor relief distribution by the administration. Though district officials evacuated residents from flood-prone areas, people in several low-lying villages chose to stay back. In Baliapal block, floodwaters entered homes of people in Pontei, Bishnupur, Rashalpur, Jamkunda, Kulhacha ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: With major rivers in North Odisha in spate, the State government has started evacuating people from low-lying areas and launched rescue and relief operations in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts, officials said on Monday. The State government has sounded a red alert for both the districts as water levels in rivers like Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga, Jalaka and Sono continue to rise. According to official sources, the Subarnarekha river reached a water level of 11.53 metres at Rajghat ...Read More >
BARIPADA/BHUBANESWAR : AROUND 9,000 people were evacuated to safety in Mayurbhanj and Balasore on Monday as flood in Budhabalanga, Subarnarekha, Jambhira and Jalaka rivers inundated low-lying areas across eight blocks and one municipality in the two districts. Revenue and Disast e r Management (R&DM) Minister Suresh Pujari, who reviewed the situation, said the flood situation is completely under control. In Mayurbhanj, more than 6,000 people were evacuated, mostly from the low-lying areas of Sa ...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. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: With the Subarnarekha and Jalaka rivers flowing above the danger level and the Budhabalanga in spate following incessant rain for the last two days, state govt has geared up to tackle the flood situation in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts. Over 7,000 people were evacuated to safer places while Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) and fire services teams were deployed in vulnerable areas. Floodwaters from the Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and Jalaka have inundated conne ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, M ...Read More >
Chandigarh: June 2025 has gone down in the record books as the wettest June in over a decade, soaking the city with a whopping 213mm of rainfall -- a 37% above the monthly average of 155.5mm. The last time the city saw more rain in June was back in 2013, when the skies unleashed 251mm.The city had reported 191.8mm rainfall since Saturday morning. In the last 24 hours (from 8.30 am on Sunday to 8.30 am on Monday), Chandigarh recorded 70.5mm of rainfall. Afterwards, only 1.8mm of rainfall was witn ...Read More >
Bhopal: A search by the Meghalaya police in a flat of father-in-law of Shalom James, an Indore-based property dealer arrested on charges of destroying evidence in the killing of Raja Raghuvamsi allegedly by his wife Sonam during their honeymoon in Shillong last month, in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, has yielded a laptop, a pen drive, jewelry and incriminating documents, believed to be belonging to the couple, sources said on Monday. The search was conducted in the flat of Manoj Gupta, father-in-la ...Read More >
India will begin its 16th national census -- and the eighth since Independence -- from April 1, 2026, starting with the house listing and housing census. This will mark the first phase of the decennial exercise, as announced by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, in official communication to all states and union territories. In this first phase, enumerators will collect information about the condition, ownership, and facilities of every residential s ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Balasore/Baripada, Jun 30 (PTI) With major rivers in north Odisha in spate, the state government has started evacuating people from low-lying areas and launched rescue and relief operations in Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts, officials said on Monday. The state government has sounded a red alert for both districts as water levels in rivers like Subarnarekha, Budhabalang, Jalaka, and Sono continue to rise. According to official sources, the Subarnarekha river reached a water level ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maharashtra Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday presented supplementary demands worth Rs 57,509.71 crore for the financial year 2025-26 on the first day of the Monsoon Session of the Legislature. This comes amid reported constraints over the availability of adequate funds due to the ballooning fiscal and revenue deficits and mounting public debt. Of the Rs 57,509.71 crore, the allocation of Rs 19,183.85 crore has been made for commit ...Read More >
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu instructed officials of the Municipal Administration Department to prioritise cleanliness in municipalities and municipal corporations and to take preventive measures against the spread of infectious diseases. On Saturday, the Chief Minister conducted a review meeting on the department at the CM camp office. During the meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officials to prevent the outbreak of infectious diseases. He said in some areas, poultry ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: With the onset of monsoon, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu stressed the need to prevent disease outbreak, directing officials to ensure effective drainage, clean surroundings, and safe drinking water. On Saturday, he held a comprehensive review with senior officials from the Municipal Administration and Finance Departments. The meeting focused on solid waste management, infrastructure creation, and the progress of initiatives under the Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Mu ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar on Saturday became the first state in the country to conduct municipal elections using cellphone voting through the e-SECBHR and C-DAC apps, in 42 municipalities across 26 districts.Vibha Devi and Munna Kumar from Pakridayal in East Champaran became the first woman and man, respectively, to cast their vote through the mobile app.Elections were held in six municipal councils and byelections took place in 36 wards for vacant posts. According to the State Election Commission, 69.49% of ...Read More >
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