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BHUBANESWAR: An hour after allegedly murdering his 55-year-old wife, a 62-year-old retired accountant surrendered before the police on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday. Accused Debaraj Sarangi retired two years ago as a senior accountant in Accountant General's office. He is reportedly suffering from depression. The incident took place in Swastik Nagar, located in Kuha panchayat under Airfield police limits. Police said Debaraj strangulated his wife Priyambada and then slit her throat us ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India has launched a probe into allegations that Bharatiya Janata Party's Palakkad candidate Sobha Surendran distributed money for votes - an accusation that the leader has dismissed as "conspiracy". Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Dr Rathan U Kelkar said the alleged incident was reported on Wednesday, a day before the state goes to the polls. Visual media reports claimed Sobha distributed money to voters at Theruvakkurishi under Kannadi panchayat in Palakkad. Acting o ...Read More >
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 8 (ANI): Dr. Neha Tiwari, President of the Sachetataa Foundation, on Wednesday welcomed the enactment of the Women's Reservation Bill, and said, "women will finally be heard," describing it as a significant step toward giving women a stronger voice in the policymaking process. Speaking to ANI, Dr. Tiwari said, "This is a very good step by the Indian government. Women have been working shoulder to shoulder with men in every field. They've been contributi ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 8 (PTI) The Chhattisgarh Congress on Wednesday passed a resolution strongly criticising Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his remarks against party president Mallikarjun Kharge and its MP Rahul Gandhi, and said use of abusive language has no place in a democracy. The resolution was passed during a meeting of presidents and in-charges of district units of the party in Chhattisgarh held at Rajiv Bhavan, the state Congress office in Raipur, state Congress chief Deepak Baij t ...Read More >
Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, the owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub where 25 were killed in a fire on December 6, were granted bail in a second case of alleged cheating and forgery and were likely to walk out of prison by Wednesday evening. The two were granted bail in the main case (culpable homicide) on April 1. Parag Rao, the lawyer of the brothers, said Mapusa's judicial magistrate first class granted the two bail in the second case subject to regular conditions on furnishing a bond ...Read More >
Mapusa (Goa) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Mapusa JMFC Court in Goa has granted bail to accused Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra in a document forgery case registered by Mapusa Police, their lawyer Parag Rao told ANI. Bail was granted on execution of a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each. The case dealt with the alleged forgery of a no-objection certificate (NOC). Also Read | Rampur Shocker: Man Kills Wife During Heated Argument While Having S*x, Arrested After Confession. Earlier on April 1, the C ...Read More >
Mapusa (Goa) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Mapusa JMFC Court in Goa has granted bail to accused Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra in a document forgery case registered by Mapusa Police, their lawyer Parag Rao told ANI. Bail was granted on execution of a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each. The case dealt with the alleged forgery of a no-objection certificate (NOC). Earlier on April 1, the Court of the Additional Sessions Judge at Merces, Goa, granted regular bail to the Luthra brothers in connection ...Read More >
Mapusa (Goa): A court in Goa has granted bail to brothers Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra in connection with the nightclub licence case tied to the deadly December 2025 fire that left 25 people dead. The Luthra brothers are co-owners of the 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub, where the tragedy took place on December 6, 2025. The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court in Mapusa allowed their release on bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 each and subject to conditions, observing that the investigat ...Read More >
The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a Rs 403-crore "Dr B R Ambedkar Murti Vikas Yojana" to beautify, develop and maintain statues of Ambedkar in all 403 Assembly constituencies. Cleared by the Cabinet Tuesday, each constituency will get Rs 1 crore for 10 statues under the scheme. This comes a day after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that 'protective umbrellas' will be installed over statues of Ambedkar and other such icons across the state Instructions have also been given to p ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the Greater Agra township project will help the area grow as a 'second Noida' and give the Taj city's urban expansion a new direction.Yogi said this after performing the bhoomi pujan for the project that will be developed at an outlay of Rs 5,142 crore.The CM also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 325 development projects in the district, worth Rs 6,466.37 crore."Govt wanted Agra not to be limited to just a tourist destination b ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): 'Ramayan' actor Dipika Chikhlia backed the the Women's Reservation Bill, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the initiative aimed at empowering women in India. "All I can say is that it is very good because, you know, actually we are 50 per cent of our population. Women are 50 per cent of population and I don't see really anything wrong in trying to help and support and, you know, bring them up in the society," Chikhlia told ANI. Union Parliamentary Affa ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 7 (PTI) Indian National Lok Dal patron Sampat Singh on Tuesday lashed out at the BJP government in Haryana alleging gross fiscal management by the present dispensation. Singh, a former Haryana finance minister, alleged gross fiscal mismanagement by the Nayab Singh Saini government and betrayal of the trust of the people of the state. "The BJP says one thing and does another. The government is merely engaging in event management," he said. "During his budget speech on March 2, ...Read More >
Balasore, Apr 7 (PTI) Odisha police on Tuesday launched a coordinated raid against cattle mafia in at least 35 locations in Mayurbhanj, Balasore, and Bhadrak districts, an officer said. "On the instruction of the DGP, we have launched searches at 32 locations in connection with illegal cattle transportation and smuggling. The places were identified earlier during an investigation as some people were indulging in the illegal practice like an organised crime," DIG (eastern range) Pinak Mishra tol ...Read More >
Kochi: In protest of Twenty20 (T20) joining the NDA fold, Poothrikka panchayat president Pooja Jomon resigned from the party's primary membership. She was speaking at a news conference in Ernakulam on Monday.Jomon, who submitted her resignation on Sunday, also alleged that T20 convener Sabu M Jacob, who launched the party in 2015, threatened her indirectly over her decision to resign from the party membership. Jomon said she was politically secular, and joining the NDA alliance would be deceivin ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Even as Koraput district has been declared free of Maoist influence, concerns are emerging over the alleged failure of authorities to rehabilitate several surrendered cadres in accordance with government promises. One such case is that of Sirame Mandangi, a former Maoist cadre from Pachingi village under Kumbhari panchayat in the Narayanpatna block of Koraput district, who is reportedly struggling to make ends meet more than a decade after her surrender. According to reports, Mand ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: Government school teachers in Coimbatore urged the School Education Department to conduct transfer counselling before the academic year begins. A secondary grade teacher from a panchayat union middle school in Pollachi district told TNIE, "The conditions of the general transfer counselling policy clearly state that the counselling should be done in May. Further, it also states that no transfer counselling should be done during the academic sessions." "But the department conducts co ...Read More >
Pooja Jomon accused Twenty20 president Sabu M. Jacob of issuing her a veiled death threat, a claim Jacob refuted as unfounded, suggesting she had struck a deal with the Congress to clear her debts. In a major setback just three days ahead of the Assembly election, Twenty20 lost power in Poothrikka panchayat after Pooja Jomon resigned both as president and as a member in protest against the party's decision to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), while also accusing party president Sabu ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The recent decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Odisha to expand reservation in higher education is far more than an administrative correction -- it is a politically consequential intervention that could recalibrate the state's electoral landscape.At a structural level, the reform addresses a long-standing mismatch between demographic realities and quota allocation. By raising reservation for Scheduled Tribes to 22.5 per cent and for Scheduled Castes to 16.25 per cen ...Read More >
ALSO READ | It's not about the samosas alone: How Raghav Chadha and AAP broke up slowly but steadily Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Atishi questioned Chadha's silence on what she described as "pressing national concerns." In a video, she asked why he had not raised issues such as the alleged misuse of institutions and the ongoing LPG shortage. "Today, our nation is passing through an immense crisis... yet you are not raising any questions. Why are you seemingly afraid to speak out again ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Government of Rajasthan will roll out a series of roadshows across major Indian cities ahead of the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM)-2026, scheduled from May 23 to 25. Led by the Department of Agriculture, the initiative aims to engage with investors, agritech firms, research institutions, startups, and key stakeholders to drive participation and investment in the state's agriculture ecosystem. Also Read | Nagaland State Lottery Sambad Result ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 4 (ANI): The Government of Rajasthan will roll out a series of roadshows across major Indian cities ahead of the Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM)-2026, scheduled from May 23 to 25. Led by the Department of Agriculture, the initiative aims to engage with investors, agritech firms, research institutions, startups, and key stakeholders to drive participation and investment in the state's agriculture ecosystem. The roadshows will commence in Jaipur on April 1 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Raghav Chadha on Saturday hit back at the Aam Aadmi Party after being removed as the party's deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha and replaced by Ashok Kumar Mittal, rejecting the allegations cited against him. Terming the move part of a "scripted campaign", Chadha alleged that it was a "coordinated attack" aimed at targeting him. In a video shared on X, he said he would expose "every lie" and responded to each charge levelled by the party, ending with a popular line from Dhurandhar: "Gha ...Read More >
* Panchayat Season 5 filming has officially begun, announced on Instagram * The series debuted in 2020 and has become one of India's most beloved shows * Season 4 ended with a cliffhanger involving Sachiv Ji, Manju Devi, and Pradhan Ji Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Mumbai: The makers of the streaming series Panchayat have started filming for Season 5. On Friday, the makers took to their Instagram, and celebrated the show's 6th anniversary, and officially annou ...Read More >
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister OP Rajbhar criticised the Malda hostage crisis, where seven judicial officers were held by villagers, stating that the situation in West Bengal is "worse than the Samajwadi Party's era of hooliganism" in Uttar Pradesh. "The people who went to Bengal are unhappy. The condition of people in Bengal is even worse than the hooliganism of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh," said Rajbhar. Earlier, a major politi ...Read More >
Panaji: Eighty-seven panchayats in the state are meeting the required criteria for TB-free status under the TB Mukt Panchayat initiative. "The TB Mukt Panchayat initiative has gained significant momentum. In 2025, as many as 87 panchayats are meeting the required criteria for TB-free status, including one panchayat eligible for Gold status, nine for Silver, and seventy-seven for Bronze status. We have sent all the details to the Centre for the final decision," said a health official. Bronze st ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): Lights, camera, and action! The shooting for the popular web series 'Panchayat 5' has commenced. On Friday, the streaming giant shared BTS pictures from the sets of the fifth season. Check out. Also Read | Anjali Raghav Drops Case Against Pawan Singh After Public Apology; Legal Action Against Social Media Team Over Cyber-Harassment Continues. https://www.instagram.com/p/DWqNY-9CBJm/?hl=en&img_index=3 "6 years of being in Phulera and never wanting ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): Lights, camera, and action! The shooting for the popular web series 'Panchayat 5' has commenced. On Friday, the streaming giant shared BTS pictures from the sets of the fifth season. Check out. View this post on Instagram A post shared by prime video IN (@primevideoin) "6 years of being in Phulera and never wanting to leave #PanchayatOnPrime, New Season, Now Filming," the streamer captioned the post. Since its debut in 2020, Panchayat has steadil ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 3 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stressed the need to strengthen sanitation and drainage systems in rural areas on Friday and directed officials to ensure regular and time-bound cleaning of village ponds and waste water channels. Chairing a review meeting of the Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority, Saini said ponds should remain free from foul smells, and waterlogging in residential areas should be avoided. The chief minister instructed that cleani ...Read More >
UDAIPUR, India, April 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- IIFL Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of IIFL Group, has announced the inauguration of three revitalised government schools in Rajasthan, marking a significant step in strengthening public education infrastructure in the state. The schools were inaugurated on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. The upgraded institutions include Government Senior Secondary School, Vati; Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Badgao ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 3 (ANI): After AAP MP Raghav Chadha was removed as the party's deputy speaker in Rajya Sabha, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said that those who "break party lines" should be subjected to action. However, CM Mann clarified that the removal of Chadha from the post in Parliament's Upper House is a regular part of the party's functioning. "This is regular party functioning... It is his call on what statement he wants to make. Those who break party ...Read More >
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