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Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday announced a new initiative, "Shaktishree", a comprehensive programme aimed at ensuring the safety and security of girl students across higher educational institutions in Odisha. This announcement comes amid political uproar over the self-immolation of a college student in Balasore after she failed to get justice over alleged sexual harassment.The initiative will be implemented in all 16 state-run universities and 730 govt-run and govt-aided colleges ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: CM Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday announced a new initiative, "Shaktishree", a comprehensive programme aimed at ensuring the safety and security of girl students across higher educational institutions in Odisha. This announcement comes amid political uproar over the self-immolation of a college student in Balasore after she failed to get justice over alleged sexual harassment.The initiative will be implemented in all 16 state-run universities and 730 govt-run and govt-aided colleges ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that the Assam police will examine if the speeches of Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi incited the evicted people at Paikan that led to the death of one person and left several others injured, including policemen. Sarma said if the police found any impact of their speeches, then they might call both the Congress leaders for questioning. Kharge and Gandhi had addressed a Congress workers' rally at Palasbari on ...Read More >
Guwahati: One person was killed and several others including police personnel were injured on Thursday during a violent clash between security forces and evicted families in Western Assam's Goalpara district. The violence erupted after police opened fire on protestors at a site where a large-scale eviction drive had recently been carried out by the state administration. The incident took place in the Paikan Reserve Forest, where security personnel had been maintaining surveillance over 140 hect ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Balasore suicide victim's father demanded that all those responsible for her death should be booked for conspiracy and murder. "Everyone in the college conspired and compelled my daughter to kill herself. Isn't that murder? It was a conspiracy because she used to raise her voice in college, and the authorities there didn't like it," said her father, who is a clerk in a local college.He alleged that a 'conspiracy' was hatched in the principal's room on Saturday, the day she immolated ...Read More >
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials ha ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The same state that celebrated when one of its daughters, Droupadi Murmu, rose to become the President of India, is now gripped by a wave of outrage after losing another daughter, Soumyashree Bisi, a student of Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore, who succumbed to 95 percent burn injuries following a self-immolation attempt. Rushed through the front gate of AIIMS Bhubaneswar in a critical condition on Saturday, the 20-year-old was released through the back gate when she wa ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's highlighting of the foreign media's bias against India's interests points to a larger issue: modern warfare is no longer confined to missiles and drones; it is now also about the information battle. India did a marvellous job through Operation Sindoor, which, in recent memory, few operations have demonstrated such precision, with targeted strikes on Pakistani military assets and no harm to civilians or civilian infrastru ...Read More >
Bathinda/Ferozepur: The two people arrested for allegedly assisting the killers of Abohar businessman Sanjeev Verma were killed in firing by their own accomplices during a weapon recovery operation, according to a fresh FIR registered by the Punjab Police.The claims contradict initial statements from ruling AAP ministers and functionaries who mentioned that the duo were "neutralised in an encounter" with police.Punjab AAP president and minister Aman Arora, along with minister Laljit Singh Bhulla ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said ...Read More >
Patna: A notorious criminal, who was aware of the murder plot of businessman Gopal Khemka, was killed in a police encounter at Damaria Ghat in Patna City area early on Tuesday, police said. The accused, Vikas alias Raja (30), a native of Nalanda district, had several criminal cases registered against him.The encounter occurred around 3.30am when police, acting on intelligence inputs, attempted to arrest Raja for interrogation in connection with the Khemka murder investigation. On spotting the ap ...Read More >
Jaipur: Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Ashok Gehlot criticised the Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP govt in Rajasthan, accusing it of surrendering to the sand mafia and failing to uphold law and order in the state. Speaking on the birth anniversary of senior Congress leader Late Girija Vyas at PCC Tuesday, Gehlot said, "The sand mafia has completely taken over. Sand prices are skyrocketing, and the common man can't even afford to build a home. During our tenure, we faced challenges to ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a karate instructor, who was supposed to teach self-defense, has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl who was attending his training sessions in Dadar. The Shivaji Park police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) Act and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested the 22-year-old accused, Parth Sakarkar. According to the police, Sakarkar, a Mahim resident, had been working as a karate inst ...Read More >
An Indian national Nimisha Priya -- who is on death row after being convicted for the murder of a Yemeni national -- will be executed on July 16. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources informed that the ministry is closely following the matter. "We have been in touch with local authorities and her family members and rendered all possible assistance. We continue to closely follow the matter," sources said. Priya, who hails from Kollengode town in Kerala's Palakkad, worked as a nurse in ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Two men, allegedly involved in the high-profile killing of a prominent businessman of Abohar town, Sanjay Verma, on Monday, were killed in a police encounter during recovery of the murder weapon on the outskirts of the town on Tuesday. The murder of Verma, who was a partner of a well-known clothing emporium of the town, shocked the traders across the state, raised questions on the law and order situation in the state and evoked sharp reactions from the opposition parties against the ...Read More >
Patna: A criminal suspected of supplying the weapon used in the murder of industrialist Gopal Khemka was shot dead in a police encounter at Damaria Ghat in the Patna City area early on Tuesday, according to police officers. The deceased, Vikas alias Raja (30), a resident of Malsalami area, had several criminal cases pending against him.The encounter occurred around 3.30am when police, acting on specific intelligence, attempted to arrest Vikas. As the officers approached, the suspect, who had bee ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two members of the Himanshu Bhau gang were apprehended after they were shot in the leg during an encounter with the Delhi Police Special Cell in Outer Delhi's Narela area in the early hours of Saturday.According to police, the duo -- identified as Bhumit Malik (21) and Mohit Vashisht (24) -- were wanted in connection with the murder of a man in Ritoli, Rohtak, on June 1. The victim, police said, was allegedly killed on the orders of gangster Himanshu Bhau, as he was the paternal uncle ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 05: A 42-year-old civil engineer from Suddaguntepalya, Bengaluru, died in his sleep after an alleged domestic altercation with his wife, who claims she acted in self-defence during a violent episode. The deceased, Bhaskar, was reportedly intoxicated when he returned to his Bhavani Nagar residence around midnight on June 27, after staying away from his family for two months. According to police, Bhaskar had been living with a domestic help, with whom he was allegedly having an aff ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): In a major breakthrough, a joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) and Sunlight Colony Police Station, apprehended a notorious interstate robber, Lalit alias Nepali alias Sanjay, following a brief exchange of fire in the Sarai Kale Khan area of Delhi in the early hours of July 2. The operation was led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mihir Sakaria, based in Lajpat Nagar. Also Read | 'Congress Not Concerned About Country's Pride': Jyotiraditya Scindi ...Read More >
Lucknow: A sandalwood tree worth lakhs of rupees was stolen from the official residence of the King George's Medical University (KGMU) Vice-Chancellor in Lucknow, despite security arrangements in place. KGMU spokesperson KK Singh said the 50-year-old tree was cut down and taken away by thieves. The residence, located within the campus, is currently unoccupied. An FIR has been lodged, and CCTV footage has been handed over to the police. The incident is also being investigated under the Forest A ...Read More >
Police received the medico-legal certificate from Fortis in the early hours of Thursday, and a case was registered at Amar Colony police station. Around midnight on Thursday, two snatchers looted an American citizen out for a walk in Southeast Delhi's Amar Colony. The duo returned to the same spot on Sunday to execute another robbery -- and landed in the police net after a brief exchange of fire, officers said. Police said the snatchers, Jatin (20) and Akshay (20), are undergoing treatment at ...Read More >
Lucknow: A man accused of kidnapping and raping a three-year-old girl in Lucknow was killed in an encounter with police in the early hours of Friday. The accused was identified as Deepak Verma, 24.Police said he was a habitual offender, and several criminal cases were lodged against him at various police stations. Police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for any information leading to his arrest.On Thursday, a complaint was registered at Alambagh police station that a three-year-old girl was k ...Read More >
Bengaluru, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP MP Tejasvi Surya slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and called his delegation at the UN Headquarters in New York, the "Devil reading the scriptures". The office of Tejasvi Surya has released a statement in this regard on Friday. Addressing a press conference at the National Media Centre in Washington, DC, Surya strongly condemned Bhutto for playing the victim card again before an important forum like the United Nations. Bhutto said, ...Read More >
New Delhi, June 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi's South East District's Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS/SED) successfully apprehended habitual offender named Asif, after exchange of gunfire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. The accused, a habitual offender, had earlier assaulted a police constable and was wanted in multiple criminal cases, including attempted murder and motor vehicle theft. The dramatic encounter followed an investigation into an incident that took place on the night of May 27, 2025. Acco ...Read More >
Jammu, Jan 31 (UNI) A gangster suffered injuries in police firing while another wanted criminal was nabbed in the Miran Sahib area here in the city outskirts. Police said acting on information that a hardcore criminal (gangster) namely Paramjit Singh alias Jungi, resident of Draptey, R S Pura along with one unknown criminal wandering in the area under the jurisdiction of Police Station Miran Sahib with arms and ammunition intending to commit serious crime a police party rushed to the spot. But ...Read More >
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