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Tensions soared on the final day of the Maharashtra Assembly monsoon session as political drama unfolded following a violent clash between NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) MLA Jitendra Awhad's supporters and BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar's camp. The scuffle that erupted on the Assembly premises spilled over into today's proceedings, leading to heightened security and restricted entry. Personal assistants (PAs) of several MLAs were denied access to the building, sparking outrage.NCP Ajit faction MLA Amol ...Read More >
Mumbai: NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad was dragged by the police in the wee hours of Friday during his protest against the detention of his supporter, who was assaulted by supporters of BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar during the scuffle in the building a day before. Awhad, known for his vocal presence in the assembly, launched an aggressive sit-in protest near the rear gate of the Vidhan Bhavan premises around 2 am after police began taking away his supporter Nitin Deshmukh. The MLA physically blocked ...Read More >
Bengaluru: After Delhi, nearly 40 schools in Bengaluru received bomb threats via e-mail on Friday morning, leading to panic among students, teachers and parents. Police teams have rushed to all locations and search operations are underway. Schools in R R Nagar and Kengeri were among those targeted, the police said. Cyber experts are making all efforts to trace the sender of the mail. Sources revealed that the sender could be suffering from mental health issues. In the mail, he has spoken about ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 18: Commuters in Mumbai continued to face major disruptions for the fourth consecutive day as Ola and Uber drivers extended their ongoing strike. The ongoing protest, led by the Maharashtra Gig Works Manch, has seen nearly 90% of app-based cabs going off the roads, with a sit-in protest called at Mumbai's historic Azad Maidan on Friday, July 18, at 10 am. The situation is particularly dire at Mumbai Airport, where it was reported that passengers have been suffering long waits and i ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) Police have arrested one supporter each of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP's Gopichand Padalkar in connection with their clash on the premises of the Maharashtra legislature complex here, an official said on Friday. Supporters of Awhad and Padalkar had an altercation inside the Vidhan Bhavan on Thursday, a day after the two legislators themselves had a heated exchange. The police have arrested Nitin Deshmukh, a supporter of Awhad, and Padalkar's supporter, Rishikesh Ta ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) Police have arrested one supporter each of NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and BJP's Gopichand Padalkar in connection with their clash on the premises of the Maharashtra legislature complex here, an official said on Friday. Supporters of Awhad and Padalkar had an altercation inside the Vidhan Bhavan on Thursday, a day after the two legislators themselves had a heated exchange. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today, July 18, 2025: Kolkata FF Live Winning Numbers Released, Kn ...Read More >
Mumbai: Drivers using ride-hailing apps like Ola, Uber, and Rapido have initiated strikes in Mumbai, Pune, and Nagpur to demand improvements in pay and working conditions. The labour action, which began mid-week, has led to approximately 70 per cent of cabs being off the road, creating significant disruption for daily commuters, especially at airports and railway stations where many passengers are stranded. Commuters are experiencing heightened wait times and increased pricing due to fewer cabs ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fire engines are at the spot along with teams from th ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Cong ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad was dragged by the police in the wee hours Friday during his protest against the detention of his supporter, who was assaulted by supporters of BJP MLA Gopichand Padalkar during the scuffle in the building a day before. Awhad, known for his vocal presence in the assembly, launched an aggressive sit-in protest near the rear gate of the Vidhan Bhavan premises around 2 am after police began taking away his supporter Nitin Deshmukh. The MLA physical ...Read More >
New Delhi: Following the shocking daylight killing of prisoner Chandan Mishra inside Paras Hospital in Patna on Thursday, Bihar Police have identified all five assailants involved in the murder and arrested one suspect, Tausif, as raids continue to apprehend the remaining accused. Using CCTV footage from the hospital lobby and ward, police pieced together the brazen attack where five armed men entered Ward 209, where Mishra was admitted on medical parole, and shot him dead. The footage shows th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Non-fossil fuel sources now make up half of India's power generation capacity of 484.8 GW (gigawatt), a milestone the country has achieved five years ahead of the target set under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) committed in the Paris climate agreement."In a world seeking climate solutions India is showing the way," renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said in a post on X on Monday, crediting the progress to PM Modi's stewardship of "Bharat's green transformation tow ...Read More >
A tribunal in Jammu and Kashmir has held as "discriminatory" a government notification making Urdu compulsory for naib tehsildar exams in the union territory, instead saying that applications from candidates with knowledge of any of the five official languages in the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020, should be considered. The decision from Central [...] A tribunal in Jammu and Kashmir has held as "discriminatory" a government notification making Urdu compulsory for naib tehsildar ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets on Wednesday against the profiling of Bengali-speaking persons as Bangladeshis in BJP-governed states.The spate of arrests and detentions of Bengali-speaking migrants in Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Delhi -- some of which are under the glare of Calcutta High Court -- has prompted TMC to rekindle the "Bengali identity and pride" issue that had derailed BJP's strong Hindutva campaign in the 2021 assembly polls.Wit ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jul 15 (PTI) Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Tuesday issued a legal notice to state Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka for his alleged comments holding the former responsible for the 2016 suicide of Rohith Vemula, a PhD scholar in University of Hyderabad. In the legal notice, Ramchander Rao demanded an unconditional apology from Vikramarka within three days from the date of receipt of the notice for making false accusations. The notice said appropriate crimina ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has announced a candlelight vigil this evening and a gherao of Lok Seva Bhawan on July 16 to protest the death of Soumyashree Bisi, a 20-year-old B.Ed student at Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College in Balasore, who succumbed to severe burn injuries on July 14 following an alleged self-immolation attempt. Senior BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra has demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the incident. The party has also called for t ...Read More >
The Bharatiya Janata Party legislative party on Monday staged a protest outside the civil secretariat and assembly in Jammy, demanding the revocation of a government order mandating Urdu as a compulsory language for the naib tehsildar recruitment examination in Jammu and Kashmir. IMAGE: ABVP supporters stage a protest against the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to enforce Urdu as a compulsory language for Naib Tehsildar recruitment, in Jammu, July 13, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo The BJ ...Read More >
Jammu, July 14: The 28 MLAs of Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday held a protest demonstration demanding revocation of the government order mandating Urdu as a compulsory language for the Naib Tehsildar recruitment examination. BJP MLAs assembled outside the civil secretariat at Jammu and held a protest terming the step as an injustice with the youth of Jammu region. The MLAs of the saffron party arrived at the Civil Secretariat in the morning and staged a dharna, calling the order discriminatory ...Read More >
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 Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitte ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Droupadi Murmu on Monday met the family members of female student, Soumyashree Bisi, who has been undergoing treatment at the burn centre of AIIMS hospital here following self-immolation attempt on Saturday over alleged sexual abuse by Assistant Professor, Samir Kumar Sahu, the Head of Department (HoD) of education department at the Fakir Mohan College in Balasore. President Murmu also enquired about the health condition of the victim girl during ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 14 (ANI): Congress leader Digvijaya Singh condemned lathi charge against Karni Sena workers in Harda district and requested Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to probe the incident and called for action against officers concerned. The Congress leader Singh also said that he would visit Harda and also had talked to Harda Collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) in regard to the incident. The administration has the right to resolve every complicate ...Read More >
Balasore, July 14 (UNI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct a fair and time-bound investigation into the attempted self-immolation of a college girl in Balasore. The NCW has also sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) within three days. NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar took cognisance of the incident, in which a 20-year-old student of Fakir Mohan (FM) Autonomous College allegedly set herself ablaze after facing sexual harassme ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Drivers' Association has called off its cease-work strike, which began on July 8, secretary Manas Debata announced on Sunday. The strike had crippled bus and other transport services across the state until Saturday. Association members said they called off the strike as President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day Odisha visit from Monday.The association was protesting for the fulfilment of their seven-point charter of demands, which included the inclusion of autoricksha ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The father of Soumyashree Bisi, the female B.Ed student, who is undergoing treat at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar following self-immolation bid over alleged sexual harassment by Head of Department (HoD) at the Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore, on Sunday demanded harshest punishment against the culprits to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future. "This is not just about my daughter. If justice is not delivered now, more daughters will suffer the ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Commission for Women on Sunday sought an Action Taken Report within three days from the Odisha Police chief over the alleged self-immolation bid by a government college student in Balasore after she faced "sexual harassment" by a teacher. NCW Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar condemned the incident and directed the Director General of Police, Odisha, to ensure a fair and time-bound investigation and strict action against the accused. "An Action Taken ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Drivers' Mahasangha, an umbrella body representing drivers of commercial vehicles including buses and trucks, on Sunday called off its five-day-long 'cease work' protest across the state. The strike, which began on July 8, was launched in support of several demands, including the introduction of a pension scheme, provision of rest sheds, and broader welfare measures for commercial vehicle drivers. Announcing the decision to withdraw the agitation, the association's stat ...Read More >
Odisha: Girl student attempts self-immolation over harassment by professor, principal suspended Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a female student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday attempted self-immolation, alleging harassment by the Head of the Department (HoD). A second-year integrated BEd student set herself ablaze after pouring petrol on herself in front of the college gate. The student with severe burn wounds was rushed to Balasore Medical Co ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 13: In a shocking incident, a female student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday attempted self-immolation, alleging harassment by the Head of the Department (HoD). A second-year integrated BEd student set herself ablaze after pouring petrol on herself in front of the college gate. The student with severe burn wounds was rushed to Balasore Medical College, but was later shifted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, for advanced treatment. The principa ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a shocking incident, a female student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday attempted self-immolation, alleging harassment by the Head of the Department (HoD). A second-year integrated BEd student set herself ablaze after pouring petrol on herself in front of the college gate. The student with severe burn wounds was rushed to Balasore Medical College, but was later shifted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, for advanced treatme ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, July 13: In a shocking incident, a female student of Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Balasore district of Odisha on Saturday attempted self-immolation, alleging harassment by the Head of the Department (HoD). A second-year integrated BEd student set herself ablaze after pouring petrol on herself in front of the college gate. The student with severe burn wounds was rushed to Balasore Medical College, but was later shifted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, for advanced treatment. The principa ...Read More >
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