Bengaluru, 16/1: A 24-year-old woman has allegedly killed herself in eastern Bengaluru over sustained harassment by her uncle, who claimed to have her private and intimate videos, police officers said on Thursday. The deceased is Suhasi Singh, who worked with a prominent IT company in the city. Singh immolated herself using petrol on January 12…
New Delhi, 16/1: The Centre has decided against conducting the medical entrance exam NEET-UG in online mode for now, and announced on Thursday it will continue to be conducted in pen and paper mode. The decision comes after detailed deliberations between education and health ministries on whether to conduct the NEET-UG in pen and paper…
New Delhi, 16/1: BJD on Thursday urged the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of OBCs to strongly recommend conducting a Caste Census in the country along with general Census, as the absence of such data has left a “significant gap” in understanding the socio-economic dynamics and hampers formulation of targeted policies.
New Delhi: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will be the chief guest at India’s 76th Republic Day celebrations on January 26, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday Subianto will visit India from January 25 to 26 in his first trip to the country as president.
New Delhi, 16/1: The Centre has cleared the proposal to set up the Eighth Pay Commission to revise the salaries of central government employees, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The last pay commission was set up in 2016.
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Thursday administered the oath of office to Justice K Vinod Chandran as a judge of the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Centre cleared the appointment of Justice Chandran to the Apex Court on the recommendation made by the Supreme Court Collegium. In a post on social media…
Putkel, 15/1: Two jawans were injured on Thursday following a pressure IED blast planted by Naxalites near Putkel village under Basaguda police station area, ANI reported, quoting Bijapur Police. The injured jawans have been evacuated, and are out of danger, police added.
The deceased has been identified as Sumanta Sahu of Gobindpur village under Banki police limits in Cuttack district.According to reports, around 11 attackers armed with sticks and other weapons intercepted Sumanta while he was returning from a Makar fair at Bada Bandiani Thakurani temple in Tigiria last night. They ambushed him and thrashed him brutally.After…
Bhubaneswar: Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida’s mother, Lobhabati Parida, passed away on Wednesday night at a private hospital in Cuttack while undergoing treatment. She was 89.Lobhabati, a resident of Nuahaat Nibharana in Puri district, is survived by her five children, with Pravati being her third child. According to reports, Lobhabati had been unwell for the…
California: Fresh wildfires in California are expected to spread more as the weathermen have predicted strong gusty winds reaching to almost 75 mph. Fresh evacuations have also been ordered by the government to prevent further loss of lives. It is worth mentioning here that, as many as 26 people have died and as many as 12,000…
