New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi expressed deep sorrow over the stampede during the Rath Yatra in Puri, calling the tragedy a “serious” warning. The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha emphasised that security arrangements and crowd management at such large gatherings must be thoroughly reviewed. Rahul Gandhi stressed that the protection…
New Delhi, 29/6: The houselisting operations for the forthcoming Census will begin from April 1, 2026, marking the start of the first phase of the decennial exercise, the Registrar General of India has said In a letter to chief secretaries of states and Union Territories, Census Commissioner and Registrar General of India Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan…
Bhubaneswar: Due to incessant rainfall in Jharkhand and Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, the Odisha Government’s Department of Water Resources (DoWR) has issued a flood warning for several rivers in the region. Water levels are rising in the Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga, and Jalaka rivers. As of 3 pm today, the Subarnarekha River at Rajghat recorded 8.41 meters, below the…
Patna, 29/6: The Election Commission on Sunday kick-started the massive special drive for electoral roll revision in Bihar for the existing 7.7 crore voters in the State. Notwithstanding the mounting criticism from the Opposition that the Government was trying to enforce the NRC (National Register of Citizens) through backdoors, the EC clarified the drive, also…
Chennai: The forest officials in the Boluvampatti range have placed 10 pairs of camera traps around a grove on the north side of Kuppepalayam near Devarayapuram in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district, after CCTV footage captured a leopard moving near the area, creating panic among villagers. The grove’s owner, Sakthi, alerted authorities after the footage was widely…
Bhubaneswar: Under the influence of the cyclonic circulation, a low-pressure area has developed over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts, triggering concerns of heavy rainfall in Odisha and eastern states. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist , Umashankar Dash informed that the low-pressure area has formed over the northwest…
Bhubaneswar: The State government has initiated action after a stampede on Saradhabali in Puri claimed three lives on Sunday morning. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, while expressing deep grief, has announced Rs 25 lakh compensation to the families of each deceased. Majhi has also ordered a comprehensive administrative inquiry into the incident, which will be conducted…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha police have appealed to devotees and the public visiting Puri for darshan of Lord Jagannath and his siblings to exercise patience due to a heavy inflow of vehicles into the pilgrim town. Visitors may experience waiting times of over two hours to reach their destination. The Odisha Police posted on social media, “Today,…
Srinagar, 29/6: Despite the recent setbacks inflicted by India’s Operation Sindoor, which successfully targeted several terrorist training facilities in Pakistan, Pakistan’s army and its spy agency, the ISI, are reportedly rebuilding the terror infrastructure this time with more secrecy and sophisticated technology. Terrorist training camps destroyed by Indian strikes are being reconstructed across various locations…
New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a woman from Bengaluru has been arrested on charges of killing her own pet dog for a tantric ritual. The incident reportedly took place in the flat at Doddanekkundi, Mahadevapura. The woman had hid the body at her flat for three days. The incident came to light after the residents…
