New Delhi: Asian Games silver medallist javelin thrower Kishore Jena, holder of the second-longest throw by an Indian, has joined the Indian participants list for the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic (NC Classic) 2025 javelin throw championship, which will be held on May 24 in Bengaluru. “Asian Games Silver medallist, one of India’s elite 87m+ throwers…
Bhubaneswar: Planning is being made to extend the Bhubaneswar Metro rail project up to either Cuttack Bus stand or SCB Medical College and Hospital, said Housing and Urban Development Minister of Odisha on Thursday. As per reports, the upcoming Metro Rail project of Bhubaneswar was initially planned to run from Bhubaneswar Airport to Trishulia in Cuttack…
Imphal: Six militants of different outfits, two wanted offenders, and four drug peddlers were apprehended by security forces in Manipur during the past 24 hours, and a large cache of arms and varied drugs was seized from them, officials said on Thursday. A police official said that the security forces arrested Waikhom Rohit Singh alias…
Kolkata: In the Kolkata restaurant fire, a committee has been formed to investigate into the incident. The CM informed media that the hotel owner and the manager have been arrested.On the Kolkata restaurant fire incident, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, “We are going to make a committee to investigate this incident. The hotel owner and the…
New Delhi: Procurement of wheat during the ongoing rabi marketing season is going on smoothly in the major procuring states across the country with over Rs 256.3 lakh metric tonnes of the crop already procured at the minimum support price (MSP) so far, for which Rs 62,155.96 crores has been paid to 21.03 lakh farmers, according…
Washington: Three Indian-origin people were found dead after a shooting at a house in Newcastle town in Washington in the United States, The Seattle Times reported, citing the King County medical examiner’s office. King County sheriff’s spokesperson Brandyn Hull said Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call around 7 pm on April 24 at a town…
New Delhi: Assuring safety and welfare of labourers, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday that her government has directed employers to give a three-hour ‘heat break’ to construction workers between noon and 3 p.m. in view of the harsh summer. Interacting with workers on Labour Day, CM Gupta said the BJP governments at the…
Srinagar: The Director General (DG) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sadanand Date, reached Pahalgam on Thursday after the agency took over the probe into the terror attack in which 26 civilians, including 25 tourists and a local, were killed on April 22. The NIA took over the Pahalgam terror attack investigation on Sunday following an…
New York/Washington, 1/5: The US has encouraged India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions, reaffirming its commitment to cooperate with Delhi against terrorism and urging Islamabad’s cooperation in investigating the “unconscionable” Pahalgam terror attack Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke separately with External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday. In…
Kendrapara: In a bid to ensure the safety of tourists and protect the crocodile population, the Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district of Odisha will remain closed for visitors from May 1 to July 31. The park will be closed for three months as this is the breeding season of crocodiles, during which they become aggressive…
