West Bengal Police arrested Asim Mandal, alias Akash, the last surviving central committee member of CPI (Maoist), from Polerhat on Kolkata’s eastern fringes Thursday afternoon.Mandal, 64, had evaded law enforcement for over 15 years across inter‑state forest belts. He faces 17 cases in Jharkhand and a dozen in West Bengal, and carried a Rs 1‑crore…
Beijing: China Thursday rejected the US “long-arm jurisdiction” to impose tariffs on purchases of Russian oil and gas, saying its normal trade and economic cooperation with other countries should not be subject to interference or coercion by third parties.The US House of Representatives passed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act 2026 that…
New Delhi: The Odisha government has rejected the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons, the state told the Supreme Court on Thursday.A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi took note…
Police have cracked a brutal murder case triggered by suspicions of sorcery, arresting 12 villagers in connection with the crime.The victim, Matia Patika of Kakitara village under Gothalpadar panchayat, went missing on the evening of September 2. The next morning, his blood-stained body was discovered alongside his motorcycle near Banguru Canal.Following a complaint by his…
Mayurbhanj, Sept 17: The Similipal Tiger Reserve launched a massive grassland restoration initiative aimed at boosting prey populations and strengthening the wild tiger habitat, as conservation teams work to bring back open grasslands that once covered large parts of the area.At the initiative of the Odisha government, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) has begun an…
More than 13,000 junior teachers gathered at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar on Thursday to press for regularisation of their jobs. The protesters alleged that despite a government notification, their services have not yet been regularised.The agitators, including both male and female junior teachers, staged a massive protest, raising concerns over the allegedly “unusual delay” in…
AAP leader Manish Sisodia stated on September 17 that the people of Punjab are satisfied with the performance of the Bhagwant Mann government and are eager to re-elect it, while voters in Goa and Gujarat are seeking change.Speaking after the first meeting of the reconstituted AAP Political Affairs Committee (PAC), Sisodia noted that Arvind Kejriwal…
Jammu: At least two terrorists have been gunned down by the joint forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.Officials said that after suspicious movement was reported from Majalta of Udhampur district Wednesday evening, joint forces launched a cordon and search operation, following which contact (Exchange of Gunfire) was established with the terrorists.During the ensuing gunfight,…
Bhubaneswar: The Centre has accepted the resignation of Odisha cadre IPS officer Jagmohan Meena, who was serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Bhubaneswar.According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the President has accepted the resignation of Jagmohan Meena, IPS (OD:2013), from the Indian Police Service with effect from…
Kalimela: As many as 55 live turtles were seized by the police while patrolling in the Motu area under Malkangiri district of Odisha today.As per reports, the police along with the Forest Department apprehended four accused in connection to the case and recovered the turtles.The Forest Department said the live turtles were being shifted from…
