New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to raise the strength of judges in the Supreme Court from 33 to 37, excluding the Chief Justice of India. In a meeting, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it approved the proposal for introducing the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026 in Parliament…
Kolkatta, 5/5: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Tuesday held a press conference following the drubbing her party, the All India Trinamool Congress has received in the recently concluded assembly polls for the state. In the polls, BJP has got 207 seats, TMC won in 80 seats in the house of 294. Majority mark is 148…
Udala: A 12-foot-long king cobra, locally known as Ahiraj, was rescued from a residential area in Mayurbhanj district on Monday after it entered a chicken shop. The incident took place in Padmapokhari village under the Kaptipada forest range.A shopkeeper spotted the snake inside a chicken shop and immediately alerted the Kaptipada forest department.Forest officials, along with…
Today i.e. on 05.05.2026, a short while ago, Sri Debendra Sahoo, Accountant-cum- Data Entry Operator (ADEO), Junagarh Block, Dist-Kalahandi has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance *while demanding and taking bribe Rs. 6,000/- from a beneficiary to process the file for sanction of a house in his favour under PMAY*. For about one week, he had…
Balangir: Odisha Vigilance has arrested Nirmalendu Kabi, Court Amin of Bangomunda Tahasil in Balangir district, while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.The arrest was made on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.According to the Vigilance sources, Kabi demanded the bribe from an applicant for preparing sketch maps and processing the file for partition of land and issuance…
Chennai, 5/5: The 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election has concluded with a major shift in the State’s political landscape. Actor-politician Vijay’s Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has emerged as the single-largest party, effectively shattering the decades-old bipolar dominance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The electoral verdict…
Balangir: A shocking murder case has come to light in odisha s balangir district, where a woman was allegedly killed by her brother-in-law after she rejected his advances. The police have reconstructed the crime scene, during which the accused confessed to the crime. The incident came to light two days ago when the body of Janaki Sahu…
In a humanitarian development, two Nepali girls rescued from West Bengal have been safely processed for repatriation, with one of them already returning to her home country from Bhubaneswar. The repatriation was carried out after completing all necessary legal and administrative procedures in coordination with the Nepal Embassy and local authorities.According to official sources, a…
Jeypore: Unna Rajendra Patro, a retired teacher of SSD High School of Dukum, Bisamcuttack in Rayagada district, was today convicted by the Special Vigilance Court in Jeypore in a disproportionate assets case.The Special Vigilance Judge, Jeypore found him guilty under Section 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. He has been…
Angul: In a tragic incident, three workers died after being trapped in a kiln during maintenance at Metallic Sponge Iron Plant in Angul’s Nisha Industrial area. The deceased workers identities are yet to be ascertained. As per reports, the workers were working inside the kiln for maintenance when they got trapped inside and sustained serious injuries….
