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Rape Accused Arrested After Three Years In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Infocity police in Bhubaneswar have arrested a 26-year-old person on charges of rape, nearly three years after the alleged incident took place.According to reports, the accused, identified as Shubhajit Pradhan.Going by the complaint filed by the victim, the incident occurred on May 19, 2023. The victim, a 23-year-old woman residing in the Info City…

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Salim Dola, Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide, deported to India after Istanbul arrest

Mumbai, 28/4:Salim Dola—a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim—was deported to India early morning on Tuesday, reports ANI. Dola landed at a technical airport in Delhi earlier today. Reports state that Dola was recently apprehended in Istanbul in a high stakes operation. The deportation was carried out after a coordinated operation by intelligence agencies in collaboration…

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Hafiz Saeed’s close aide and key LeT figure Sheikh Yousaf Afridi shot dead in Pakistan

Lahore, 28/4: Sheikh Yousaf Afridi, a key Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) figure and a close associate of the Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Landi Kotal in the Khyber region, some 250 kms from Islamabad, the capital of…

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Mangaluru cooker blast: NIA court sentences accused Mohammed Shariq to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment

Mangaluru, 27/4:A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Monday sentenced the accused in Mangaluru cooker blast case, Mohammed Shariq to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, according to ANI. An FIR was filed against Shariq under several sections, including Section 121A, 122 and 326of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)…

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White House to assess presidential security after firing incident at dinner hosted by Trump

⁠Washington DC, 24/4: White House chief of staff Susie Wiles will ⁠hold a meeting ‌this week ​on presidential security after a shooting near a gathering of journalists and administration officials in ​Washington, a ⁠senior White House official told Reuters on Monday. The official said President Trump and ⁠the ‌White House stand by the leadership of…

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Two Teachers Engaged in Census Work Die Due to Sunstroke in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, April 26: Two school teachers involved in the ongoing Census work in Odisha tragically passed away within two days, reportedly due to sunstroke in separate incidents. These incidents occurred in the districts of Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh, where temperatures have soared beyond 38°C.This marks the third such fatality in the state related to extreme heat…

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Odisha Heatwave: Seven Cities Above 43°C, IMD Issues Alert for 11 Districts

Odisha continues to reel under extreme heat as temperatures soared across the state.The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar confirmed that seven cities recorded temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius, intensifying the ongoing heatwave.Jharsuguda registered the highest at 44.8°C, followed by Sonepur at 43.7°C, Titilagarh at 43.6°C, Bhawanipatna at 43.4°C, Balangir at 43.1°C, and Boudh at 43.0°C….

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L-G Saxena announces 5 new districts in Ladakh ahead of Amit Shah’s visit, UT to have 7 districts now

Ladakh, 27/4: Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s two-day visit to Ladakh from April 30, the Union Territory (UT) administration on Monday approved the creation of five new districts, a move framed as administrative reform but unfolding amid ongoing negotiations over political safeguard. Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced the decision in a…

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