Bhubaneswar, July 19: Asserting that his party firmly stands with the youth and students of the country, BJD president and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly, Naveen Patnaik on Sunday urged the Central Government to initiate a meaningful dialogue with the students who have been “peacefully” protesting for days over alleged irregularities in…
The much-awaited Adapa Darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra commenced on Sunday at the Gundicha Temple in Puri, marking one of the most sacred phases of the annual Rath Yatra.The darshan begins a day after the Holy Trinity was ceremonially escorted into the Janmabedi (Adapa Mandap) through the traditional Adapa Mandap Bije…
Bhubaneswar: The Hirakud Dam authorities will open the gates again as heavy rain in the upstream catchment of the Mahanadi river has led to a sharp rise in water inflow.A siren was sounded on Saturday evening to alert people residing in the lower catchment areas of the Mahanadi.The dam authorities have asked residents living along…
Kataka: Police have arrested a young man in Kataka city for allegedly blackmailing a woman by creating morphed images of her using artificial intelligence (AI) and threatening to circulate them on social media.The accused, a resident of the Bidanasi police station area, was arrested following a complaint lodged by the woman’s family.According to police, the…
New Delhi, 19/7: Stepping up their attack on the BJP-led Union government over the Ayodhya Ram temple donation ‘theft’ ahead of the Parliament session, Opposition leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order an independent probe into the temple trust’s financial dealings, saying his “silence” is “unacceptable”.
Srinagar, 19/7: Torrential rain triggered flash floods and landslides across Poonch, a border district in Jammu and Kashmir, on Sunday, killing several people, including three women, while many others remained missing, officials said. Surankote tehsil along the Line of Control (LoC) was the worst-hit area, where cloudburst-like rainfall turned seasonal streams into raging torrents within…
Bangalore, 18/7: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s wife Chenamma passed away on Saturday due to cardiac arrest. She was 89. The hospital had said that Chennamma had some chest congestion. “We regret to inform that Mrs Chennamma suffered a massive cardiac arrest despite being on the road to recovery today at 4 pm,”…
New Delhi, 18/7: The BJP on Saturday justified the hospitalisation of activist Sonam Wangchuk, saying that the move was compliant with the Delhi High Court’s order to monitor his health as his indefinite hunger strike entered the 21st day. The ruling party slammed the opposition parties, questioning if they wanted his health to deteriorate only…
Ahmedabad, 18/7: At least eight people were killed and 15 others injured in a powerful explosion at a firecracker factory in Ahmedabad on Saturday afternoon. Preliminary investigations revealed that the licence for the makeshift factory, which was operating on an open farm, had been cancelled. Despite this, the factory continued to function.The explosion occurred at…
Mumbai, 18/7: Just two days before the commencement of Monsoon session in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved the merger of six MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) with Eknath Shinde’s faction. The Speaker also approved separate seating in the Lok Sabha for 20 MPs who broke away from TMC to form NCPI (Nationalist Citizens…
