Palghar, 13/7: A video showing an auto-rickshaw driver being beaten up allegedly by Shiv Sena (UBT) workers in Maharashtra’s Palghar district for ‘anti-Marathi’ remarks has gone viral on social media, further fuelling controversy over the language issue in the state. Police on Sunday said they have seen the video but not received any formal complaint…
Bhubaneswar, 13/7: The health condition of the 20-year old college woman student who set herself on fire on the college campus in Balasore over an alleged sexual harassment incident is “highly critical” as she suffered burn injury of around 95 per cent an official said. The woman was admitted at the AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Saturday…
Hyderabad, 13/7: Veteran Telugu actor and former MLA Kota Srinivasa Rao died following prolonged illness here on Sunday, industry sources said. He was 83. Kota Srinivasa Rao, known for his versatile performances, appeared in over 750 films across multiple languages during his illustrious career. He made his film debut with Pranam Khareedu in 1978. …
New Delhi, 13/7: Booth Level Officers (BLOs) have found a large number of people from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar in the electoral rolls of Bihar during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and they stand to be omitted from the final roll. Sources said their names will not be included in the final electoral…
Patna, 12/7: Union minister Chirag Paswan has received a death threat from an Instagram user, his Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) said on Saturday. The party also shared on its X handle screenshot of a complaint lodged with the cyber police station in Patna, by chief spokesman Rajesh Bhatt. In his complaint, into which the…
New Delhi, 12/7: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court against a fresh directive issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments to shopkeepers along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR codes for accessing owner details. The application filed by Prof Apoorvanand Jha contended that the direction was contrary to the Supreme…
Bhubaneswar: The State Government has suspended the Principal of FM Autonomous College and Head of the Department of Educational Studies in connection with the self-immolation bid by a college student on the campus. The Higher Education Department issued a separate notification in this regard. Principal Dillip Ghosh and HOD Samira Kumar Sahu have been placed…
Kolkata, 12/7: A woman studying at the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta was allegedly raped by a student inside a hostel of the business school, police said on Saturday. The accused has been arrested on the basis of an FIR lodged by the woman at Haridevpur Police Station, they said. The alleged incident inside the boys’…
Balasore: A student allegedly set herself ablaze in protest against misbehaviour by a lecturer of Fakir Mohan College in Balasore on Saturday. According to sources, Somashree Biswal, a second-year Integrated B.Ed student, had been protesting against the alleged misbehaviour by the Head of Department (HOD). She had been sitting in a dharna on the college…
Bhubaneswar, 12/7: In a major development, Odisha’s Leader of Opposition and former CM Naveen is set to return to Bhubaneswar today after undergoing a medical procedure for cervical arthritis in Mumbai. He is scheduled to arrive at Biju Patnaik International Airport at 12:30 PM. Having departed Bhubaneswar on June 20, this 21-day absence…
