CBI has arrested four persons in view of their involvement in the Digital Arrests case. The arrests followed an extensive search operation at 12 locations, as part of Operation Chakra-V. The arrested four accused include two each from Mumbai and Moradabad for their role in the crime. The CBI has been adopting a multi-pronged approach…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed profound relief and joy on Tuesday after receiving the news of the safe return of the infant boy who had been abducted from the Ram Temple in Bhubaneswar late Saturday night. The child, who had been missing for three days, was rescued within a remarkably short period,…
Katra: Trial runs of the Vande Bharat train on the Katra- Sangaldan link were conducted today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the final section of the Katra-Sangaldan stretch of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL), a 272-km project, on April 19. The stretch includes the iconic Chenab Railway Bridge, the world’s highest railway arch bridge, enabling…
Dharmasala: Police have arrested four miscreants in relation to the attack on the vehicle of former Dharmasala MLA Pranab Balbantaray on Sunday. The attack was launched on his vehicle when he was going to attend Maa Hingula’s Yajna at Aruha in Dharmasala area of Jajpur district. As many as four miscreants have been arrested by the…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has approved the proposal for the creation of 2500 Home guard posts in Odisha today. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has informed about the creation of 2500 Home guard posts in Odisha. Currently there are 17,675 home guard posts in the state. Following the creation of 2500 posts the…
Patna, 15/4: Former Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras on Monday announced that his Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party was no longer with the BJP-led NDA, which has chosen to back his estranged nephew Chirag Paswan. Paras, whose party came into being in 2021 as a result of the split he engineered in the Lok Janshakti Party,…
Washington DC, 15/4: The Trump administration acted quickly Monday to punish Harvard University after it refused to comply with a list of demands from the federal government that the school said were too onerous. Monday afternoon, Harvard became the first university to refuse to comply with the administration’s requirements, setting up a showdown between the…
Bengaluru, 14/4: Strongly defending his government’s move to provide 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, questioning why shouldn’t it be done, said giving strength to anyone who are economically weak. Alleging that he is being labelled as anti-upper class, the CM said he stands with those…
Kolkata, 14/4: Supporters of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) on Monday clashed with the police at Bhangar in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district during protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, leading to several injuries and torching of multiple police vehicles. The clash erupted when police stopped ISF supporters from heading towards Ramlila Maidan in…
Bhubaneswar: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will undertake a day-long visit to Odisha on April 19, state BJP vice-president Golak Mohapatra announced on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Mohapatra said Gadkari is scheduled to arrive in Bhubaneswar and inaugurate several national highway projects for the state at Baramunda Ground. “This is a golden era…
