Dhenkanal: Dhenkanal police have issued an official advisory regarding a blast that occurred at a black stone quarry in Village Kastipal under Nihalprasad Police Station.In a statement, the police confirmed that the quarry was operating legally and possessed the required blasting licence. However, verification of all permissions and compliance is currently underway.Preliminary reports indicate that…
A person was killed in a blast at a black stone quarry in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district today. The explosion took place at the quarry, located at Kastipal village under Nihal Prasad police limits, in the afternoon.Bhubaneswar: A person was killed in a blast at a black stone quarry in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district today.The explosion took…
New Delhi, 8/6: BJP on Sunday night announced a candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka, virtually signalling the end of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s Parliamentary innings. It also forced a contest in Madhya Pradesh by fielding a third candidate — Mahesh Kewat — putting the fate of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan hanging…
New Delhi, 8/6: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi described the hike in gas cylinder prices as “inevitable” given the prevailing global situation and said that the Centre also feels “very sad and sorry” about it.The price of domestic cooking gas LPG has been raised by Rs 29 per cylinder as state-owned fuel retailers continue to grapple…
Paris, 7/6: It was not Russian roulette, but a Deutsche one, as Germany’s Alexander Zverev won his maiden Grand Slam title, beating unheralded Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-1 in the men’s singles final at the Parisian clay on Sunday (June 7).Zverev had lost three Grand Slam finals in his career, but literally…
Kathmandu, 6/6: Nepal wants to resolve its border dispute with India through existing bilateral mechanisms as “no problem is too large and complex” when both sides engage with an open heart, rational mind and mutual respect, Nepal Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said on Sunday, effectively backing New Delhi’s position against any third-party involvement in the…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 7/6: It is the responsibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to resign for exam-related lapses, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke said here on Sunday. Addressing a press conference a day after his newly-formed outfit held a protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital seeking…
Bengaluru, 7/6: In its first major transfer, the newly formed DK Shivakumar-led Congress government has appointed senior IPS officer Pronab Mohanty as the chief of the Karnataka Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The government issued the notification on Sunday, transferring Mohanty from his current role as Director General of Police (DGP), Internal Security Division, to DGP,…
Bhadrak: Tension prevailed at Sahapur in Bhadrak district as a group of angry locals set the train check-post on fire as a man died after being hit by a speedy train today.The deceased man has been identified as Abhimanyu Parida of Aradi village under Pirhat police station limits of the district.After the news of Abhimanyu’s…
Balangir: Police have arrested five persons and seized 880 bottles of Eskuf cough syrup during a raid on the Balangir–Titlagarh road near Smart Park under the Town Police Station limits in Balangir district, officials said on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Town Police Station intercepted a suspected SUV coming from Cuttack, which…
