Mumbai, 18/6: Escalating its confrontation with the rebel faction, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday initiated disciplinary proceedings against six Lok Sabha members who skipped a parliamentary party meeting convened in New Delhi, treating their absence as defiance of the party whip. The six MPs facing action are Sanjay Dina Patil (Mumbai North-East),…
Mumbai, 27/4: Actor Deepika Padukone will be a part of the competition jury at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, the organisers said. French actor Vincent Lindon will be heading the jury at the 75th edition of the coveted festival, which will run from May 17-28, the official Twitter account of the festival announced…
New Delhi: India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health on Thursday, marking a significant progress in health strategies. The analysis, based on the results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries…
Bhubaneswar: As many as 20 devotees were injured after being stung by a swarm of honeybees at Chandragiri Shiva temple under Mohana police station in Gajapati district, on Monday. The incident occurred when thousands of devotees gathered at the temple to offer prayers on the occasion of Pana Sankranti. According to eyewitnesses, a swarm of…
Kendrapada: The Odisha government Wednesday effected a two-month ban on fishing off the state’s 484-km coast as part of its annual practice to allow unhindered breeding of fishes.The ban on marine fishing until June 14 is likely to adversely affect the livelihoods of the state’s countless fisherfolk, even though the government argues the move would benefit…
Puri: In an alleged case of ‘love jihad’, a distraught mother from odisha and puri district has appealed to the government to rescue her daughter who she claims is being held and tortured in bangladesh.The woman, identified as Anjali Parida, has claimed that her minor daughter was lured into a relationship through a mobile application and later taken…
Paradip: A crane operator of a cargo ship named MV AMNSI MAXIMUS suffered critical injuries and the ship was damaged after a load crane broke into half at the Pradip Port on Tuesday.According to reports, the mishap occurred at the MPB berth of Paradip Port when workers were engaged in unloading limestone from the vessel. A…
Assam, 21/5: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Friday as waters entered fresh areas affecting a total of 29 districts, though the number of people hit by the deluge decreased marginally to 7,11,905, a government bulletin said. As four more deaths were reported due to the calamity, the toll…
Bangalore, 4/6: Despite Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s damage control measures, the Congress led by its former president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday kept up the ante against the BJP government over the revised school textbooks. “The Congress will not allow textbooks that will be fatal for Karnataka’s diversity,” Rahul said in a series…
Kolkata,31/8: Trouble is increasing for the BJP in West Bengal as the exodus of their leaders from the party is not taking the name of stopping. On Tuesday too, BJP MLA Vishwajit Das joined the ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC). BJP counselor Manotosh Nath was also among those who joined TMC with Das. This is the…
