Cyclone Dana spares Odisha, Bengal of major damage, brings heavy rains

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: Cyclone Dana spared Odisha and West Bengal of any severe damage to infrastructure while flight and rail operations resumed on Friday after the cyclonic storm completed landfall, triggering heavy rains and uprooting of trees and electric poles . Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi asserted that no fatality report has been received so far…

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India rolls out e passports for its citizens

Bhubaneswar: Security and safety of Indian citizens has been enhanced by the issuance of e passports. The Indian e-passports are a great combination of electronic passport technology with conventional paper passports. The e-Passport is a combined paper and electronic passport, with an embedded Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip and antenna embedded as an inlay. The main…

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Fire breaks out at private hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur; at least eight dead

Jabalpur, 1/8: A fire broke out at a private hospital in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh on Monday and efforts were on to evacuate patients from the medical facility, police said. Eight people were killed and nine injured in the mishap.     The fire erupted at New Life Multi-speciality Hospital near Damoh Naka under the Gohalpur…

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Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on pleas against Karnataka HC’s hijab verdict

New Delhi, 24/3:The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom and stated that the headscarf is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islam.     A bench comprising Chief…

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