Odisha govt to take measures to make Cuttack a smart city: Majhi
Southwest monsoon likely to retreat from Odisha in next 48 hours
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced Saturday that the southwest monsoon is likely to start retreating from Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal over the next two days. The southwest monsoon has...
Goddess Durga’s ornaments worth over Rs 10 lakh stolen in Jajpur
Odisha: Bodies of two missing students fished out from Mahanadi river
Reserve Police Line Durga Puja marks golden jubilee
Deplorable, follow systematic pattern: India on attack on pandal, theft at temple in Bangladesh
New Delhi: India Saturday said it has noted with "serious concern" the reported attack a Durga Puja pandal and theft at a revered Kali temple in Bangladesh, as it requested Dhaka to ensure the safety and security of Hindus, all other minorities and their places of worship in the neighbouring...
Read moreIndia being portrayed as threat in Bangladesh; conspiracies testing nation’s resolve: Bhagwat
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday said India has become stronger and more respected in the world with enhanced credibility in the last few years but sinister conspiracies are testing the country's resolve. Attempts to disturb and destabilise the country seem to be gaining momentum from all directions, while a narrative is being spread in Bangladesh to portray India as a threat, he said. Addressing the annual Vijayadashmi rally of the...
Read moreCongress chief Kharge counters PM Modi’s ‘controlled by urban naxals’ remark, calls BJP ‘terrorist party’
Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday alleged that the BJP was a "party of terrorists", as he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent remarks that the grand old party is being run by a "gang of urban Naxals". He also accused those in the saffron party of "lynching and beating" people, and committing atrocities against SC/STs. Hitting back at Kharge's remarks, senior Karnataka BJP leader and...
Read moreMass resignation by doctors not acceptable, has to be done individually: Bengal govt
Kolkata: The West Bengal government Saturday said the mass resignation of doctors of state-run hospitals is not valid and it must be submitted individually according to service rules. Several doctors from state-run hospitals have submitted collectively signed "resignation" letters to the government seeking justice for the post-graduate trainee who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and in support of junior medics on a fast-unto-death...
Read moreWest Bengal: Doctors of pvt hospitals call for ‘partial cease work’, emergency services to be operational
Kolkata: Doctors of private hospitals Saturday called for a 48-hour “partial cease work” from October 14 in medical establishments across West Bengal, in solidarity with the agitating junior medics observing a fast-unto-death, demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital victim. The doctors, under the banner of Healthcare Professionals of Private Hospitals, however, said emergency services in all medical facilities will remain operational. Maintaining that the West Bengal government has not taken...
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Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja declared heir to Jamnagar royal throne
Jamnagar: The maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Nawanagar, known as Jamnagar, in Gujarat, has declared his nephew and former cricketer Ajay Jadeja as his heir to the throne on the auspicious day of Dussehra Saturday. The 53-year-old cricketer, who played 196 ODIs and 15 test matches for India between 1992 and 2000, is a descendant...
India being portrayed as threat in Bangladesh; conspiracies testing nation’s resolve: Bhagwat
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday said India has become stronger and more respected in the world with enhanced credibility in the last few years but sinister conspiracies are testing the country's resolve. Attempts to disturb and destabilise the country seem to be gaining momentum from all directions, while a narrative is being spread in Bangladesh to...
Kupup-Sherathang Road in Sikkim, 74 other projects dedicated to nation
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday dedicated inaugurated the Kupup-Sherathang Road in Sikkim and 74 other infrastructure projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) built at a cost of Rs 2,236 crore. Singh inaugurated the projects virtually from the headquarters of the Trishakti Corps at Sukna in West Bengal. The defence minister termed the projects a...
RSS wants to make country uniform, will not succeed: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress slammed the RSS after Mohan Bhagwat's annual Vijayadashami address Saturday, alleging that the organisation wants to make the country uniform and asserting that it will not succeed in its plan. Addressing the Vijayadashami rally of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur, Bhagwat criticised "cultural Marxists and woke people", accusing them of undermining...
Odisha govt to take measures to make Cuttack a smart city: Majhi
Cuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Saturday said his government would take all possible measures to make Cuttack a smart city. Majhi said this after visiting various puja pandals in the millennium city. The tradition of Durga puja at Balubazar in the city is said to have started in 1510. The Chief Minister offered ‘pushpanjali' at...
Water gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert
Rabat (Morocco): A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades. Southeastern Morocco’s desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer. The Moroccan...
Two notorious criminals escape from Haridwar jail, 6 prison personnel suspended
Haridwar: Two dreaded criminals including a murder convict escaped from Haridwar district jail, officials said Saturday. Six jail personnel including the jailer were suspended with immediate effect for their negligence following the incident and a detailed inquiry has been ordered into it. The incident took place Friday night when a 'Ramleela' was being staged at the jail,...
Congress chief Kharge counters PM Modi’s ‘controlled by urban naxals’ remark, calls BJP ‘terrorist party’
Kalaburagi (Karnataka): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday alleged that the BJP was a "party of terrorists", as he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent remarks that the grand old party is being run by a "gang of urban Naxals". He also accused those in the saffron party of "lynching and beating" people, and...
Mass resignation by doctors not acceptable, has to be done individually: Bengal govt
Kolkata: The West Bengal government Saturday said the mass resignation of doctors of state-run hospitals is not valid and it must be submitted individually according to service rules. Several doctors from state-run hospitals have submitted collectively signed "resignation" letters to the government seeking justice for the post-graduate trainee who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's R G...
Madhya Pradesh: 15-year-old girl ‘raped’ by her father, brother; both arrested
Shivpuri: A 15-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her father and brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said Saturday. The father-son duo has been arrested, Dinara police station in charge Vinod Bhargava said. "The victim's mother was estranged from the family and was living in Odisha. As per the girl, her father started raping...
