Month: June 2019

Number of people below poverty line has decreased

June 27, 2019

Bhubaneswar: The number of people below poverty line (BPL) has come down in Odisha, state Planning and Convergence Minister Padmanabh ...

Prime News

Five get lifer in journalist Tarun Acharya murder case

June 27, 2019

Khallikote: A local court here convicted five men in journalist Tarun Acharya murder case that took place in Ganjam district ...

National

EVMs can be tampered with: Tamil actor seeks SC nod to prove it

June 27, 2019

New Delhi: Tamil actor Mansoor Ali Khan, who unsuccessfully fought the recent Lok Sabha polls, Thursday moved the Supreme Court ...

Goa CM Pramod Sawant to announce projects to generate income for mining-hit people

National

Goa to create job opportunities for mining-hit people

June 27, 2019

Panaji: Amid the ongoing mining crisis in Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Thursday said the government would roll out some ...

Homes beside the railroad tracks in Dhaka, Bangladesh

International

Wearing headphones on train tracks has killed 535 Bangladeshis

June 27, 2019

Dhaka: A total of 535 people have been killed since 2010 after being hit by trains while wearing headphones on ...

State

Man gets 10 yrs rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping, raping minor

June 27, 2019

Balasore: A court here Wednesday awarded 10 years' rigorous imprisonment to a 20-year-old man for kidnapping and raping a minor ...

Mondal, a widow who worked as a domestic help, had to spend three years at a detention camp in Kokrajhar district after she was declared a foreigner by a Foreigners' Tribunal in March 2016.

National

Case of mistaken identity puts Assam woman in detention camp for 3 yrs

June 27, 2019

Guwahati: A woman from Assam's Chirang district, sent by a foreigners' tribunal to a detention camp three years back on ...

State

Tribal woman turns down drunk groom on wedding pandal, wins laurels

June 27, 2019

Sambalpur: A 20-year-old tribal woman who had refused to marry as the groom came to the wedding in an inebriated ...

Kohli broke the long-standing feat held jointly by Tendulkar and Lara during India's World Cup encounter against West Indies here.

Sports

Kohli becomes fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs

June 27, 2019

Manchester: India captain Virat Kohli Thursday became the fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs, eclipsing batting greats Sachin Tendulkar ...

State

Lawyers on cease-work stir to press for permanent HC bench in Berhampur

June 27, 2019

Berhampur: Ganjam district lawyers association Thursday started a four day long cease-work protest demanding establishment of a permanent bench of ...