Huge amount of explosives seized in raid
Villagers protest against rice mill over pollution
Chinks alleged in sensitive booths list
Cyclone Remal brings havoc for Olive Ridley eggs, hatchlings
Maoists kill Kandhamal youth suspected to be police informer
Kotagada: After a few days of silence, Red Rebels of the CPIMaoist, Vamsadhara-NagabaliGhumusar (Baghuna) Divisional Committee brutally killed a youth at Badipanga village under Durgapanga panchayat and this police limits in Kandhamal district suspecting him to be a police informer....
Odisha CM Patnaik hits out at BJP’s Kendrapara nominee Baijayant Panda at poll rally
Kendrapara: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday launched a scathing attack on BJP's national vice-president Baijayant Panda, accusing the two-time MP of betrayal towards both himself and the people of Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. Breaking his usual stance of avoiding personal attacks, Patnaik aimed his criticism at Panda without explicitly...
Read moreFire tragedy: One more partner of Rajkot game zone arrested
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat police have arrested one more partner of the Rajkot-based TRP game zone where a devastating fire last week killed 27 persons, an official said Tuesday. Dhaval Thakkar, the proprietor of Dhaval Corporation, which ran the TRP game zone along with five partners of Raceway Enterprises, was arrested from Abu Road in neighbouring Rajasthan, Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Akshayraj Makwana said. With this, four persons have so far been...
Read moreBomb scare on Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight at Delhi airport turns out hoax
New Delhi: A bomb threat received on a Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here Tuesday morning turned out to be a hoax, police said. The bomb scare prompted authorities to evacuate all the staff and 176 passengers onboard and launch a search operation, officials said. "At around 5am, information was received regarding a paper found in the lavatory of an Indigo flight scheduled to depart for Varanasi,...
Read moreCyclone Remal claims six lives in West Bengal, leaves trail of destruction
Kolkata: Cyclone Remal claimed six lives in West Bengal and inflicted substantial damage to infrastructure and property in the state's coastal regions, officials said Monday. A man died of his injuries when a wall collapsed due to relentless downpour Sunday evening at Bibir Bagan in Central Kolkata, a state disaster management official said. An elderly woman from Mousuni Island near Namkhana, situated adjacent to the Sundarbans delta, succumbed to her injuries...
Read moreGame zone fire: Gujarat HC raps Rajkot civic body, says it doesn’t have faith in state machinery
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court Monday said it does not have faith in the state machinery "which gets into action only after innocent lives are lost", as it pulled up the Rajkot civic body over the purported lapses in functioning of the game zone facility where a massive fire killed 27 persons. A special bench of Justices Biren Vaishnav and Devan Desai asked whether the civic body sat over the fire...
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Fire tragedy: One more partner of Rajkot game zone arrested
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat police have arrested one more partner of the Rajkot-based TRP game zone where a devastating fire last week killed 27 persons, an official said Tuesday. Dhaval Thakkar, the proprietor of Dhaval Corporation, which ran the TRP game zone along with five partners of Raceway Enterprises, was arrested from Abu Road in neighbouring Rajasthan, Banaskantha...
Bomb scare on Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight at Delhi airport turns out hoax
New Delhi: A bomb threat received on a Varanasi-bound IndiGo flight at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here Tuesday morning turned out to be a hoax, police said. The bomb scare prompted authorities to evacuate all the staff and 176 passengers onboard and launch a search operation, officials said. "At around 5am, information was received regarding a...
Ronaldo sets Saudi Pro League season scoring record while Al-Hilal finishes unbeaten
Riyadh: Cristiano Ronaldo finished the Saudi Pro League by setting the season goal-scoring record Monday. Ronaldo scored twice in Riyadh as Al-Nassr defeated Al-Ittihad 4-2 and lifted his league tally to 35, one more than the record in 2019 by Abderrazak Hamdallah. In the final seconds of the first half, Ronaldo, who had already had two goals...
Ananya Panday’s debut webseries ‘Call Me Bae’ locks release date
Mumbai: The streaming series ‘Call Me Bae’, which stars Ananya Panday’s series debut, has locked its release date. The 8-part series is set to drop on OTT September 6, 2024. The series sees Ananya in the role of Bella ‘Bae’ Chowdhary. She will share the screen with Vir Das, Gurfateh Pirzada, Varun Sood, Vihaan Samat, Muskkaan Jaferi,...
North Korea rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch
Seoul (South Korea): A rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country's second spy satellite exploded shortly after liftoff Monday, state media reported, in a setback for leader Kim Jong Un's hopes to field satellites to monitor the US and South Korea. Monday's failed launch came hours after leaders of South Korea, China and Japan met...
Huge amount of explosives seized in raid
Balasore: Police here recovered a huge quantity of explosives from abandoned stone quarries near Khanjamahal under Mahumuhan panchayat and Soro block in Balasore district, sources said Monday. The explosives were supposed to be used for blasting in the quarries to extract stones. According to sources, a team from Soro police station led by IIC Prabhanshu Sekhar Mishra...
Villagers protest against rice mill over pollution
Keonjhar: Hundreds of local women and men protested in front of the Narayani Rice Mill in Kuapashi village of Badapatana panchayat under Patna block of Keonjhar district Monday morning over pollution and other issues. The villagers threatened to lock the rice mill and continue with their protest if their demands were not met in the coming days....
Chinks alleged in sensitive booths list
Jajpur: Allegations of severe irregularities in the identification of sensitive booths have surfaced in Jajpur district. The officials have identified 281 booths as sensitive out of 1,637 booths under the Jajpur Lok Sabha segment. However, allegations are rife that severe irregularities have been committed in the identification of sensitive booths. The matter came to the fore after...
Cyclone Remal brings havoc for Olive Ridley eggs, hatchlings
Kendrapara: The adverse weather conditions and torrential rain caused by Cyclone Remal in the Bay of Bengal have severely disrupted the emergence of Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings at the mass nesting sites of Nasi-2, the world’s largest rookery of the species in Odisha. DFO of Rajnagar Mangrove (forest) and Wildlife Division, Sudarshan Gopinath Jadav, said the turbulent...
Maoists kill Kandhamal youth suspected to be police informer
Kotagada: After a few days of silence, Red Rebels of the CPIMaoist, Vamsadhara-NagabaliGhumusar (Baghuna) Divisional Committee brutally killed a youth at Badipanga village under Durgapanga panchayat and this police limits in Kandhamal district suspecting him to be a police informer. The matter came to the fore after the mutilated body of the youth was found near the...