Man gets 10-yr RI for raping minor

Sambalpur: POCSO court judge Abhilash Senapati convicted Thursday Jogendra Pinga, a resident of Narimunda village in this district for raping a minor girl in 2017 and sentenced him to 10 years rigorous imprisonment (RI). The judge also slapped a fine...

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SC to hear today NGO’s plea for release of voter turnout data for LS polls within 48 hours

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday agreed to grant an urgent hearing on a plea by an NGO seeking a direction to the Election Commission to upload polling station-wise voter turnout data on its website within 48 hours of conclusion of polling for each phase of the Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra asked the counsel appearing...

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Ghatkopar hoarding collapse accused brought to Mumbai, to be produced in court

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Mumbai: Bhavesh Bhinde, an advertising firm's director, whose company had put up the giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai killing 16 people, was brought to Mumbai early Friday, a police official said. Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar Monday evening, was apprehended from Udaipur in Rajasthan Thursday, he said. Bhinde was then taken to Ahmedabad and...

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Maliwal ‘assault’ case: Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar fails to appear before NCW

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar did not appear before the National Commission for Women (NCW) Friday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. The NCW had summoned Kumar to appear before it at 11 am. NCW chief Rekha Sharma said a team of the commission had gone to Kumar's residence Thursday to serve him a notice, but he was not...

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik faces migration issues both in Hinjili, Kantabanji seats

Hinjili / Kantabanji: Located at a distance of about 350 km from each other, Hinjili and Kantabanji Assembly constituencies of Odisha share two commonalities – both hold migration as the key issue and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as the BJD candidate. Though local voters talk about infrastructure development, lack of job opportunities plague the two rural constituencies...

Tis Hazari court records Swati Maliwal’s statement 

Tis Hazari court records Swati Maliwal’s statement 

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal Friday recorded her statement before the Tis Hazari court in Delhi in connection with the alleged assault on her at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official residence. Metropolitan magistrate Katyayini Sharma Kandwal recorded Maliwal’s statement in her chambers. Under section 164 CrPC, a judicial magistrate is empowered...

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Decision to retire driven by instinct: Sunil Chhetri

New Delhi: Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri Friday said his decision to retire after next month's World Cup qualifier against Kuwait was driven by instinct and he would like to take a "sabbatical" after completing his obligations in the domestic circuit. Chhetri, 39, announced his decision to retire from international football after the FIFA World Cup qualifying...

Thiago Alcantara to end his Liverpool journey post this season

London: Midfielder Thiago Alcantara's will leave Liverpool at an end the season upon the expiration of his contract, the Premier League club announced Friday. Thiago will bid farewell to Anfield after four seasons, during which he made 98 appearances and scored six goals while winning EFL Cup, FA Cup and Community Shield. "They are two words that...

Odisha: 15 people fall ill after inhaling gas in prawn processing plant

Odisha: 15 people fall ill after inhaling gas at Nilagiri prawn processing plant

Balasore: At least 15 people fell ill after inhaling toxic gas emitted from a prawn processing plant near Nilagiri in Odisha's Balasore district, police said Friday. Some workers, mostly women, engaged in the processing work in the plant complained of vomiting, nausea and difficulty in breathing Thursday night. They were immediately taken to Nilagiri hospital by co-workers...

 

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