NHRC seeks action-taken report on missing Kalahandi migrant worker
Thuamul Rampur: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reportedly sought an action-taken report from the Ernakulam police commissioner within four weeks over the disappearance of a 22-year-old migrant worker from Odisha, who has been missing in Kerala since October 4...
Braj Mohan Ram takes oath as Odisha Governor
Bhubaneswar: Braj Mohan Ram sworn in as the 28th Governor of Odisha here at the Lok Bhavan Sunday. Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tondon administered the oath of office to Ram in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan...
Deprived schools: Staff crunch, crumbling infra plague Kendujhar school
By SRIDHAR MOHARANA, OP Anandapur: Despite the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020’s emphasis on modernising education, a government upper primary school at Shailanga village under this block in Kendujhar district continues to grapple with inadequate classrooms, teacher shortages and dilapidated...
Just 2.46% of money lost to cyber fraud recovered
By Trinath Mohanty, OP Bhubaneswar: Police have recovered only 2.46 per cent of the money lost to cyber fraud in Odisha in the first nine months of the year, with a lack of technical expertise, inadequate manpower and funding constraints...
Orangutan trafficking: Cops struggle to crack int’l racket
By Trinath Mohanty, OP Bhubaneswar: A month after five orangutan infants were rescued from the Bichitrapur forest in Bhograi under Baleshwar district September 8, the Crime Branch’s Special Task Force (STF), which is investigating the case, has failed to make...
Kolkata stampede: Initial probe suggests sudden rain, misleading announcement, lapses in crowd management
Kolkata: An initial probe into the stampede at the community Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata, which claimed 19 lives, has revealed that a combination of three factors, namely sudden rains, a misleading announcement and severe lapses within the pandal premises, triggered the chaos leading to such a tragedy. “Sudden...
Read moreDetailsSeven, including Chorbagan Durga Puja organisers, arrested for pandal stampede in Kolkata: Police
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested seven people, including organisers of Chorbagan Durga Puja, for the pandal stampede that killed at least 19 people, a senior officer said Sunday. Police have also registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. At least 19 people died, and 25 were injured in the stampede at Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata following a crowd surge amid rain Saturday evening....
Read moreDetailsNothing can save CEC; SIR must be suspended forthwith: Congress
New Delhi: With the Election Commission deciding to provide "readable" electoral rolls to parties, the Congress Sunday said it was the result of the whole nation being on the streets against the "vote chors" and pushed for its demands that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must go as well as the SIR be suspended forthwith. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said that over the past two years the...
Read moreDetailsMP road accident toll climbs to 14; families allege negligence in traffic management
Gwalior: Families of those killed in a tragic road accident near the Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district gathered outside the post-mortem house Sunday and expressed outrage over what they alleged was the administration's failure to ensure proper traffic management during the heavy rush of devotees amid the Navratri festival. Fourteen people were killed, while 27 were injured after a truck rammed into shops near Shitla Mata Temple early...
Read moreDetails60-day pause on Russia sanctions to analyse global impact: Rubio
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the waiver from sanctions on Russia and tariffs on other countries, including India, was a 60-day pause to analyse the global impact of the measure. Rubio was responding to questions Saturday evening at Joint Base Andrews near here as he left for a six-day tour of Uzbekistan and India. "I think the president wants to take the 60-day period of time to...
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NHRC seeks action-taken report on missing Kalahandi migrant worker
Thuamul Rampur: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reportedly sought an action-taken report from the Ernakulam police commissioner within four weeks over the disappearance of a 22-year-old migrant worker from Odisha, who has been missing in Kerala since October 4 last year. Ratha Goud, a resident of Ranidumer village under Thuamul Rampur block in Kalahandi district, had...
Kolkata stampede: Initial probe suggests sudden rain, misleading announcement, lapses in crowd management
Kolkata: An initial probe into the stampede at the community Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata, which claimed 19 lives, has revealed that a combination of three factors, namely sudden rains, a misleading announcement and severe lapses within the pandal premises, triggered the chaos leading to such a tragedy. “Sudden rains surely played a role in the...
Seven, including Chorbagan Durga Puja organisers, arrested for pandal stampede in Kolkata: Police
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested seven people, including organisers of Chorbagan Durga Puja, for the pandal stampede that killed at least 19 people, a senior officer said Sunday. Police have also registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. At least 19 people died, and 25 were injured in the stampede at Chorbagan...
Nothing can save CEC; SIR must be suspended forthwith: Congress
New Delhi: With the Election Commission deciding to provide "readable" electoral rolls to parties, the Congress Sunday said it was the result of the whole nation being on the streets against the "vote chors" and pushed for its demands that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must go as well as the SIR be suspended forthwith. Congress...
Extremely heartbreaking: Rahul Gandhi on MP road accident
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Sunday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident near Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and extended deepest condolences to the grieving families. Fourteen people were killed, while 27 were injured after a truck rammed into shops near Shitla Mata Temple...
MP road accident toll climbs to 14; families allege negligence in traffic management
Gwalior: Families of those killed in a tragic road accident near the Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district gathered outside the post-mortem house Sunday and expressed outrage over what they alleged was the administration's failure to ensure proper traffic management during the heavy rush of devotees amid the Navratri festival. Fourteen people were killed, while...
Braj Mohan Ram takes oath as Odisha Governor
Bhubaneswar: Braj Mohan Ram sworn in as the 28th Governor of Odisha here at the Lok Bhavan Sunday. Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tondon administered the oath of office to Ram in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy, state ministers, MPs and other dignitaries. A three-time Lok Sabha MP from...
Kolkata stampede: CM Adhikari appeals to Oppn not to play politics over tragedy
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari Sunday issued an appeal to the Opposition parties in the state, requesting them to refrain from doing politics and making politically loaded statements in connection with the tragic stampede at the community Durga Puja pandal in North Kolkata, where 19 people lost their lives. At the same time, he gave...
‘Heartbreaking’: Prez Murmu expresses grief over road accident near MP temple
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday expressed grief over the road accident near Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior and offered condolences to the families of the deceased. Twelve people were killed, while over 25 were injured after a truck rammed into shops near Shitla Mata Temple early Sunday. Taking to X, President Murmu said, "The...
60-day pause on Russia sanctions to analyse global impact: Rubio
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the waiver from sanctions on Russia and tariffs on other countries, including India, was a 60-day pause to analyse the global impact of the measure. Rubio was responding to questions Saturday evening at Joint Base Andrews near here as he left for a six-day tour of Uzbekistan and...
