New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Saturday vowed to continue protests against alleged electoral roll irregularities until Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar resigns, announcing another demonstration at Jantar Mantar at 10 am Sunday, even as the Delhi Traffic Police warned of possible restrictions across New Delhi and central Delhi. Addressing a press conference after police detained protesters,...

Bhubaneswar: Members of the BJP's Odisha women's wing burnt an effigy of Rahul Gandhi Saturday and questioned the "silence" of his party over Jawaharlal Nehru University dismissing professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, also a Congress MP from Manipur, following sexual harassment complaints against him. Akoijam was a professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems under...

New Delhi: INDIA bloc will hold a protest march against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh on the "vote chori" issue in Delhi Monday, while a delegation of its senior leaders will submit a memorandum to the Chief Justice of India for his intervention in the matter, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said Saturday. The Congress appeals to every...

Thousands offer 'pinda daan' in Odisha on Mahalaya   Students began indefinite hunger strike outside vice-chancellor’s office at Ravenshaw University to protest "rejection" of their nomination papers for students’ union election   ABVP-backed female students staged a protest outside Kataka's Indira Gandhi Women’s College at Shelter Square over "rejection" of their nomination papers for students’ union election...

Kendujhar: Two brothers drowned in the Aradei river in Odisha's Kendujhar district Saturday, while another boy was rescued in a critical condition, police said. The incident took place when the three boys, residents of Arshala village within Jhumpura police station limits, were bathing in the river. The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Saad Ansari (12) and...

Nabarangpur/Umarkot: Violence allegedly linked to a college students’ union election in Umrkot escalated Saturday, leaving a non-student, Deep Kamal Mohapatra, seriously injured in a stabbing incident. He was initially taken to Umarkot Sub-Divisional Hospital and was later shifted to Visakhapatnam in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh as his condition deteriorated. Tension prevailed at the hospital following the incident, while...

New Delhi: A total of 124 former IAS, IFS, IPS and allied services' officers have strongly defended the Election Commission (EC) and the SIR process, saying a system cannot be honest when someone wins and rigged when that person loses. In an open letter to the citizens of India, the former officers also said institutions cannot be...

Geneva: UN human rights office has raised concerns over mass detentions during large-scale protests in Delhi Saturday, as it urged Indian authorities to respect the right to peaceful assembly and called for the immediate release of anyone arbitrarily detained. Hundreds of protesters were detained as security forces prevented a planned demonstration by the Gen Z-led Cockroach Janta...

New Delhi: Supreme Court will hear Sunday a plea seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against authorities for alleged blatant violation of the court's direction to ensure no complete prohibition on metro and trains services in Delhi due to the CJP protest. According to the cause list of October 11 uploaded on the apex court website, the plea...

Baleshwar: A 45-year-old teacher of an upper primary school was arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting a girl student in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said. The teacher allegedly called the Class V girl into a classroom during lunch break and molested her, a senior officer said. The accused admitted that he had molested the 10-year-old girl. "I tender...