Odisha’s DG Prisons booked for ‘sexual harassment’ of subordinate staff, shifted from post
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's DG Prisons Susanta Kumar Nath was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate staff member and was shifted from the post pending an investigation, officials said Sunday. Along with the senior IPS officer, who is one of the...
Death toll in Cyclone Arnab now 5 with recovery of body in landslide-hit south Odisha village
Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: One body was recovered Sunday, while a search operation was underway to trace 11 missing people in a southern Odisha village hit by a landslide due to Cyclone Arnab-induced rainfall, taking the state's death toll to five, officials said....
5th T20I: Seifert’s 93, Milne’s 4/19 power NZ to 7-wicket win; India clinch series 3-2
Hamilton: India clinched the five-match T20I series 3-2 despite suffering a seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the final game Sunday. Ishan Kishan (61 off 32 balls) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (50 off 23 balls) struck explosive half-centuries, but New...
Odisha effects IPS reshuffle: Santosh Bala gets additional charge of ADG Prisons
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Sunday gave additional charge of ADG Prisons and Director, Correctional Services to senior IPS officer Santosh Bala. As per a notification issued by the Home Department, Bala, the Director of the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL), Bhubaneswar,...
IMD says cyclonic storm ‘Murasu’ to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm; southern Odisha on high alert
Bhubaneswar: The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal Sunday intensified into cyclonic storm 'Murasu', prompting the Odisha government to step up preparedness in the southern region of the state, officials said. IMD stated that the cyclonic storm is "set...
INDIA bloc leaders move towards Ramlila Maidan in open canter with crowds marching alongside
New Delhi: INDIA bloc leaders Sunday moved in an open canter from the Minto Road-Connaught Place junction towards the Ramlila Maidan where they will hold a rally, scaling up their agitation against alleged "vote chori" and to press for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation. Leader of Opposition in the...
Read moreDetailsThree killed in gunfight between rival groups in Manipur’s Noney
Imphal: Three persons belonging to the Kuki community were killed in a gunfight between rival armed groups in Manipur's Noney district, police said. The gunfight broke out at Kekru Naga village Saturday morning. The exchange of fire continued for several hours in the forested hill village, they said. The deceased were identified as Thanglensang Singson, Thangkhosei Haokip and Lamminsang Kipgen, who hailed from interior parts of Henglep and Thanlon in Churachandpur...
Read moreDetailsSC registers contempt plea over KPCC post targeting CJI Surya Kant
New Delhi: Supreme Court has registered a petition based on a complaint seeking contempt proceedings against the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee over a social media post targeting Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. According to the apex court's website, a complaint addressed to the CJI by advocate Vineet Jindal on October 13 was registered as a writ petition on October 30. The complaint also sought directions to authorities to ascertain whether...
Read moreDetailsFBI blames North Korea for stolen billions from Binance in biggest hack in history
New York: The theft of billions of dollars from Binance within a matter of minutes, the biggest crypto heist in history, was orchestrated by North Korean hackers, the FBI has said. The bureau said in a statement Saturday that this week's attack was tied to "malicious cyber activity" by an entity known as TraderTraitor, the same actors behind a USD 1.5 billion Bybit hack last year. The FBI asked crypto exchanges,...
Read moreDetailsSC paves way for IT assessments of two businessmen sons of former CJI YK Sabharwal
New Delhi: Supreme Court has cleared the decks for the income-tax assessments of the two businessmen sons of former Chief Justice of India YK Sabharwal over share transactions that funded their purchase of a prime property on Delhi's Sikandra Road in 2010. A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran dismissed four appeals filed by Chetan and Nitin Sabharwal, while upholding income tax reassessment notices issued for assessment years...
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Rana Daggubati announces Kangana Ranaut-starrer horror film ‘Scary Picture’
New Delhi: Actor and producer Rana Daggubati has announced a horror film, Scary Picture, which features Kangana Ranaut. The film is directed by Telugu filmmaker-actor Ravi Babu and will be in Hindi. It also marks Ravi’s Hindi film debut. The announcement was made by Daggubati Saturday at HorrorCon. Videos from the event have been circulating online. "So,...
‘Vote chori’ amounts to treason, Rahul Gandhi alleges at INDIA bloc rally
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday headlined the INDIA bloc's rally here to demand the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, vowing to save democracy and the Constitution by ensuring that the poll panel Chief faces trial and goes to jail for "vote chori". Addressing the bloc's 'Dilli Chalo' rally, Rahul Gandhi said the...
Odisha’s DG Prisons booked for ‘sexual harassment’ of subordinate staff, shifted from post
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's DG Prisons Susanta Kumar Nath was booked for allegedly sexually harassing a subordinate staff member and was shifted from the post pending an investigation, officials said Sunday. Along with the senior IPS officer, who is one of the aspirants for the DGP post in the state, a friend of his was also booked in the...
Death toll in Cyclone Arnab now 5 with recovery of body in landslide-hit south Odisha village
Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: One body was recovered Sunday, while a search operation was underway to trace 11 missing people in a southern Odisha village hit by a landslide due to Cyclone Arnab-induced rainfall, taking the state's death toll to five, officials said. Home to around 26 people, the hilltop Gidipabali village on the border of Ganjam and Kandhamala districts...
‘They looted Bengal’: Mamata accuses BJP of undermining democracy
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress-Mamata chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday alleged that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar had "vanished" votes during the counting of the state's Assembly polls by "centrally hijacking" the system. In her address at the INDIA bloc's 'Dilli Chalo' rally at Ramlila Maidan, organised to demand the resignation of...
Six Indian tourists, including two women, stranded in Nepal’s Shey-Phoksundo area
Kathmandu: Six Indian tourists, including two women, have been stranded in the Shey-Phoksundo National Park area of Nepal since Saturday afternoon due to heavy snowfall, with security personnel mobilised and efforts underway to rescue them, officials said Sunday. The tourists had gone to the Dho area in Shey Phoksundo Rural Municipality's Ward No. 8, around 300 km...
5th T20I: Seifert’s 93, Milne’s 4/19 power NZ to 7-wicket win; India clinch series 3-2
Hamilton: India clinched the five-match T20I series 3-2 despite suffering a seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand in the final game Sunday. Ishan Kishan (61 off 32 balls) and skipper Shreyas Iyer (50 off 23 balls) struck explosive half-centuries, but New Zealand pacers, led by Adam Milne's 4/19, fought back to restrict India to 191/8 after Mitchell Santner...
ECI orders suspension of two electoral officers over Pilibhit voter roll irregularities
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to suspend two Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) of the Pilibhit Assembly constituency with immediate effect following alleged irregularities in the electoral rolls, while also ordering the addition of another provision of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, to the FIR already registered against...
INDIA bloc rally aims to protect constitutional rights, not parties: Tharoor
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Sunday said the INDIA bloc's protest was about safeguarding the constitutional rights of citizens and not about any political party, as Opposition leaders gathered at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan to protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Speaking at the rally, Tharoor said, "This is not about parties, this...
Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of shutting shops in Connaught Place during INDIA bloc rally
New Delhi: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government of "forcibly closing shops" in Delhi's Connaught Place area, a day after he appealed to those participating in the INDIA bloc's 'Dilli Chalo' rally to do shopping from local traders. Gandhi made the allegation in a video...
