National News Updates

Kochi: Described as the first such implosion in the country of this dimension two Maradu flats in Kerala were demolished on Saturday. Delayed by about 17 minutes according to what was on offer on television within a few seconds after the trigger for the blast was pressed, at 11.17 a.m. the 19 storied H2O Holy Faith […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear the curative petitions filed by two convicts, on death row, in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case on January 14. A five-judge bench comprising Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, Rohinton Fali Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan will hear the curative petitions filed by Vinay Sharma and […]

Vadodara: Eight persons were killed and several others injured in an explosion at an industrial and medical gas manufacturing factory in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Saturday morning, the police said. The explosion took place around 11 am at Aims Industries near Gavasad village in Padra tehsil. The plant is located off Padra-Jambusar highway. Most of […]

Sundergarh: Four persons of a family were found dead inside their rented house at IT Colony in Rajgangpur area of the district on Saturday.The deceased have been identified as Ranjit Prasad, his wife and their son and a daughter. Prasad is a resident of Bihar and was working as a mechanic at Dalmia-OCL plant in […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha ranks among top-10 states in prevalence of child marriages, State police could rescue only 22 victims under Prohibition of Child Marriages (PCM) Act in 2018. In contrast, Tamil Nadu, which is among top-10 low child marriage incidence states in country, registered a high of 67 cases. As per NCRB report 2018, […]

Bhubaneswar: The national vice-president of BJP, Baijayant Jay Panda, on Saturday slammed the Opposition parties while accusing them of spreading misinformation on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Speaking to media persons, the BJP leader claimed that Opposition’s resistance to the Act shows that it is frustrated. “Nobody knew that opposition parties will show so much hypocrisy […]

Bhopal: The Special Task Force (STF) of Madhya Pradesh Police has arrested a serving Air Force Wing Commander for impersonating as Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the phone and asking Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon to appoint a friend as vice-chancellor of a university, Additional Director General of Police Ashok Awasthi said. Wing Commander […]

Cuttack: A youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a moving train in Cuttack. The deceased Manoj Swain’s body was recovered from the railway tracks near Matru Bhawan on Saturday. A video purportedly recorded by Swain just before his death narrating the reasons behind his decision to end his life has surfaced. Sources said Swain, […]

New Delhi: The three IS militants arrested in the national capital on Thursday have terror links with Syria and Malaysia, police sources said on Saturday. Syria is the stronghold of the ISIS. Zakir Naik, prime accused in carrying out several anti-national activities, has been living in Malaysia for many years after fleeing India. The intentions […]

New Delhi: While maintaining that both Northern and Western frontiers are equally important for India, Army chief General M.M. Naravane on Saturday said whenever government gives the go-ahead, his force is ready to take away Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Making it clear that accordingly rebalancing of deployment of the forces and weapons are being carried out, […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she told Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rethink on the issue of amended Citizenship Act and urged him to withdraw CAA, NRC and NPR. Modi told her to come to New Delhi and discuss the matter, she told reporters after a meeting with the PM […]

Srinagar: The J&K Police on Saturday detained a senior police officer after two Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants and five grenades were recovered from the vehicle he was travelling in, top sources said. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Devinder Singh was detained in the Mir Bazar area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The police intercepted his vehicle […]

Bhubaneswar:  It’s no more Phoolan Devi’s UP or dreaded Gabbar Singh Gujjar or Gabbar Singh’s (on whose life film Sholay has been made) MP, but Odisha and Maharashtra have emerged as the hunting ground for dacoits in country. As per the NCRB report 2018, Odisha with 480 incidences of dacoities finished second after Maharashtra in […]

Bhubaneswar: Noting that no formal census including the caste details of the population has been undertaken since 1931, Odisha Cabinet on Saturday resolved to impress upon the Central Government to go for a Socio-Economic Caste Enumeration along with the 2021 general census. As per the resolution passed by the Odisha Cabinet today, the State government […]

Junagadh: Six persons were killed and at least 20 others injured after a private bus in which they were travelling overturned in Junagadh district of Gujarat on Saturday, police said. The mishap occurred at Lalpur village in Visavadar taluka in the afternoon, police said. “The private bus was on its way to Junagadh from Savarkundla […]