Bhubaneswar, Dec 25 (IANS) A three-year-old girl, who accidentally fell into a borewell in Odisha’s Angul district, was taken out alive on Monday, bringing cheer to the family and locals. The girl, identified as Radha Sahu, was immediately rushed to a hospital. The incident occurred at Gulasar village of Jamunali Gram Panchayat around 9 a.m. […]
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Save my daughter from the ‘Baba’, they have hypnotised her’, a Rajasthan father’s plea
Jaipur, Dec 25 (IANS) A farmer in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, has been struggling hard to free his daughter from the fortified walls of molestation-accused ‘godman’ Baba Virendra Dev Dixit’s Ashram in Delhi. The girl, named Tika, went missing from her house on November 9, 2017. The family alleges that one Anand who was from Pilani and […]
Himachal cabinet to have old, new faces
Shimla, Dec 25 (IANS) The new Himachal Pradesh cabinet, to be headed by new and ‘young’ Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, will be a blend of old and new faces. An indication in this regard was given by Thakur himself. “The cabinet will have both experienced and new faces,” he told reporters here in his […]
Modi inaugurates Metro’s Magenta line section
Noida, Dec 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the new 12.64 km section of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line and along with Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a ride in the train. The section connects Botanical Garden station in Noida to south Delhi’s Kalkaji Mandir station. The […]
Srinagar records season’s coldest night
Srinagar, Dec 25 (IANS) Srinagar city witnessed the season’s coldest night as the temperature dropped to a minus 4.2 degrees Celsius, the weather office said on Monday. “The night temperatures are likely to further drop in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 48 hours as cold, dry weather is expected to continue for another few […]
SAD cries sacrilege over Guru’s picture, Punjab government says charge ‘ridiculous’
Published At 19:12 IST Chandigarh, Dec 24 (IANS) The SAD on Sunday accused the Punjab government of sacrilege over the ‘morphing’ of a picture of 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh by using one of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, a charge dismissed by the authorities as “ridiculous”. A computer-generated swapping of faces was done for the […]
Six troopers injured in Jammu-Srinagar highway accident
Jammu, Dec 24 (IANS) Six paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Sunday. The accident took place after the vehicle the troopers were travelling in lost control and skidded off the highway into a gorge, the police said. “The injured troopers were shifted to […]
Congress has shown BJP can be defeated in Gujarat with a little push: Rahul
Ahmedabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who came calling here on Saturday days after his party narrowly missed victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections, exhorted the party rank and file that with a little more effort the BJP could be defeated in the state, contrary to belief. Gandhi, who flew down here after […]
BJP may announce Himachal CM on Sunday
Shimla, Dec 23 (IANS) The suspense over the next Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh may end on Sunday when the BJP Legislative Party meets and may announce a name. BJP state President Satpal Satti told reporters here that the BJP legislative party will be meeting here on Sunday. A senior BJP leader said the name […]
3 soldiers martyred as Pakistan violates LoC ceasefire
Jammu, Dec 23 (IANS) Three Indian Army soldiers, including a major, were martyred and another soldier injured on Saturday in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Police said the ceasefire violation took place in the Keri area of the LoC in Rajouri district. […]