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‘Punishment’: 100 girl students forced to take off shirts inside school

IN a shocking incident, more than 100 girl students from Class 10 at Carmel school in Dhanbad were subjected to humiliation when they were forced to remove their shirts as punishment for celebrating Pen Day on Thursday.

Dallewal health worsens amid chorus for meeting

Doctors say farmer leader's vitals fluctuating, ketone levels high

The Boy Who Dreamt of Stars

In the tranquil village of Mela Kattuvilai, nestled in the heart of Kanniyakumari district, the rustling coconut leaves once bore witness to the dreams of a boy who dared to reach for the stars.

Huge rush to Ajmer dargah, locals step in as all hotel rooms booked

AMID the controversy over the claims that the Ajmer Dargah is built over a Hindu temple, a record number of pilgrims attended the 813th Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.

Shah Bats For NDPS Courts In States For Speedy Trials

Dark web, cryptocurrency emerging challenges in fight against drugs

Bonding over food: PM's day-out with 3K youths at Bharat Mandapam

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is set to engage with 3,000 dynamic young leaders from across the country during the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders' Dialogue 2025, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Sunday.

India joins UN expert panel on Big Data monitoring SDGs

INDIA has joined the UN Committee of Experts on Big Data and Data Science for Official Statistics, a key body focused on leveraging big data to monitor and report on the Sustainable Development Goals.

A serious mind behind an exuberant persona

IM BISSELL, who died last Thursday, was an institution in Delhi. It seemed as if the whole town knew this warm and exuberant person who, despite poor health towards the end, was all over the place.

508km Mumbai-Ahmedabad railway corridor to have 100% green buildings

ALL railway stations along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor, which spans 508 kilometres and includes 12 railway stations, will have 100% green building attributes, according to Railway Ministry officials.

Former CM's son, ex-AAP minister on BJP second list of 29 for Delhi polls

THE BJP on Saturday released its second list of 29 candidates for the February 5 Delhi Assembly polls.

PLANNING OUR LIVES BEYOND WORK

Stepping into the new calendar year means surfing through a barrage of forwarded new year greetings.

Why Is Delhi Important For Modi?

LEGEND says the modern city of Delhi is built on seven older ones.

DSBM Inks Pact With Integreon For Career Development Initiatives

THE DAV School of Business Management (DSBM) signed an MoU with Integreon, India, on Saturday to foster career development initiatives for students.

Drain worker's death: CMC probe panel puts blame on contractor

A month after a 32-year-old worker was killed and another sustained grievous injuries after a portion of a boundary wall collapsed on them during drain construction work in Bidanasi area, the CMC panel probing the incident has given a clean chit to the engineers concerned and holding the contractor solely responsible for the mishap.

Don't abandon your mother tongue: Pradhan to students

UNION Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday urged students and youth to never abandon their mother tongue while also developing attachment with other regional languages.

ISRO brings SpaDex mission sats within 230 metres for docking

THE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday corrected the drift anomaly between the two Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites by closing the distance between them to 230 metres.

Curfew revoked after eviction in Balasore town

BALASORE administration on Saturday revoked the curfew it imposed to facilitate an eviction drive to clear space on both sides of road for railway infrastructure development and movement of ambulance and other emergency services.

Dacoits lodged in WB, Bihar jails behind gold heist: IG

A week after making no breakthrough in the daring heist at Manappuram Finance in Sambalpur, police on Friday claimed the role of an inter-state dacoity gang with masterminds operating from jails in Bihar and West Bengal.

Two arrested for assaulting college girls

POLICE arrested two youths for allegedly assaulting two female college students near Bari-Daragha area in Jajpur district, following social media outrage over the incident.

Unscrupulous PACS staff to face action

FOOD Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Saturday warned of strict action against unscrupulous staff of primary agriculture cooperative societies (PACS) found indulging in procuring paddy from farmers at prices lower than the minimum support price fixed by the government.

Juice Vendor Kills Wife Over Affair Suspicion in Kalimela

A 39-year-old sugarcane juice vendor allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat over suspected infidelity in MV-66 village under Kalimela police limits late on Friday.

At Deomali, Odisha's highest peak, piling waste a top concern

Odisha's highest peak and a prime tourist destination in Koraput district's Pottangi block, is grappling with plastic waste pollution and littering, with visitors' footfall on the rise coupled with a poor waste management system.

Man stabs son to death over drunk, abusive behaviour in Kandhamal

The accused, Praneswar Malik, later surrendered before the police

Worker crushed to death at Vedanta plant

A 22-year-old worker died after a heavy load of aluminium materials fell on him in Vedanta aluminium plant here on Friday night.

Flamingos tagged with satellite ring

Chilika's winter star, the greater flamingo, was tagged with a satellite ring for the first time to track its migratory path and study its roosting behaviour in the brackish water lagoon.

Naveen meets Nayak's family, assures help

Family members of BMC staffer Sahadev Nayak who was brutally murdered on the NH flyover at Rasulgarh met leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik at his residence here on Saturday.

Govt forms high-level committee to monitor contempt cases and compliance of HC orders

THE state government has constituted a committee to monitor the contempt cases and oversee compliance of orders of the high court.

Festive City Sees Massive Traffic Jam, Cops Missing in Action

The ongoing festivities and revelry on Saturday brought a major part of the capital city to a complete standstill with massive traffic jams witnessed across the busy thoroughfares, taking a heavy toll on commuters.

Nandankanan zoo opens library with e-reading facility, a first in country

VISITORS to the Nandankanan Zoological Park have a new reason to rejoice as it has unveiled a state-of-the-art library with a digital library corner, a first for any zoo in the country.

DNA Profiling to Tie Accused to Crime

BHUBANESWAR police has collected DNA samples which it will send to the State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) for profiling in a bid to establish involvement of the accused in the brutal murder of sanitation supervisor Sahadev Nayak.