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B'deshi with fake Aadhaar card arrested

A Bangladeshi national was arrested on Thursday night on charges of illegally living in Kolkata city on the basis of fake documents for the past one year, police said on Friday.

Protests against Bihar civil service exam gather pace

THE ongoing protest by Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) candidates demanding the cancellation of the December 13 exam intensified after Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor visited the protest site on Friday and pledged his support to the demonstrators.

First snow turns Valley into 'winter wonderland'

AFTER enduring intense cold wave conditions, with night temperatures plunging several degrees below freezing point, Srinagar and other plains of the Valley experienced their first snowfall of the season on Friday.

Minor Accuses Grandpa, Dad of Sexual Abuse

A minor from Bidhuna Kotwali area in UP's Auraiya district accused her grandfather, father, and uncle of incest, claiming that they sexually assaulted her, leaving her two-months pregnant.

BJP MP fires salvo, opposes Gujarat party decision over leadership pick

INTERNAL disputes clog the Gujarat BJP over appointments of Mandal, City, District, and Taluka presidents by state BJP chief CR Patil.

Katra shutdown against ropeway project extended

6 protesters on hunger strike, Vaishno Devi pilgrims face tough time

18 days & counting, Beed sarpanch murder mastermind still on the run

THE Opposition in Maharashtra charges the home minister with being weak for the failure to arrest Walmik Karad, a close aide of NCP minister Dhananjay Munde and the alleged mastermind of Massajog village Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, even 18 days after the incident.

13 BHU students held for trying to burn copies of Manusmriti on campus

AMID massive commotion between students and the Proctorial Board of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), over a dozen (13) students, including three girls, associated with Bhagat Singh Chhatra Morcha were arrested by Lanka police for their alleged plans to burn copies of Manusmriti on the campus on the Christmas day.

Return of the native and 'City Beautiful'

PUNJAB was Manmohan Singh's first love. He had a special place in his heart for Amritsar, where he spent his initial years. He had a special attachment to Chandigarh, where he read economics at Panjab University. He had a house in the city which he rented out.

A NATION IN MOURNING

● Manmohan Singh will be accorded state funeral ● No change of guard ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan today ● Central govt offices and CPSUs to observe half-day

Punctual and proud owner of Maruti 800

FORMER IPS officer and social welfare minister in Yogi Adityanath's cabinet, Asim Arun, on Friday recalled Manmohan Singh as a courteous, humble and extremely punctual leader who had a particular fondness for his Maruti 800.

Return of the native and 'City Beautiful'

PUNJAB was Manmohan Singh's first love. He had a special place in his heart for Amritsar, where he spent his initial years.

Cong Picked ‘Assam Resident’ Singh Over Pranab For RS Seat

FORMER Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao chose Manmohan Singh over Pranab Mukherjee to be a Rajya Sabha member from Assam in 1991.

TIME TO STRIKE NEW-AGE NOTES IN CARNATIC MUSIC

T is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.

The Demise of the College Lecture Foretold

AI tools will soon be able to replace human lectures in several subjects. Academia should use the opportunity to make quality higher education cheaply available and shift towards research

ISTD Regional Conference Held at Puri

A two-day regional conference on 'Disruptive Human Resource Management: People, Technology and Strategy' was organised by the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), Bhubaneswar chapter, in Puri recently.

Youth kills father for insurance money, elder brother ends life

A youth murdered his father for the insurance money, while his elder brother who was disappointed by the incident hanged himself and ended his life in Periyapatna taluk.

KIMS Installs Eastern India's First Cardiac Laser Machine to Treat Complex Heart Diseases

Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) has installed a state-of-the-art Xenon Chloride Fusion Cardiac Laser Machine – a first in eastern India – to treat complex heart diseases and reduce the use of stents.

Now, Zeenat Switches to Another Location in WB

GIVING a slip to the tracking teams, Zeenat has moved out of the Mayurjharna elephant reserve of West Bengal to another location.

CMs Pay Last Respect to Manmohan Singh

CHIEF ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka paid rich tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh who passed away in New Delhi on Thursday night.

Govt Appoints Deans for Talcher, Phulbani MCHs

The state government on Friday appointed deans and superintendents of two newly-established medical colleges and hospitals.

Man Loots Valuables From Neighbour's House, Held

POLICE on Friday arrested a 32-year-old man and recovered from him valuables worth over ₹24 lakh which he had looted from his neighbour's house at Kirba in Burla here on December 12.

Pushpa stampede: Allu Arjun appears before ACMM court

PUSHPA fame Allu Arjun virtually appeared before the Nampally IX ACMM court on Friday in connection with the Pushpa stampede case.

Dharna Over Paddy Procurement 'Delay' In Bargarh

PROTESTING the delay in lifting of paddy from several mandis in Bargarh, farmers of different blocks staged dharna in front of the district collector's office on Friday.

SAIL staff duped of ₹23 lakh, 2 cyber frauds held from Raj

The Cyber Crime and Economic Offence police of Rourkela has arrested two members of an organised cyber crime gang from Rajasthan who duped a SAIL employee of ₹23 lakh.

Crop loss leads to farmer death, fuels local protest

60-year-old Swain's paddy crop was damaged by recent showers

Charred body of student found in torched hay stack

THE charred body of a Plus II student along with his fully gutted scooter was found from a torched hay stack in Sargipali under Lefripada police limits in Sundargarh district on Friday.

Fishermen recall Singh's balm for livelihood loss

EVEN as the nation mourned the demise of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, seaside villages of Kendrapara district, far away from the media glare, quietly grieved loss of the man whose policies helped mitigate the pain of marine fishermen in turtle zones of Gahirmatha marine sanctuary.

Man plots self abduction, killed by friend over share of ransom

A 32-year-old man who plotted his fake abduction to extort ₹50 lakh from his parental uncle was allegedly murdered by his accomplice over sharing of the ransom money in a bizarre twist of events in Mayurbhanj district.

Debrigarh to get a pair of tigers from MP

THE Madhya Pradesh government has given its approval for relocation of a pair of tigers, a male and a female, to Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.