Three people were injured and several motorcycles damaged in a clash between two groups in Odisha's Balasore town on Monday, following which prohibitory orders under section 144 of the CrPC were imposed, officials said.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke to Balasore's Collector Ashish Thakare, and asked him to take immediate measures to bring the situation under control, they said.
Maintaining that he would not allow any disturbance to the law and order situation of the state, Majhi urged people to maintain peace.
Protesting the blood of animal...
Monday, June 17, 2024
Won't Do Any Work Of Muslims, Yadavs: Nitish Kumar's Party MP Sparks Row
A newly elected MP of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Monday found himself at the centre of a controversy for laments about "Muslims and Yadavs" not voting for the BJP-led NDA.
In a video clip that has gone viral on social media, Sitamarhi MP Devesh Chandra Thakur can also be heard ruing that "NDA's own voters" gravitated towards the opposition RJD.
Mr Thakur, 71, a former chairman of the state legislative council, made his parliamentary debut in the recently held Lok Sabha polls, winning the seat by a modest margin of less than 55,000...
Sunday, June 16, 2024
Yogi Adityanath Meets With Kuwait Fire Victim's Families From Gorakhpur
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday met with the family members of two people killed in a fire in southern Kuwait's Mangaf as well as some devotees injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu's Shiv Khori.
He spoke to them at the Gorakhnath temple and provided them financial assistance.
The fire in a multi-storey building in Kuwait resulted in the death of 49 people, including Angad Gupta from Jatepur in Sadar tehsil and Jayaram Gupta from Bharmour in Campierganj tehsil, both in Gorakhpur.
According to a statement, the chief minister...
Elon Musk's X Bans Over 2 Lakh Indian Accounts Over Policy Violations
Elon Musk-run X Corp has banned 2,29,925 accounts in India between April 26 and May 25, mostly for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.
The microblogging platform, going through churning under Elon Musk, also took down 967 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.
In total, X banned 230,892 accounts in the reporting period.
The microblogging platform, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received 17,580 complaints from users in India in the same time frame...
BJP Central Team Reaches Kolkata Amid Allegations Of Post-Poll Violence
A four-member central team of the BJP, including senior leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Biplab Kumar Deb, arrived in Kolkata this evening for a two-day visit to take stock of the situation amid allegations of violence against party workers in the state after the Lok Sabha elections.
Mr Prasad claimed that the people of the state along with the party workers were afraid and apprehensive over the alleged post-poll violence.
"Elections were held across the country, but violence happened only in Bengal," he told reporters at the Netaji Subhas Chandra...
Uttarakhand Officials Bat For "Hill Endorsement" Licences Amid Accidents
A day after 15 tourists died in a road accident in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag, officials said there is a need for greater focus on the "hill endorsement" in drivers' licences accompanied by a physical test.
Joint Transport Commissioner Sanat Singh said this check was required for all tourist vehicles, including those that are a part of the Char Dham Yatra and the Hemkund Sahib Yatra, to reduce road accidents in the hilly regions.
Many tourist vehicles come to Uttarakhand, but due to the greater volume of cars of Char Dham Yatra, checking of other...
Saturday, June 15, 2024
PM Modi To Release Rs 20,000 Crore To Farmers During Varanasi Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release over Rs 20,000 crore as the 17th instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme at an event in Varanasi on June 18, which will benefit 9.26 crore farmers nationwide, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Saturday.
''Agriculture has always been a priority for the Prime Minister in his last two tenures,'' Mr Chouhan said.
"Maintaining absolute transparency in registering and verifying beneficiaries, the Government of India has disbursed over Rs 3.04 lakh crore to more than 11 crore...