An Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge at Paralakhemundi in Odisha's Gajapati district on Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a minor girl after allegedly forcing her to consume a soft drink laced with an intoxicating substance.
Nearly 35,000 farmers in Odisha are still awaiting procurement of around 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of rabi paddy, the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) alleged on Tuesday, accusing the BJP government of failing to honour its election promises to farmers and demanding that the procurement period be extended by at least 15 days.
The MoU was signed by SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda and SigmaMozak Solutions Co-founder and CEO Shweta Sharma.
To cater to the surge in passenger traffic during the annual Rath Yatra, Indian Railways will operate a special pair of express trains between Gondia Junction in Maharashtra and Puri on selected dates in July.
Indian Railways approved the provision of Balance 48-fibre Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) across South Eastern Railway at a cost of Rs 200 crore.
Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has vehemently criticised the RSS and the BJP leadership over the India-Pakistan cricket match following the Pahalgam terror act, pointedly asking the regime what the price of the lives of 26 Indian citizens was.
The BJP has sought Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar’s intervention in the alleged corruption in the land deal of Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University.
Taking a dig at the PM’s visit, the RJD leader said that Modi is coming only to “shower the people with empty promises (jumlas).”
An audio clip allegedly implicating prominent CPI-M leaders has sparked a controversy in Kerala and it has put the left party in a spot.
The police on Sunday arrested a 22-year-old man, wanted in a double murder case lodged in Delhi, from Uttar Pradesh's Bhopura, officials said.
