Former IAS officer Sujata Rout Karthikeyan has joined the Biju Janata Dal in Bhubaneswar. Her induction comes over a year after the party lost power in Odisha and months after she took voluntary retirement from the civil services.
Rajkot Police have launched an investigation into the death of 21-year-old Nandini Bosamiya after her family accused her live-in partner and his relatives of sustained mental and physical harassment. Police say the allegations are being examined as part of the probe.
The Centre has clarified that an Indian passport is not conclusive proof of citizenship, saying the legal position has remained unchanged for years and is backed by the Passports Act and Bombay High Court rulings.
The searches were carried out at multiple locations in Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, West Bengal, Manipur, Karnataka and Odisha.
Patanjali's Acharya Balkrishna says Maharishi Sushruta, the ancient Indian father of surgery, has been honoured with statues at two of the world's most respected surgical colleges in Britain and Australia.
The Jharkhand unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has lodged a complaint with the State Election Commission, alleging violation of the Model Code of Conduct following reports of a proposed financial assistance announcement linked to the ‘Maiya Yojana’ during the ongoing urban local body election process.
Uttar Pradesh Water Resources Minister Swatantra Dev Singh on Monday issued a stern warning to companies executing Jal Jeevan Mission projects in the Bundelkhand and Vindhya regions, stating that FIRs will be registered and contracts terminated if 100 per cent clean drinking water supply to households is not ensured within the next 30 days.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday signalled a decisive shift in Bastar’s trajectory, combining a firm security deadline with a major development roadmap.
Police in Odisha’s Malkangiri district have made a seizure of around Rs 7.5 crore worth of hashish oil, a highly concentrated form of cannabis banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act), in the last three months, with the seizure of such a potent narcotic substance said to be the biggest in the country.
The Kerala High Court on Monday granted permission to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged Sabarimala temple gold loot to collect fresh samples from the gold-plated panels at the shrine and conduct further scientific examinations to ascertain alterations made to the gold ornaments at the Sannidhanam.
