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  • Congress leader’s vehicle crushed scooty rider, misbehaved with people and showed haughtiness

    Congress leader’s vehicle crushed scooty rider, misbehaved with people and showed haughtiness

    Parallax. In a road accident on Wednesday morning in Taropka falling under Lamblu area of district Hamirpur, a scooty rider was badly injured after being hit by a Scorpio vehicle. The condition of the scooter rider is said to be very critical. With the help of the local people, he was taken to Hamirpur Medical College.

    According to the information, the Scorpio vehicle HP 12K-9191 hit the Scooty HP 74A-4385 strongly in Taropka. In this, Baloh resident Sanjeev Kumar riding on the scooty was seriously injured. This Scorpio vehicle is said to belong to Congress leader and State President of Unorganized Workers Congress, who was himself present in the vehicle.

    If eyewitnesses are to be believed, the Congress leader also misbehaved with the people and also showed arrogance of his money. People have complained about this to SP Hamirpur. The police is investigating the case On the other hand, till the writing of the news, the condition of the injured in Hamirpur hospital is said to be critical.

  • Delhi court convicts father-son duo in 2020 riots case

    Delhi court convicts father-son duo in 2020 riots case

    New Delhi: A court here has convicted a father-son duo for rioting and arson in a case of the 2020 North East Delhi riots, saying the prosecution proved the charges against them beyond a reasonable doubt.

    The case against Mithhan Singh and his son Jony Kumar was being heard by Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala.

    The duo was accused of being part of a riotous mob that set many properties on fire in lane number 4 in Khajuri Khas on February 25, 2020.

    “I find that it is proved beyond doubt against both the accused that they were part of the mob which burnt the property (of complainant Shabana Khatoon). Thus, they are held guilty of the offences under sections 147 (rioting) 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon) 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc) read with section 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Indian Penal Code and convicted accordingly,” the judge said.

  • AP: 90 electric vehicles gutted in fire while charging in Srikakulam

    AP: 90 electric vehicles gutted in fire while charging in Srikakulam

    Srikakulam: Around 90 electric vehicles inside a showroom in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikaluma district were gutted in a fire that broke out while charging, officials said on Wednesday.

    The officials said that the fire quickly spread to the adjacent hardware store.

    However, no casualty or injury was reported in the incident so far.

    Upon receiving the information, fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze, they said.

  • Kedarnath Yatra: Maximum 13,000 pilgrims to visit Himalayan shrine every day

    Kedarnath Yatra: Maximum 13,000 pilgrims to visit Himalayan shrine every day

    Rudraprayag: A maximum of 13,000 pilgrims can visit Kedarnath per day when the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan temple in Uttarakhand begins on April 25.

    The government has set the daily limit this time and a token system has also been introduced for the convenience of the pilgrims, Rudraprayag District Magistrate (DM) Mayur Dikshit told a press conference here on Tuesday.

    These are meant for a smooth conduct of the yatra, the DM said.

    Dikshit and Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police (SP) Vishakha Ashok Bhadane, who reviewed the arrangements for the forthcoming yatra, held a joint press conference.

    The pilgrims will get better medical care this time with the deployment of 22 doctors and an equal number of pharmacists along the yatra route.

  • Karti Chidambaram’s property worth Rs 11 crore seized, ED made a big deal

    Karti Chidambaram’s property worth Rs 11 crore seized, ED made a big deal

    New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached assets worth Rs 11.04 crore of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the INX money laundering case. This information was given in an official statement here. The ED said that one of the four attached properties is an immovable property located in Coorg district of Karnataka. A provisional order has been issued against Karti under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the statement said. Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, is the sitting MP from Sivagangai Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu and was arrested by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and ED in the INX case.
    The case pertains to alleged receipt of illegal funds directly or indirectly from INX Media Pvt Ltd, which was cleared by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) during his father’s tenure as Union Finance Minister in the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government. approval was received. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached assets worth Rs 11.04 crore of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case. The ED said that one of the four attached properties is an immovable property located in Coorg district of Karnataka. The statement said that a provisional order has been issued against Karti under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
    Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, is the sitting MP from Sivagangai Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu. And he was arrested by both CBI and ED in INX case. The matter pertains to money received directly or indirectly from INX Media Private Limited. It had received Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval during his father P Chidambaram’s tenure as Union Finance Minister in the UPA government.
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    A private company was setting up a 1980 MW thermal power plant at Mansa in Punjab. Its responsibility was given to a Chinese company. It is alleged that this project was getting delayed. To speed up the work, Chinese professionals were brought to Mansa. Visa was arranged for them by a person from Chennai with the help of some of his colleagues. The rules were ignored in this. A total of 263 project visas were issued. Not only this, this private company wrote a letter to the Home Ministry and requested to re-issue visas to all these visa holders. Its approval was also received in a month. It is alleged that a person from Chennai demanded a bribe of Rs 50 lakh with the help of his associates. It is alleged that Mansa’s private company sent this bribe to Chennai through a fake bill of a company in Mumbai.

  • ACF Soumya Ranjan’s death, court summons wife, DFO, cook

    ACF Soumya Ranjan’s death, court summons wife, DFO, cook

    Paralakhemundi: Nearly two years after the the mysterious death of Paralakhemundi Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra, the SDJM court here has summoned wife Bidya Bharati Panda, DFO Sangram Keshari Behera and cook Manmath Kumbha in connection with the case.

    The three have been asked to appear before the court of the Paralakhemundi SDJM in Odisha’s Gajapati district on April 27.

    Hearing a petition filed by deceased ACF’s father Abhiram Mohapatra, the court directed the three to appear before it. Trial will be held in connection with murder and criminal conspiracy charges against them, sources said.

    After studying the petition, statements recorded and other documents, the court felt that the allegations of murder and criminal conspiracy are worth trial. On this basis, the court issued summons and directed the three to appear before it.

    It may be noted here that on the night of July 11, 2021, ACF Soumya Ranjan had sustained serious burn injuries while his wife was at home. He was admitted to the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur with 90 per cent burns. Later, he was shifted to a private hospital in Cuttack where he succumbed to the injuries during treatment on July 13.

    A day after the incident, on the basis of the family members’ allegations, Paralakhemundi police had registered a case of murder against the ACF’s widow Panda, DFO Behera and cook Kumbha under IPC Sections 302 and 120 (b). The case was subsequently probe by the Crime Branch

    On October 8, 2021, Crime Branch gave clean chit to DFO Behera and cook Manmath Kumbh, but booked his wife Bidya Bharati under sections 304-A (causing death by negligence) and 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) of IPC.

    It termed the incident as an ‘accidental death’ making it clear that Sangram Keshari Behera and Manmath Kumbh had no role in it. The Crime Branch reportedly said it found no evidence of relation between the DFO and Bidya Bharati during the probe.

  • Odisha To Launch ‘Vacation Education’ For School Students During Summer Holiday

    Odisha To Launch ‘Vacation Education’ For School Students During Summer Holiday

    Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has chalked out a novel plan for launching a new learning programme for the school students during the forthcoming summer vacation for the first time in the state.

    Giving this information, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said that this vacation education programme will be unique and first of its kind in the state. The programme will immensely benefit the students in their career.

    A special syllabus has been prepared for this learning programme, which is scheduled to commence from may 4. The students of a particular class will be split into different groups. The activities of every group will be monitored by a teacher.

    The teacher concerned will discuss with the students and their parents over phone to keep track of the progress made in studies. They will find out whether the students are studying the lessons as per the vacation syllabus specially prepared for the purpose.

    The aim is to keep the students engaged with their studies even during vacation and stop them from wasting their time. The summer vacation will be properly utilised by the students which will benefit them in the long run, sources said.

  • Odisha Govt Appoints New I&PR Director Months Away From Polls

    Odisha Govt Appoints New I&PR Director Months Away From Polls

    Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the twin polls in 2024, the Odisha government on Tuesday appointed IAS officer Saroj Kumar Samal as Information and Public Relations (I&PR) director.

    He will replace Indramani Tripathy, who will now serve as Additional Secretary, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department while continuing as Director of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), a notification released by General Administration Department said.

    The government also declared that the post of I&PR Director is equivalent in status and responsibility to the post of Joint Secretary in IAS cadre of the state.

    Samal and Tripathy, both Odisha Administrative Officers, were promoted to the IAS cadre in 2022.

  • 3 bodies found from home in Bargarh; threat of murder

    3 bodies found from home in Bargarh; threat of murder

    Bargarh: In a gruesome incident, three members of a family, including two women, were found dead in a pool of blood inside a house at a village in Bheden area of Odisha’s Bargarh district on Tuesday

    The incident took place at Akhiphuta village under the jurisdiction of Bheden police station in the western Odisha district. The mutilated bodies of a man and his two wives were recovered form the house, sources said. The bodies had deep injury marks.

    After being informed, a team of police personnel rushed to the spot and launched an investigation.

    While the three were suspected to have been murdered by some assailants, police said probe is underway to ascertain the circumstances that led to the incident.

    The deceased were identified as Tankadhar Sahu and his two wives – Madhavi and Droupadi. Further details are awaited.

  • Call for Bargarh bandh in protest against violence on Hanuman Jayanti in Sambalpur

    Call for Bargarh bandh in protest against violence on Hanuman Jayanti in Sambalpur

    Bargarh: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have called for a 12-hour Bargarh bandh on Wednesday in protest against the attack on a rally related to Hanuman Jayanti celebration in .

    The call was later supported by local unit of Hindu Mahasabha.

    The VHP, in a release, stated that the bandh will be observed peacefully in Bargarh town and its activists will take out a bike rally to garner people’s support.

    As per the bandh call, markets, shops, business establishments, government and private offices and schools, colleges and educational institutions in the town will remain closed from 6 am to 6 pm. No vehicles will be allowed to move during the bandh period, the VHP stated.

    However, emergency services like ambulances, Fire Brigade vehicles and others will be exempted. The VHP and Bajrang Dal have sought the cooperation of the people of Bargarh in observing the peaceful bandh.

    In a related incident on the day, a high-level BJP delegation, including Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu, MPs Jual Oram and Suresh Pujari, MLAs Nauri Nayak, Shankar Oram and Kusum Tete, state BJP president Manmohan Samal and his predecessor Sameer Mohanty was not allowed to enter Sambalpur city.

    The delegation was going to meet those injured in the violence, members of Hanuman Jayanti Samanwaya Samiti and the Revenue Divisional Commissioner.

    The Sambalpur district administration suspended Internet services for another 24 hours till 10 am on Wednesday even as the curfew was further relaxed.

    Itt may be noted that the administration had imposed curfew in the city after some miscreants pelted stones at a bike procession carried out a day before the Hanuman Jayanti in Sambalpur.