BJP and allies now gear up for lok Sabha byelections
After the byelections for five Assembly seats from four States, all eyes are on the byelections for eight lok Sabha seats in six States. Polling on these seats is scheduled in the upcoming months. The Election Commission of India could have conducted polling on these seats either along with the...
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Haryana launches risk mitigation scheme for distressed farmers
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Bhavantar scheme huge fraud, fix MSP for veggies: Kiran Choudhry
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Himachal Power Min stresses to check transmission losses
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Punjab Vigilance Bureau nabbed 132 public servants in 2017
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Kargil martyr widow dies as hospital insists on Aadhaar
In a shocking incident, a Kargil martyr widow was denied treatment in a private hospital in Haryana’s Sonipat town and lost her life for not having an Aadhaar card to get her admitted. Two days after the incident came to light, Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Saturday assured to hold...
HP CM meets BJP chief, Union Mins
After taking oath of office, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday for the first time met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah in New Delhi. Shah, in a tweet, said he congratulated Thakur. “I believe that under his (Thakur’s) leadership, the BJP Government will create a development...
Four die, eight hurt in truck-van crash in Jajpur
Four persons were killed on the spot and eight others seriously injured after a pickup van by which they were travelling collided head on with a truck on NH-53 near Baghua Chhak under the Jenapur police limits in Jajpur district on Saturday morning. The van carrying 12 persons was on its...
Fire tender overturns in Nabarangpur
The driver of a fire tender was killed while three other firefighters were injured in a mishap on State Highway-39 near Jamrunda in Nabarangpur district late on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Purna Chandra Jani. Sources said the Odisha Fire Services personnel were returning after attending an emergency call at...
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Expedite Jaibali water project: Ganjam DM Brahmapur: District Collector Prem Chandra Chaudhary presiding over a review meeting her on Friday directed concerned officials to expedite the Jaibali water project work and complete it within the stipulated time period, November 2018. He said officials to expedite pipe laying work and fill...
Woman held for killing hubby in Baleswar
A woman of Ganeswarpur under the Sahadevkhunta police limits in Baleswar was on Saturday arrested for allegedly hatching and executing a plan to kill her husband after being unable to bear torture inflicted on her by him. Besides the accused woman Basanti Behera, police also arrested her brother-in-law Bhagirathi Das, Akash...
Villagers kill man over sorcery suspicion
Suspicion over a person practising sorcery took an ugly turn as several villagers of Badabanga under the Daringbadi police limits in Kandhamal district allegedly killed the man by thrashing him and later burned his body. According to reports, health condition of one Manoj Pradhan of the village had deteriorated and he...
