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24 May

Nomination filing begins in Odisha

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The process of filing nominations for the three Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha began on Tuesday with the state assembly secretariat issuing the notification for the elections to be held on June 10. The terms of three Rajya Sabha MPs from Odisha - Nekkanti Bhaskar Rao, Prasanna Acharya and Sasmeet Patra will expire on July 1 and are set to be polled before their terms expire. According to the notification, polling will be held on June 10 from 9 am to 4 pm and the counting of votes will be held at 5 pm on the same day. Last date…

23 May

Flood death raises to25, 6.5 lakh

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The flood situation in Assam eased slightly on Monday even as the death toll rose to 25 as one more person died and more than 6.5 lakh people were affected across 22 districts. More than 6,50,400 people have been affected by the floods in Barpeta, Cachar, Darrang, Jorhat, Kamrup, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, Hojai, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karbi Anglong West,Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Karimganj, La. . Majuli, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, Sonitpur and Udalguri Districts. Nagaon was the worst affected with over 3.51 lakh people, followed by Cachar with around 2 lakh people and Hojai with over 44,500 people. As of Saturday, over…

23 May

Fresh COVID-19 cases in J-K

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Five new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday taking its tally to 4,54,204. The death toll remained unchanged at 4,752. Of the new cases, three were reported from the Jammu division and two from the Union Territory of Kashmir. There are 58 active COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

23 May

Woman, 2 children found dead

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Dead body of a woman and her two kids were found near a pond in Haryana's Rewari district on Monday. The incident happened in Kosli village. The corpse was identified as Sita Devi and her children Manisha (10) and Lakshya (9), they said. AS per the complaint filed by Devi's husband on Sunday, he last saw his wife and children on Saturday, police said.

21 May

Sanjay Raut backs Rahul over ‘kerosene’ remark

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Backing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his "kerosene" comments aimed at the Modi government, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said his party has also said the same, albeit in different terms. At an event in London, Gandhi said on Friday that the BJP has spread kerosene across the country and just one spark can create a big problem. Asked about Gandhi's statement, Raut told reporters, “What he said is true. We have said the same thing in different words." Continuing his attack on the central government, Raut said, “One can see a campaign against people who speak against…

21 May

Tamil Nadu CM lays foundation stone in Nilgiris

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday laid the foundation stones of 20 projects in Nilgiris district at a cost of Rs 34.30 crore. He also inaugurated 28 completed projects worth Rs 56.20 crore at a function organized at the Government Arts College here. Stalin also distributed welfare measures worth Rs 28.13 crore among 9,500 beneficiaries. The Chief Minister also launched a special medical camp for malnourished children under the 'Sure Nutrition' scheme at the Doddabetta Panchayat Muthorai Children's Centre. The ‘Ensure Nutrition’ project aims to provide special medical care to malnourished children. Medical camps are being held in…

21 May

Puducherry reports new COVID-19 cases

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Puducherry recorded seven new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Saturday, taking the overall caseload to 1,65,832, a senior health department official said. Director of Health G Sriramulu said the department evaluated 1,251 samples and seven new cases were found during testing. The death toll in the union territory remains at 1,962. The health department has tested 22,42,824 samples so far and 18,87,861 of them have been found negative.

21 May

14-year-old girl raped in Nagaur, Rajasthan

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A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five people, including four teenagers, in Rajasthan's Nagaur district. The incident took place on April 6 in Chitwa police station area when the girl went to attend a family function. One of the juveniles is a relative of the victim. "A case was registered against five people at Maroth police station yesterday and the accused are being traced," Kuchaman City Circle Officer Sanjeev Katwa said.

21 May

Police arrested the most-wanted gangster of Bihar

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In a joint operation with the Bihar Police, the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Saturday arrested one of the most wanted gangsters of the eastern state. The accused's name is Azad Ali (43), a resident of Bihar's Siwan district. The city police received information that a gangster from Bihar, involved in a sensational shootout during the state assembly elections, was hiding in Delhi-NCR. According to information, the police were informed on Friday that Ali would meet one of his associates at a place near Ring Road, Rajghat. At around 11:15 am, Ali was spotted and arrested after a…

20 May

Kolkata shops affected in fire

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A fire department official said a fire gutted several shops in the Newmarket area of central Kolkata early on Friday morning. No loss was reported in the fire. The officer added, Five fire tenders took around 30 minutes to take the fire in control which took place around 3 am. The shops affected by the fire are on the ground floor of the building and some families live on the first floor.