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The love story of the couple — Ulrik Jason and Shivaji Panda — has caught the attention of people of Subarnapur district of Odisha.”I like the village life, which is full of nature. I like the Mahanadi… the cows. I was surprised by the way his family welcomed me. We have a school nearby and I work with the teachers there. I am now the daughter-in-law of Odisha and will spend most of the time here,” Ulrik Jason said in Odia.Shivaji, who is deaf and mute, hails from Sindurpur village in Subarnapur district.Ulrik, a sign language professor at a university…

“Strict action will be taken against government and private agencies if they don’t follow the norms. It is mandatory for all government and private construction agencies to provide on-site training to construction workers regarding the guidelines. The government is preparing a winter action plan on 15 focus points to tackle pollution during winter, including curbing dust pollution. It will be mandatory for the construction agency to install anti-smog guns on sites having construction area equal to or more than 5,000 square metre,” said Rai on Monday.In the meeting, 14-point guidelines to prevent pollution were explained in detail to all government…

The second list of 39 candidates was released on Monday, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Bhopal.The list also includes the name of BJP’s national General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya from Indore-1.Importantly, Vijayvargiya will be contesting the Vidhan Sabha polls a decade after he won the Mhow seat for the second time in 2013. On the other hand, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar will contest Assembly elections after two decades. He had last won Assembly polls from Gwalior for the second straight time in 2003.The list of 39 candidates released by the party includes the names of…

Assam Congress Working President and MLA, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, said, “AIUDF has been in a secret tie-up with the BJP. If you clearly look at the chain of events, anybody can understand this. The biggest beneficiary in the BJP regime is Badruddin Ajmal. He has expanded his business manifold in the last few years.”He also added that there is no difference between the BJP and the AIUDF.Another Congress MLA Rana Goswami supported the statement of Purkayastha.”Badruddin Ajmal and his party were working on Himanta Biswa Sarma’s instructions. They tried to mislead the leaders of the INDIA bloc initially and were…

In a post on X, Ramesh, who is a Congress General Secretary and Communication incharge said: “Today, when the issue of development of backward classes has been raised, it is important to remember that former Chief Minister of United Madhya Pradesh Arjun Singh, while being the Human Resource Development Minister, had played an important role in getting 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in 2006.””Nevertheless, more concrete steps will have to be taken to connect the backward classes with the development of the country. According to a report by Azim Premji University, the participation of backward classes in big enterprises…

Addressing reporters, he said: “I am requesting the hotel owners to close down the hotels and observe bandh till 6 p.m. in Bengaluru. If anyone tries to remain open and creates confusion and result in collapse of law and order, they will be held responsible. “There should be no confusion in this regard. We have taken the decision after discussing the Cauvery water dispute. The Bengaluru bandh called on Tuesday must be successful without giving room for any confusion.”Yediyurappa said that MLAs, MPs, MLCs will stage a protest near the Mahatma Gandhi statue. He alleged that the Congress government had…

“The accused persons, all from Bihar, have been identified as Mo Sartaj (29), Chandan Kumar (23) and Dara Kumar (29),” Inspector of RPF Margao, Vinod Mishra,told IANS.According to Mishra, on September 12, a case was reported wherein eight passengers of Vasco-Hazrat Nizamuddin Express were drugged and looted. Subsequently, a similar case ofdrugging was reported from Konkan Kanya Express onSeptember 20.”The accused persons used to mix sleeping pills in chocolate/soft drinks and give them to the passengers after befriending them on the train. After the passengers fell unconscious, they looted their belongings,” Mishra said, adding that sedatives were recovered from the…

Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction had knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court after the Speaker dragged his feet in deciding on disqualification of lawmakers who aligned with the Shinde group.On September 18, a bench led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud remarked that the Speaker has to abide by the dignity of the apex court and directed him to hear the pleas within a period of one week.A Constitution Bench judgment in May had directed that the Maharashtra Speaker “must decide disqualification petitions in a reasonable time” against Shiv Sena MLAs, including Shinde, who were accused of anti-party activities. On…

The incident was reported from the Luchibadi locality under the University police station in the district.The victim has been identified as Archana Kumari, the daughter of Suraj Mahto. She was found inside the house with her throat slit. The family members of the deceased are absconding.The incident came to light after some local residents spotted that the house was locked and became suspicious. After they informed the police, the latter broke the door open and found the body of the girl lying in a pool of blood with her throat slit.Amit Kumar, SDPO of Darbhanga Sadar, said: “After preliminary investigation,…

Pro-India Sikh leader Ripudaman Singh Malik was killed in Canada’s Surrey in 2022 and sources said his murder was orchestrated by Hardip Singh Nijjar, who was recently killed by rivals. However, Canadian agencies never initiated any probe against Nijjar or any Khalistani operatives, they said.Incidents of defacing of temples in the recent past were also discussed in the meeting.The officials also discussed how Khalistani supporters were openly intimidating Indian diplomats in Canada and as per them, this was clear cut violation of Vienna Convention.Other topics of discussions included the subtle support for Khalistani separatists, resulting in the exclusion of moderate,…