Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday announced that the state govt will formulate a comprehensive social media policy and establish a robust fact-checking mechanism to counter misinformation in the digital age.Addressing an orientation programme for Odisha Information Service (OIS) officers on the theme, ‘Emerging Trends in Social Media’, Majhi said the govt would…
Gurgaon: A 34-year-old labourer died after falling from the third floor of a house under construction in Sector 70A Thursday afternoon when a shuttering plank allegedly came loose, causing him to lose his balance.The deceased, Pintu, from Samastipur in Bihar, was working at the site when the accident occurred around 1pm. Police said he was…
Guwahati: Assam Rifles and Indian Army teams detected and neutralised as many as 27 IEDs along an eight-km stretch of road near the India–Myanmar border in Manipur’s Kamjong district.The Army’s Spear Corps wrote on X that the 27 IEDs were detected along the Shangkhalok-Pilong route.Army has not named any organisation responsible for planting the IEDs…
Devotees visiting Yallamma Gudda during Navratri traditionally offer oil for lamps Belagavi: Renuka Yallamma Devi temple at Yallamma Gudda, one of the largest Shakti Peethas in North Karnataka region, is gearing up for the Navratri festival, when lakhs of devotees from Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa flock to the shrine to perform religious rituals.The temple sees…
Kanpur: An FIR has been registered over the alleged cheating of a retired Army soldier and Kargil war veteran of Rs 58.6 lakh on the promise of securing a petrol pump allotment in his wife’s name. The complainant alleged that the accused posed as an oil company’s account head, collected the money for licensing and…
Shankharavh Sarkar won by 75,816 votes in Rejinagar Hasirani Rath won by a record margin of 1,22,753 votes in Nandigram Shankharavh Sarkar won by 75,816 votes in Rejinagar Hasirani Rath won by a record margin of 1,22,753 votes in Nandigram Shankharavh Sarkar won by 75,816 votes in Rejinagar Kolkata: BJP retained Nandigram — chief minister…
Udupi: A 75-year-old resident of Udupi fell victim to a cyber fraud and lost Rs 14,35,724 after being lured by fraudsters promising high returns through fake stock trading.According to police, the ordeal began on July 29, when complainant Ramesh Shetty received a link on social media. Upon clicking the link, he was assigned a ‘High…
Mysuru: Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has urged residents to protect Mysuru’s heritage, greenery and architectural character from unplanned urbanisation, saying development should not come at the cost of the city’s identity.Sharing his experience after participating in the L’Étape Mysuru cycling event on Sunday, Surya praised the city’s wide roads, tree-lined avenues, pleasant weather and…
At Ghaziabad railway station, several passengers had turned up for queries Ghaziabad: The puja was planned and the tickets were in hand. Then, with barely a day’s notice, the Tejas Rajdhani Express that Sashi Shekhar Mishra’s elderly parents were to board from Patna was cancelled.Across the NCR, job joinings, client meetings and family gatherings have…
One hectare of Forest land near NDA where Miyawaki plantation has just started Pune: With Maharashtra announcing water cuts amid a drought situation, citizens have questioned the Pune forest department’s decision to clear a part of gliricidia vegetation on a forest land on Kothrud hill for proposed Miyawaki plantation.They have sought an immediate halt to…
