Bhubaneswar: The Christian community in the state is divided over the possible release of Dara Singh, serving life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons. While some members of the community expressed apprehension, others said they respect the judicial process.Ayub Chinchani, pastor of Union Church in Bhubaneswar, said…
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri (L) distanced himself from his brother, Shaligram Garg, after assault allegations. Garg faces accusations of assaulting a man and firing a pistol during a land dispute. CHHATARPUR: Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra Krishna Shastri on Tuesday distanced himself from his younger brother, Shaligram Garg, after allegations surfaced that the latter assaulted a man…
At first glance, an acupressure mat doesn’t necessarily look like something that helps you relax — it’s a pad covered in spikes whose nickname is “a bed of nails,” which is understandably intimidating if you’re unfamiliar with it. But as someone who’s used one for years, I promise: an acupressure mat is the recovery tool…
NCP dismisses notice challenging Sunetra Pawar’s election as party president NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare on Tuesday dismissed a notice issued by the party’s national secretary Sachchidanand questioning the election of Sunetra Pawar as the party’s national president, while asserting that there was no rift within the organisation.The…
Philanthropist Kachigere Krishnappa has made a donation to IISc to support student learning, space research and hands-on aerospace education, funding student awards as well as two major research initiatives. Bengaluru: Philanthropist Kachigere Krishnappa has donated to IISc to support student learning, space research and hands-on aerospace education, funding student awards and two major research initiatives….
The Airport police have booked six young men on charges of attempting to murder a 34-year-old man over a verbal altercation that followed a road rage in KK Nagar in Trichy. Karur: Kulithalai police on Tuesday registered a case against a TVK functionary for persistently harassing a married woman. The accused was confronted and assaulted…
Bhubaneswar: Nearly a month after school education department stumbled upon 1,678 errors in textbooks for classes 1 to VIII, the crime branch on Tuesday took into custody Manoj Kumar Padhy (57), former director of Teacher Education & State Council of Educational Research and Training (TE & SCERT), the first such arrest in the case that…
Thane: A fresh flashpoint threatens to break out between the Thane BJP and Shiv Sena with the BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Monday publicly opposing the proposed beautification of Kavesar Lake, saying he would not allow any concretisation of the ecologically sensitive water body.Kelkar’s stand puts him at odds with the local Shiv Sena unit,…
Patna: Just days after a youth from Munger district was arrested over alleged cross-border links, another arrest was made in the state on Monday in connection with a suspected Pakistan-based terror network, prompting heightened vigilance among security agencies.Mohammad Ahad (22), a resident of Musapur village under Koda police station area in Katihar district, was arrested…
Bengaluru: More than 300 people — doctors, hospital staff, schoolchildren, philanthropists, friends and complete strangers — came together to raise nearly Rs 30 lakh for a newborn they had never met. Their collective effort helped make possible what doctors believe is India’s first successful limb-salvage treatment in a 28-day-old baby diagnosed with Infantile Fibrosarcoma (IFS),…