17-year-old boy apprehended for stalking girl
A 17-year-old college student has been apprehended for allegedly stalking a girl he befriended on Instagram and pressuring her to send him nude photos with the threat of circulating her already available private pictures on social media, police said on Friday. It has also been alleged that the accused, who is...
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‘US scribe blacklisted for violating visa norms’
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Delhi Govt approves redevelopment projects worth `12 crore
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Cops bust pan-India job racket with China links
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BJP exec advises mass contact before 2024 polls
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Make ad hoc teachers permanent, Sisodia writes to DU VC Singh
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Timely mayoral poll: SC to hear AAP candidate’s plea on Feb 3
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DERC directs NDMC to pay licence fee of .05%
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Rev Dept officer axed from service over fraud
Delhi Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena has dismissed a Revenue Department official from service for fraudulently registering 57 sales and purchase deeds of Government and Gram Sabha lands in favour of private people. The officer has been identified as Harish Bajaj, Delhi Administrative Subordinate Services (DASS), Grade I, who allegedly registered 106 "instruments"...
2 die as SUV overturns in Boudh
Two persons were killed and three others injured when an SUV overturned after hitting a number of motorcycles in Boudh district on Thursday. The deceased included a Panchayat Executive Engineer (PEO). The Scorpio was on the way to Bhubaneswar from Balangir when it hit five motorbikes one after another at Bahira...
7-yr RI for raping minor in B’swar
Special Judge, POCSO, Ranjan Kumar Sutar on Tuesday convicted a rape accused and sentenced him to seven-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) along with a fine of Rs 7,000. Bhaskar Sahu, a resident of the Baliapal police station area, had been arrested following an FIR by the victim’s mother. The woman’s FIR mentioned that she with her...
Month on, action not taken against Tarbha officials yet
Although more than a month has passed since a land registration was executed on a fake legal heir certificate in Tarbha tehsil, allegedly due to a nexus between some venal officials with the land seller, no action has been taken against the accused After coming across a news in The Pioneer...
'Use Budget provisions fully, avoid parking of funds'
The State Government, which has been allocating more funds in the annual budget, has advised the development sector departments to expedite the spending. Analysts say there is an average 20-25% growth in allocation of funds in the annual budget every year and the spending has to match the allocation. While earlier there...
PPA all set to handle 130 MT
The Republic Day was celebrated by the Paradip Port Authority (PPA) with its chairman PL Haranadh, Chairman unfurling the National Flag and stating that the port achieved yet another 100 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of cargo handling for a sixth year in a row till January 9in the current fiscal....
Surendra Sai paid rich tributes in Dubai
Rich tributes were paid to freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai on his 215th birth anniversary for his valor, bravery and heroism at a function in the premises of the Indian Consulate, Dubai, on Monday. The event also commemorated Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 126th birth anniversary, which was celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas’...
