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Acting on court’s directive, Ballia police lodged an FIR against 21 named and 30 unidentified persons of the victim's side involved in the firing incident during allotment of ration shops at Durjanpur village in Revati police station area of the district.

A 15-year-old girl was seriously injured after she was allegedly thrown off from the terrace of a building by three men for objecting to harassment by them, police said on Saturday. According to police, the girl and the accused persons belonged to the same locality.

Even as the job markets are recovering amid pandemic, the College of Fisheries, affiliated to Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University has come forward to help unemployed graduates. They will organise a four-week free-residential training on “Aquaclinics and Aquapreneurship Development Programme” (AC&ADP) from November 3 to 30.

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 150 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the infection tally to 16,769, official data showed. The number of active cases, however, rose to 1,092 from 1,089 on Friday, according to the data released by the UP health department for a 24-hour period.

Gurugram reported maximum new cases in the state while Hisar district reported highest fatalities as 1,299 new cases and 15 deaths were reported on Saturday, which took Haryana’s Covid-19 count to 1,57,064 cases and death toll to 1,730.

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a man in Banda while she was returning home, police said on Saturday. The incident took place late on Thursday when the girl was returning home after watching Ram Lila, they said.

Panic gripped residents of Gajapati with three more Covid-19 deaths being reported in a single day on Friday. This comes at a time when the district, which lies on the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border, seemed well-poised on its way to recovery.

The state was spared major rain misery as the depression that had formed over the Bay of Bengal moved towards the Bangladesh coast, bringing relief to the people.

The Bhubaneswar-Cuttack commissionerate police in coordination with the traffic police on Friday created a “green corridor” to facilitate the movement of a critically ill patient from a private hospital in Nayapalli to Biju Patnaik International Airport here in just 6.05 minutes. The patient was then airlifted to KIMS, Hyderabad.

The state government has set March 2021 as deadline to complete infrastructure works at the Aluminium Park, Angul, a joint venture of Nalco and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco).

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has constituted an eight-member committee to look into pollution related issues during Durga Puja.

Durga Puja kicked off in the city on Friday in a low-key manner amid restricted celebrations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

For the first time, the state’s tourism department is set to organize a three-month eco retreat festival in Bhitarkanika National Park from December 1 to February 28 to attract domestic and international tourists to the country’s second largest mangrove forest.

Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh has been caught on camera showering flower petals on the party's Bairia MLA Surendra Singh, days after serving him a notice for his statements supporting the main accused in the firing incident at Durjanpur village here.

In a changed world of devotee-less Pujas, festive fashion too is reinventing itself. Clothes that are environment-friendly, biodegradable and made of breathable fabric, especially handloom, are much in demand.

It’s Durga Puja — a time to celebrate the victory of good over evil, visit colourfully lighted pandals, have great food and have a great time. But sadly, none of that is happening this year, as the government has banned people from visiting pandals in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two people were severely injured in a bus accident on the Gondal-Jetpur highway, near Rajkot on Saturday.

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday termed the Odisha government ‘insensitive’ to people’s concern as he criticised its role in handling the Covid-19 situation in the state.

After the three days long search operation by the Income Tax department, vice-president of Surat BJP, PVS Sarma took to the social media posting his picture and saying “I am doing well and healthy and nothing to worry at all” on Saturday.

The state government on Friday asked healthcare and anganwadi workers to get themselves enrolled with the respective district administrations for Covid-19 vaccine, as the Centre has begun the process of making a database of ‘priority people’ for the anticipated vaccination programme, whenever it is rolled out.