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Drawing the curtain on the state’s most-awaited festival, the Rath Yatra, the deities of the Jagannath Temple in Puri ended their week-long stay at their birthplace — the Gundicha Temple — and started their homeward journey towards the 12th century shrine on a rainy Tuesday, marking Bahuda Yatra.

Former union minister and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes was critically injured after he fell accidentally while doing his regular exercise on Monday.​

A 24-year-old Muslim man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a woman following a love affair with her by claiming himself to be a Hindu, police said.

Deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Tuesday said that the district-level Independence Day function this year would be a low key affair in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and strict adherence to the safety precautions would be ensured at any cost.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has inaugurated a new ‘Centre for Disaster Management and Research’ (CDMR) at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for drinking water project in eight schools in Cachar district under corporate social responsibility amounting to Rs 10,31,592 lakh has been signed between Cachar district administration and North East Transmission Company limited (NETCL) at the office of the Cachar DC on Monday.

Gauhati University on Monday cancelled the third semester exams of all undergraduate courses which were scheduled to begin from July 23 following a recent University Grants Commission (UGC) notice.

After a family from Kerala raised Rs 18 crore through crowdfunding in one week for the treatment of their child who is suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the father of a five-month-old baby in Udupi is seeking similar financial support for his son who is also suffering from the same disease.

A woman, who had allegedly killed her husband by mutilating his private parts after sedating him nine months ago, has been arrested along with her lover.

A 45-year-old Banaras Hindu University (BHU) faculty member and warden of Sarojini Naidu girl’s hostel, Kiran Singh, allegedly committed suicide by setting herself afire in her room on the varsity campus on Monday.

Three members of Mewati gang who allegedly fled with Rs 17.45 lakh after breaking open a PNB ATM near Bilaspur police chowki on July 13, were arrested on Monday. The accused, identified as Nasir, Imran and Shahid, were on their way from Haryana to Jewar via Begumabad when they were caught by Jewar police.

The district administration has warned families who are not ready to shift from their native villages to brace for action. Under pressure to hand over the remaining land for two big-ticket projects (Noida International Airport and Dedicate Freight Corridor), the administration said that earthmovers will be pressed into service to uproot the houses.

To the surprise of birders, a Sarus couple has birthed a baby crane in Dhanauri wetlands few days ago, which experts claim is at least two months ahead of the scheduled nesting time in Dhanauri wetlands.

Nearly 8.5 lakh students turned up for the SSLC exam on Monday, a better turnout than last year. Monday’s was the first of two papers with the second — on languages — scheduled for Thursday.

Muslims across Jharkhand will offer their prayers indoors on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Adha on Tuesday, Doranda Jama Masjid’s imam Maulana Syed Shah Alcama Sibli said on Monday. “We have sat down with all the stakeholders, including religious leaders, heads of different mosques and some prominent people from our community, and we have decided that everyone, barring those who stay in mosques and the heads, will offer namaz within the confines of their homes as congregations during a pandemic are not recommended,” Sibli said.

The state is likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days, starting from Tuesday, in some parts and the IMD has issued a yellow alert since there are chances of thunderstorms on those days. “North-western and southwestern parts of the state are likely to receive heavy rainfall on Tuesday while the south eastern parts would receive heavy rainfall on Wednesday. On Thursday, northern, central and south eastern parts of Jharkhand will receive heavy rainfall. We have issued a yellow alert for... Читать дальше...

Several dissenting MLAs and workers of the state Congress unit, some of whom also went to Delhi recently to meet the party’s central leadership, are expecting a major overhaul in the party set up after the change of guard in the Punjab unit of Congress on Sunday night. State finance minister Rameshwar Oraon is currently the state party president.

The state Congress on Monday conducted a signature campaign outside petrol pumps across Jharkhand to protest against the hike in prices of fuel and LPG.

A 46-year-old man identified as Nabir Khan was killed by three of his friends for failing to return Rs 2,500 at Jamgain village on Sunday night. All three accused — Vimal Ekka, Gyan Ekka, both cousin brothers, and Ashok Ekka — were arrested.

Muslims across Jharkhand will offer their prayers indoors on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha on Wednesday, Doranda Jama Masjid’s imam Maulana Syed Shah Alcama Sibli said on Monday. “We have sat down with all the stakeholders, including religious leaders, heads of different mosques and some prominent people from our community, and we have decided that everyone, barring those who stay in mosques and the heads, will offer namaz within the confines of their homes as congregations during a pandemic are not recommended,” Sibli said.