Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Dec 03 (ANI): Two men were arrested in Puri's gang - rape case, one of them is a dismissed constable of Odisha Police. Director General of Police (DGP) Satyajit Mohanty said, "Four teams are conducting probe. We'll ensure full justice to victim and leave no stone unturned to nab the accused." A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped in Puri on December 02.
Coimbatore (TN), Dec 03 (ANI): At least six wild elephants crossed a national highway in Coimbatore. The jumbos damaged the road divider to cross the road. Incident took place in Coimbatore's Narasimhanaickenpalayam. The video was captured on a phone by a commuter.
Meerut (UP), Dec 03 (ANI): Sharda Tyagi, who was in the vehicle which breached security at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's residence in New Delhi stated that she was deeply anguished to find that security was left on homeguards. She mentioned that she was born in Congress and is dedicated to the party. "I was born in Congress and I am dedicated to the party. I was deeply anguished to find that security was left on homeguards. I went there for the first time and saw this," said Sharda Tyagi.
New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): BJP MP Poonam Mahajan in Lok Sabha over Adhir Ranjan's comment said that his statement on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was extremely wrong. "Yesterday all MPs stood together on issue of rape and murder of Telangana doctor. Kuch samay baad, jinke naam mein 'Dhir' hai aise Adhir Ranjan ji ke apne dhir ka bandh phoot gaya. Comments that he made on FM Nirmala Sitharaman was extremely wrong," said Poonam Mahajan.
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 03 (ANI): Shirdi Express from Tirupati to Shirdi was derailed near Koduru Railway Station in Andhra Pradesh on December 03. The incident took place in the morning. All passengers are safe.
Jaipur (Rajasthan), December 3 (ANI): The state government will soon issue a new health policy to ensure the 'right to health' for all the people of Rajasthan. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the same in meeting held to prepare the outline of the 'Nirogi Rajasthan' campaign.In the meeting CM instructed the medical and health and other departments to prepare for the 'Nirogi Rajasthan' campaign.Chief Minister said, "The health of the common people is a top priority for the state government and for this there is a need to work through a multi-pronged scheme. "During the meeting Chief Minister Gehlot also directed the officers to take help of the experts to formulate the health policy of the state and it should be implemented on the ground as soon as possible. He further directed setting up of state-level committees for organizing and spreading of awareness campaign and committees at district level for implementation. The state-level committee will also make suggestions to make pro
New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): Fresh trade war fears and profit-booking by traders led equity indices to fall on December 03 amid expectations of another interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) later this week. The BSE SandP Sensex closed 127 points lower to 40,675 while the Nifty 50 was down by 54 points at 11,994. Except for Nifty IT and realty, all sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the red. Nifty PSU bank fell by as much as 2.8 per cent, metal by 2.6 per cent, media by 2.3 per cent and pharma by 1 per cent. Among stocks, Yes Bank tumbled by 7.57 per cent to close at Rs 59.20 per share as analysts questioned the quality of potential suitors who have promised to invest a total of two billion dollars. IndusInd Bank too slipped by 2.2 per cent to close at Rs 1,542.15 per share. Metal stocks took a beating with Tata Steel dipping by 5.2 per cent.
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Dec 03 (ANI): At least 9 children were admitted to the hospital after consuming mid-day meal in UP's Muzaffarnagar. Children consumed mid-day meal which had a dead rat in it. The teacher who tasted the food also complained of headache. A case has been registered. State Basic Education Minister Satish Dwivedi says 'According to preliminary inquiry,meals there are supplied by an NGO. We have blacklisted NGO and FIR filed. Further action will be taken post full inquiry.
Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 03 (ANI): The District Magistrate (DM) has sent Junior Engineer to police lockup in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on November 30. The incident occurred after a 5-minute electricity cut happened during District Magistrate's meeting. The Electricity Board Employees Union held a protest against the DM in Bulandshahr on December 03.
Buxar (Bihar), Dec 03 (ANI): A half-burnt body of a woman was found in fields in Bihar's Buxar. The incident took place in Kukurha village of Buxar's Itarhi block. The burnt body of the woman has been sent for postmortem. While speaking to media, the police official said, "The body of the woman has been sent for postmortem. The investigation is being conducted." "Prima facie it appears that the woman was shot and then the body was burnt," he added.
Ajmer (Rajasthan), Dec 03 (ANI): While speaking on SPG security to Gandhi families, Priyanka Gandhi's husband and business tycoon Robert Vadra said that giving security is not a fad, it is given on threat perception. "7 people came in that day, asked for selfies. New security lack the kind of training that SPG had. When we asked our security officers, blame game started." He made this statement during his visit to Dargah Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan.
New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): Indian Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh admitted that their defence budget has declined in recent years. "Navy's share in defence budget has declined in the last few years. From 18% it has come to 13% in recent years, said Admiral Karambir. Later, while replying on China's presence in Indian Ocean, Admiral Karambir Singh said, "we are constantly watching it."
Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Dec 03 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jamshedpur stated that Chief Ministers in Jharkhand were changed at a pace with which not even weather of the state changed. "Chief Ministers were changed in Jharkhand at a pace with which not even weather of Jharkhand changed. Selfish interests of Congress and JMM leaders were reason behind this. BJP put a halt to the era of instability and gave a full term Chief Minister to the state," said PM Modi.
New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in the national capital on December 03, the Minister for Business, Industry and Innovation in Sweden, Ibrahim Baylan spoke on India-Sweden collaboration to combat climate change and future area of collaboration with India. Ibrahim Baylan said, "I think it is a perfect match as Sweden is a highly innovative country and also at number one according to European Commission and India with great aspirations and ambitions are at very positive development, but we know that this is something that both have also highlighted." "We need to change our way of doing things and I think combating climate change and at the same time develop economy and creating new jobs, I think this is the an area where Indians will have a lots to gain by this corporation," he added. "There are wide ranges of areas like in industry and we also have close partnership with the UN framework. It could be innovation as we have innovation partnership which was signed by Prime Mi
Mumbai, Dec 03 (ANI): While speaking to ANI in Mumbai on December 03, the president of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Maharashtra, Jayant Patil said, "Maharashtra has Rs 6 lakh 71 thousand crore of debt burden, a meeting is being held to review our ability to repay it, what is the speed of the projects currently underway and how can these projects be completed as quickly as possible."
Khunti (Jharkhand), Dec 03 (ANI): While addressing a public rally in Jharkhand's Khunti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 03 said, "A prince leaves from Ayodhya and after 14 years of 'vanvaas', on his return, he becomes 'Maryada Purushottam Ram' because Prince Ram spent those years with 'adivasis'."
Pune (Maharashtra), Dec 03 (ANI): Women activist Trupti Desai expressed anguish over the Hyderabad rape-murder case and asserted that the main problem is the mindset of the people. She also mentioned that Jaya Bachchan being a responsible Member of Parliament should not have said the rapists should be lynched instead should have made statements about introducing new laws. "Jaya Bachchan made a statement but she is a responsible minister. She should have made statements about introducing new law and acting upon cases. Many cases like that of Hyderabad take place, the mindset of the people the problem," said women activist.
Khunti (Jharkhand), Dec 03 (ANI): While addressing a public rally in Jharkhand's Khunti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 03 said, "Things that were deliberately kept stuck for a long time, and which people motivated by political interests tried to block, we tried to find solutions to these problems for the peace and social harmony in the country."
New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): A man came in front of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's convoy near Parliament on December 03. He claimed that he wanted to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He was later detained by the police.
New Delhi, Dec 03 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) Jaya Bachchan on her statement in Rajya Sabha over rape cases, asserted that it is important to set a harsh example to create fear among rapists. "It is important to set an example, government made all efforts, law made all efforts, but until there's a step which is very harsh maybe it can develop fear inside people," said Jaya Bachchan. "The solution starts from home, education system. I think these people should be publically humiliated. Pictures of police, who deny reporting the incident, should be displayed out in public," she further added.