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Jaipur, Oct 28 (IANS) Two people were killed while 12 others suffered burn injuries after a bus carrying labourers came in contact with a high-tension power line in the Manoharpur area, about 50 kilometres from Jaipur, on Tuesday.According to officials, the labourers were being transported to a brick kiln in Todi village when the accident occurred.The bus reportedly brushed against an overhead high-tension line, causing an electric current to surge through the vehicle and triggering a fire. Locals rushed to the scene and helped rescue those trapped inside the burning bus.Eyewitnesses said several passengers sustained severe burns before they could be pulled out.Villagers claimed they had repeatedly urged the local administration to remove or raise the height of these high-tension lines, bu...

Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Bengal BJP leader Rakesh Singh and his children were arrested allegedly for going on a rampage inside a housing complex in the Kasba area of Kolkata, police said on Tuesday. According to the police, the incident occurred on Monday, during which Rakesh and his daughter and son allegedly assaulted the owner of a flat and his children.The police said that the BJP leader has a flat in a multi-storeyed building in Kasba. However, he was accused of forcibly occupying another flat in the same residential complex.When the owner of the flat went to remove things from the place along with his workers, Rakesh Singh and his children allegedly attacked him.The victim alleged that the attackers had firearms.The owner of the flat, Chandu Khan, was injured in the attack and was admi...

Katihar, Oct 28 (IANS) Ahead of the release of the Mahagathbandhan’s election manifesto, former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tarkishore Prasad on Tuesday criticised the alliance, claiming that its manifesto focuses solely on attaining power rather than addressing the state’s development.Speaking to IANS, Tarkishore Prasad said, “The Mahagathbandhan’s manifesto is not based on any real vision. It is all about how to get into power. Their viewpoint is personal and self-centered. They have no genuine concern for the development of Bihar.”He further added, “Their manifesto is nothing more than a bundle of papers. The people of Bihar have already given them a chance. From 1995 to 2005, they were in power, and everyone knows how they used that opportunity. They do not deserve another chance to re...

Amaravati, Oct 28 (IANS) With severe cyclone Montha in the Bay of Bengal hurtling towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, the state government has introduced a real-time voice alert system in coastal districts.Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (APSDMA) said on Tuesday that, as per Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's directive to provide cyclone information to the public in various forms, cyclone warnings through real-time voice alerts were introduced on a pilot basis in 26 coastal villages.Real-time voice alerts for the Montha cyclone warnings are being delivered within minutes in these coastal villages on an experimental basis.Even in the event of a power outage, a 360-degree horn speaker system provides clear warnings even within a radius of one kilometre. This system will b...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) India is keeping a close watch on the political developments in Nepal as stability in the country is crucial, since the two countries share a 1,700-kilometre border.Officials said that India is wary of external influence in Nepal, and hence, elections must be held soon. Currently, there is an interim government in place, and this was installed following the Gen Z protests during which 73 people died. The K. P. Oli government was thrown out following protests.Indian agencies suspect that external elements are making attempts to create a political vacuum in the country. If a caretaker government prolongs, then it gives other countries, including China, time to influence Nepal through both economic and infrastructure projects.Many external elements are also trying to ...

Visakhapatnam, Oct 28 (IANS) With severe cyclone 'Montha' in the Bay of Bengal racing towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, authorities have hoisted danger signal number seven at Kakinda port.Cyclone Warning Centre, Visakhapatnam, has issued danger signal number six at Visakhapatnam and Gangavaram ports.Danger signal number five has been hoisted at Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam and Krishnapatnam ports.Informatory messages have been sent to Kalingapatnam, Bheemunipatnam and Vadarevu ports.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), cyclonic storm Montha over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past six hours, intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of Tuesday over the same region, about 190 km south-southea...

Bengaluru, Oct 28 (IANS) A student enrolled in a reputed private college and working as a Blinkit delivery staffer has been arrested on charges of misbehaving with a Brazilian model in the R.T. Nagar police station limits, Bengaluru. The accused, identified as Kiran Rao Pawar, has been arrested by the police on charges of sexual harassment.Karthik, the owner of the firm where the victim worked, lodged a police complaint in this regard.Considering the seriousness of the case, the police acted swiftly and arrested the accused.The complaint was lodged on October 25, while the incident occurred on October 17.According to the FIR, the victim had not revealed the traumatic experience earlier due to fear.The police have booked the accused under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Th...

Chennai, Oct 28 (IANS) Tamil Nadu BJP spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad accused the DMK-led alliance of "shielding bogus voters" in Tamil Nadu, especially in Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's Kolathur constituency, even as the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls gathered momentum across the country. "The DMK is opposing a transparent verification process because it fears exposure of large-scale fake voter entries," Prasad said."Our party has petitioned the ECI, identifying 19,476 suspected bogus voters in Kolathur. The SIR is a constitutional exercise meant to uphold one-person-one-vote. Those obstructing it are protecting electoral fraud," he added.The BJP also questioned the DMK's claim of enrolling 2.5 crore new members through its 'Tamil Nadu Un...

New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Supreme Court advocate Ishkaran Singh Bhandari has said that recent reports by foreign media targeting the Adani Group are part of a larger, coordinated effort to undermine India’s economic growth and private industrial progress.In a conversation with IANS, Bhandari said this is not the first time such attempts have been made to malign the Adani Group.“For years, the Adani conglomerate has been repeatedly targeted. These are the same companies that play a crucial role in India’s economic backbone -- operating in key sectors such as ports, airports, and energy,” he said.“Foreign interests do not want Indian enterprises to gain strength and global recognition in these strategic areas,” he told IANS.He recalled that the Adani Group had earlier faced similar allegation...

Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) A ward boy at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital was arrested on the charges of molesting a patient's daughter inside the hospital premises, said the police on Tuesday. The incident comes against the backdrop of a series of incidents related to physical assaults on doctors and nurses in state-run hospitals in West Bengal. The incident has once again raised questions about the safety and security of patients and medical practitioners inside hospitals in the state.According to the police, the alleged incident took place on Sunday afternoon. The ward boy was arrested by officers of Burdwan Women Police Station on Monday morning and produced in court, which sent him to two days' police custody.According to hospital sources, a tribal woman has been undergoing treatment ...