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Bhopal, June 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janasta Party Chief V.D. Sharma has said that former Congress MLA Laxman Singh was punished for daring to "speak truth" which was not received well by the "sycophants" of the Lok Sabha's Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi.He added that Congress says that it gives freedom to its party workers to express their views, but the reality is quite the opposite, and expelling former MLA Laxman Singh from the party was an example of it.The BJP leader made these remarks responding to Congress' decision to expel former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh's younger brother Laxman Singh for his repeated anti-party activities."Through expelling Laxman Singh from the party, Congress has sent a message to its party cadre that those who would d...

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that two new railway projects will improve connectivity, commerce and also boost sustainability. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by PM Modi, has approved two multi-tracking projects across the Indian Railways network, entailing an investment of Rs 6,405 crore.“Today, two vital projects relating to the Railways were approved. Covering various states, these projects will improve connectivity, commerce and also boost sustainability,” said the Prime Minister in a post on social media platform X.The first project relates to the doubling of the 133 km Koderma–Barkakana railway line, which passes through a major coal-producing area of Jharkhand. It also serves as the shortest and a more efficient ra...

Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Shweta Khan alias Fultusi, the prime accused behind the West Bengal porn racket case, was finally arrested by the West Bengal Police on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, the policemen first arrested her son Aryan Khan and then her daughter Zoya Khan, a co-accused in the porn racket case.Based on the questioning of Aryan and Zoya, state police sources said the whereabouts of their mother were available and based on that she was also arrested late Wednesday evening from a hideout in the Alipore area in south Kolkata.The main charges against Shweta, Aryan, and Zoya are holding a woman from the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal captive for six months and brutally assaulting her with an iron rod after she refused to participate in pornographic video shoots allegedl...

Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) With the sudden outbreak of diarrhoea in different areas of Odisha's Jajpur district, the state Health and Family Welfare department, on Wednesday, launched an intensive field operations in the district on a war footing to contain the outbreak that has so far claimed three lives."Upon receipt of reports from the Jajpur district regarding people affected with diarrhoea getting admitted to hospitals, we have constituted a state-level multi-sectoral team comprising doctors, microbiologists, food safety inspectors and sent them to Jajpur. They have already reached there and started an investigation to find out the cause of the outbreak," said health department secretary, Aswathy S.She also added that additional teams of doctors have been sent to the district for ...

Agartala, June 11 (IANS) Tripura Police have arrested six persons, including a doctor and his parents, in connection with a triangular love affair case, officials said on Wednesday.West Tripura Superintendent of Police (SP), Kiran Kumar K said that six persons were arrested on Tuesday night after the body of a youth was found packed in a suitcase, which was also stored at an ice-cream freezer at Gandacherra in Tripura's Dhalai district. He added that the body of the deceased, identified as Shariful Islam, 28, was found three days after he went missing from Agartala on June 8. Shariful was engaged in the Smart City Project in the capital Agartala as an electrician. The West Tripura police chief said that Dibakar Saha, the arrested doctor, bought a suitcase two days before the murder wher...

Hubballi: In a significant recognition of its academic excellence, Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) has been awarded an 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The honour marks a major milestone for the state-run university, headquartered in Navanagar, Hubballi.The NAAC peer team conducted its inspection in May, evaluating the university's performance across key parameters, including curriculum, teaching, research, examination systems, infrastructure, and extracurricular activities. The assessment was carried out in hybrid mode, with part of the expert panel joining the visit offline and others participating online.The inspection team included NAAC President Dr. Nishita Jala and members Dr. K. Jayachandra Reddy, Dr. Jayashankar K. I., Dr. Subhir ...

Chennai, June 7 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has forecast maximum temperatures of 38 degrees C to 39 degrees C and minimum temperatures around 28 degrees C for the city over the weekend.Officials also noted that skies would remain partly cloudy, and light showers may occur in some localities. Weather officials attribute the discomfort to the combination of high humidity and elevated ground temperatures, a common phenomenon in early June when the southwest monsoon begins to influence climatic patterns across southern India.Meanwhile, the city experienced sweltering heat as the day progressed, despite light drizzles and overcast skies in parts of Chennai early Saturday morning.The mercury climbed steadily, and by midday, the weather turned oppressive due to so...

Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) The Mumbai Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted extensive search operations at 18 locations across Mumbai, Kochi and Thrissur in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The case pertains to the alleged Rs 65 crore ‘Mithi River desilting scam’.According to ED statement issued on Saturday, the searches targeted the office and residential premises linked to key individuals including BMC Engineer Prashant Ramgude, BMC contractor Bhupendra Purohit, M/s Matprop Technical Service Pvt Ltd, Jay Joshi (Director, M/s Virgo Specialties Pvt Ltd), Ketan Kadam (Controller, M/s Woder India LLP), and close associates Santino Rocco Morea and actor Dino Morea.The ED initiated its probe b...