According to police, the encounter between joint forces of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Special Task Force (STF) and Naxalites is underway.
The protest came in the wake of the alleged gang-rape in Jagatsinghpur and the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted and set on fire by unidentified assailants in Puri district.
Five Kanwariyas died, and at least 23 others were injured after a private bus carrying pilgrims lost control and collided with a truck in Jharkhand's Deoghar district early on Tuesday, officials said.
Three people lost their lives and three others are reported missing after heavy rains lashed Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district late Monday night, triggering a flood-like situation and widespread damage, officials said on Tuesday.
A yellow alert for heavy rain has been issued in some districts of Uttarakhand on Tuesday, according to the Indian Meterological Department (IMD). There is a possibility of lightning and thundershowers in other districts.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Deoghar MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday expressed condolences over the deaths of several Kanwar Yatra devotees in a bus accident in Jharkhand's Deoghar district, claiming that at least 18 people had lost their lives.
Two people have died and two others have been reported missing after heavy rainfall lashed Mandi district in the early hours of Tuesday, causing extensive damage and triggering a flood-like situation across the region, officials said.
Continuous heavy rainfall since late Monday night has thrown life out of gear in the Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh. The region has been experiencing incessant rain since 11 PM, resulting in a flood-like situation across various parts of the town.
The Deputy Commissioner instructed all departments to work in close coordination and prioritize the identification and resolution of vulnerable waterlogging points. She emphasized the immediate deployment of pumping machinery, timely dewatering of affected areas, and regular desilting of sew
Under the 82 forest rights committees in Biswanath district, land title certificates were distributed today to 1336 claimants from Bishwanath constituency, 157 from Gahpur constituency, 509 from Naduar constituency, and 143 from Bihali constituency. A total of 11,982 people have received lan
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