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Satyanarayan, who runs a shop in Mangolpuri, alleged that he was shot at by a customer who was nursing a grudge against him for refusing to give 'gutka' (tobacco) to him (accused) without taking money, the police said.

Around 40 artists from China presented Peacock dance, music and martial arts. Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu himself performed 'Tai Chi' moves while his wife Yang Li played a musical instrument 'Pipa' during cultural programme.

CSIR is scheduled to organize the CSIR UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) December 2018 on December 16, 2018 for candidates interested in Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for lectureship.

Though the government has not reacted to Desai's planned trip to the temple yet, it has evoked sharp reactions from Ayyappa devotees and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is campaigning against the entry of women into the hill shrine.

While 12 bodies were recovered late on Friday, four people are still missing. Rayagada block chairman Dhaleswar Bhuyan said that the six villagers, who survived, came back to inform the district administration about the tragedy.

The chief minister's terse remarks, in presence of some of his cabinet colleagues besides top officials like Deepak Kumar and DGP K S Dwivedi, come in the backdrop of recent criticisms faced by his government on the law and order front.

Kollam Thulasi, who was addressing a rally organised by the BJP to protest against the Supreme Court verdict, said real devotees could not accept the age-old custom being broken.

The 27-year-old Wani, who quit PhD studies in Allied Geology and joined the militant ranks in January this year, was killed at Shatgund village in Handwara area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district during the encounter on Thursday.

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The cyclone struck the eastern coast early on Thursday with the maximum damage being recorded in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha's Gajapati and Ganjam districts.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma visited the residence of Kalpana Tiwari and gave her the appointment letter for a job in the Nagar Nigam.

A party leader said the allegations levelled against the Union minister of state for external affairs were serious but added that there were several aspects to it, including that there was no legal case against him.

As the #MeToo campaign gathered momentum, some women journalists have accused Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs, of sexually harassing them during his stint as an editor in two newspapers.

An interim stay granted by the court on disbursal of funds stood vacated as the court disposed of the plea.

The 'goons' stopping the Dalit families from installing the idol had also captured the temple premises and were using it as a parking lot for their cars and tractors.

Bay of Bengal and the Odisha coastline is no stranger to severe category cyclonic storms though.