Four people, including two schoolgoing children died after a minibus overturned in the Mamspuram Gandhi Nagar area on Friday morning, Virudhnagar District Collector said.
Virudhunagar, Sept 27: Four people, including two schoolgoing children died after a minibus overturned in the Mamspuram Gandhi Nagar area on Friday morning, Virudhnagar District Collector said.
As per information from the Virudhunagar District Collector, 10 people were injured in the accident, and four people died, among which two were school students.
The incident took place near Srivilliputhur, a municipality town here.
Further investigation in the accident is underway.
(ANI)
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 27: The Odisha government on Friday appointed senior IPS officer and former In-Charge Director General of Police (DGP), Arun Kumar Sarangi as Chairman of Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC) for a period of six years.
“……., the Governor of Odisha has been pleased to appoint Shri Arun Kumar Sarangi, IPS, Special Director General of Police (Training) and Director, Biju Patnaik State Police Academy, Odisha as Chairman, Odisha Public Service Commission for a term of six years from the date he enters upon his office or until he attains the age of sixty-two years, whichever is earlier,” reads a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department
Sarangi, a 1990 batch IPS officer, served as Odisha’s in-charge DGP from December 31, 2023, till senior IPS officer Yogesh Bahadur Khurania assumed the office on August 16, 2024.
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 27: In a major breakthrough, the Commissionerate Police on Friday busted a notorious inter-state chain-snatching gang, namely ‘Surat gang’, in Bhubaneswar and arrested four members of the gang.
The gang committed thefts on state and national highways, as well as on main roads of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack in last four months, informed Twin City Police Commissioner Sanjeeb Panda.
The arrested criminals have been identified as Subhas Pradhan, Jitu Behera (Both from Odisha), Amit Sadanke of Maharashtra and a juvenile.
Police also seized eight gold chains, two motorcycles, as many cell phones and sharp weapons from their possession.
According to the Commissionerate Police, Subhas Pradhan is the kingpin of the Surat gang. Subhas, along with his close associate Amit Sadanke, was operating the gang.
Earlier, Subhas was involved in a murder case in Surat, Gujarat. Presently, he is also wanted by Surat Police in an extortion case. In 2018, he returned to Odisha and continued his criminal activities. He was also injured in police encounter at Chandanpur in Puri district in the same year, police said.
At least nine criminal cases are pending against Subhas and the gang members, police added.
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Kanpur, Sept 27: Day one of the second Test match between India and Bangladesh on Friday in Kanpur has been called off after rain played a spoilsport.
In the middle of the second session, the game was called off, and only 35 overs of play took place on Friday. At stumps, Bangladesh stood at 107/3 with Mominul Haque (40*) and Mushfiqur Rahim (6*) unbeaten of the crease.
In the 29th over, Ravichandran Ashwin picked up Najmul Hossain Shanto's wicket for 31 runs from 57 balls.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took to their X to announce that day one of the Kanpur Test was called off due to "incessant rains".
"Due to incessant rains, play on Day 1 has been called off in Kanpur," BCCI wrote on X.
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Due to incessant rains, play on Day 1 has been called off in Kanpur.
Scorecard - https://t.co/JBVX2gyyPf#TeamIndia | #INDvBAN | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/HSctfZChvp — BCCI (@BCCI) September 27, 2024
Earlier in the day, the toss was also delayed due to wet outfield; however, later India won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh in Kanpur.
At the end of the first session, Bangladesh posted a score of 74/2, with Mominul Haque and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto unbeaten with scores of 17 and 28, respectively.
(ANI)
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