Five students have reportedly been missing in the deep Saptasjya jungle in Dhenkanal district since this evening.
Dhenkanal, June 30: Five students have reportedly been missing in the deep Saptasjya jungle in Dhenkanal district since this evening.
According to information, the five students from Cuttack's Link Road area had gone to Saptasajya, a well-known tourist spot, for a move. They reported climbed up a hill and could not return. After it got dark, they told this to their family members over the phone.
On being informed, forest officials of Dhenkanal have started a search drive.
Further details are awaited.
Hathras, July 2: Religious preacher Vishwa Hari Bhole Baba, whose 'satsang' (religious congregation) in UP's Hathras Tuesday ended in tragedy when at least 80 people, including women and children, perished in a stampede, is no stranger to controversy.
According to local people, Suraj Pal, or Bhole Baba, as he is called by his followers, hails from Bahadur Nagar in the Patiyali area of Kasganj district. He left his job in the state police 17 years ago to become a preacher.
While his following extends beyond UP to Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, both the preacher and his acolytes maintain a distance from the media.
According to a devotee, Bhole Baba had no religious mentor and soon after he took voluntary retirement from service, he had a 'vision' of the deity and since then he became inclined to spiritual pursuits. He used to hold his 'satsangs' every Tuesday and before Hathras, he held a similar event in Mainpuri district last week.
He courted controversy during the Covid pandemic period when he sought permission for a satsang in Farrukhabad district in May 2022 to be attended by only 50 people. However, the congregation grew to over 50,000, causing a major headache for the local administration.
As per reports, the stampede in the Hathras event on Tuesday broke out as servitors of Bhole Baba stopped people from leaving the venue amid the heat and humidity, so that the preacher and his retinue could leave first. As permission was given to people to leave, chaos broke out, leading to the stampede.
(IANS)
Read more: National news
Dhenkanal, July 7: The LAccMI (Location Accessible Multi-modal Initiative) buses got a changeover as the colour of the buses have been changed to saffron from green.
The colour of 28 buses in Dhenkanal Bus Stand have been changed to saffron, which represents BJP, the ruling party. The previous colour was green , which was representing the former government, led by BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik.
Earlier, the name of the LAccMI bus services was changed to 'Mukhyamantri Bus Seva'. The rebranding was announced by Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena. However, there is no clarity about the change of colour.
Read more: Odisha news
New Delhi, July 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address Tuesday, took strong objection to the portrayal of Hindus as a “violent community” by the Congress and said that such adventurism will go down in the history as a blot on part of the grand old party.
Lamenting Monday’s proceedings in the Lower House as ‘Balak Vilaap’, the day when the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the Centre, PM Modi said that a “fake conspiracy” and “narrative” was being hatched against the Hindus.
PM Modi, referring to Swami Vivekanand’s speech in Chicago (US), said that 131 years ago, the Indian icon told the global community that he comes from a religion that teaches tolerance but today, blatant “false” campaigns are underway to “undermine and sully” the community.
Voicing strong concerns over Rahul Gandhi’s “violent Hindus” remark, PM Modi said that for centuries to come the country won’t forget and forgive such “grave adventurism”.
He also referred to the Congress leader’s “fight against Shakti” remark and stated that it is the same party which coined the term “Hindu terror”.
In further takedown at the grand old party, PM Modi said, “Days ago, the party and its allies equated Hinduism with dengue and malaria. Today, the whole ecosystem has made it a fashion to mock Hinduism and the Hindu faith.”
Prime Minister, objecting to flaunting of posters of Hindu deities in the House, said that God’s every form is for paying obeisance and worshipping and not for serving personal interests.
“Jinke darshan hote hain, unke pradarshan nahin hote (invisible God is not meant for brandishing),” PM Modi, referring to the incident when LoP Rahul Gandhi waved Lord Shiva posters while replying to the Motion of Thanks to President’s address in Lok Sabha.
Prime Minister further said that the nation won’t forgive such an act of the Congress party and added, “The Hindu community will now have to think and judge, whether it was a coincidence or pre-meditated plan to target them.”
(IANS)
Read more: National news
