In a heartwrenching incident, a man died after being mowed down by a vehicle engaged in his son's barrat at a village in Cuttack district this afternoon.
Cuttack, July 10: In a heartwrenching incident, a man died after being mowed down by a vehicle engaged in his son's barrat at a village in Cuttack district this afternoon.
The sorrowful incident occurred at Chatarapada village under Narasinghpur area in the district.
The deceased has been identified as Bimbadhar Nayak (55).
According to the information, the bus was moving slowly in the marriage procession when Bimbadhar fell and came under its wheels. Bimbadhar reportedly died on the spot.
Tension ran high as villagers blocked the Narasinghpur-Angul main road, demanding compensation for the bereaved family.
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Bengaluru, Oct 18: New Zealand pacer William O'Rourke feels that he was fortunate to take Virat Kohli's dismissal on the ball which was going down the leg in the first Test against India on Thursday.
Kohli departed on a nine-ball duck as he edged the ball which was taken by Glenn Phillips at the leg gully on the second day in Bengaluru. India had an abysmal outing in the first innings under overcast conditions as they were bowled out for just 46 runs, their lowest-ever Test score at home and their third-lowest in history.
"I think just with my angle back in, having that leg gully in place was meant to bring him into play. It was obviously an attacking option for us. We were fortunate to get the wicket. I don’t think that was exactly the delivery I intended, but it worked and I got his wicket, so I’m happy about it," O'Rourke told JioCinema.
The weather conditions and moisture on the pitch supported Kiwi seamers and O'Rourke said he felt like playing at home. "Very similar to the conditions back home. I think we weren't expecting too much assistance in the morning. We were probably going to bat as well if we won the toss. So, it was nice to see the ball nipping around, and I could just run in and do my thing," the pacer said.
"I think we were excellent in the field today. A few diving chances and I think that's what we pride ourselves on. We probably haven't been as good as we wanted to be in the last few Tests. So, coming out here and putting on a show like that was really special," he added.
Playing for the first time in India, O'Rourke returned with the figures of 4-22 in his 12 overs and credited the Sri Lanka series for getting a sense of the subcontinental conditions.
"It’s my first time playing in the subcontinent so it’s obviously a little bit different from back home, but playing those first two Tests in Sri Lanka really helped prepare me to come out here and just focus on doing my own thing," he said.
After dismissing India for a dismal total, the visitors ended day two on 180 for 3, leading by 134 runs. Devon Conway was the standout for the visitors, scoring 91 runs, while Will Young contributed 33. Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravindra Jadeja bagged one scalp each but India face an uphill task to recover from their nightmare start in the series opener.
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Srinagar, Oct 18: The Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has passed the resolution for restoration of statehood.
Official sources said that during its first meeting on Thursday, the J&K Cabinet passed a resolution urging the Central government to restore statehood.
“The draft of the resolution has been prepared and the Chief Minister will travel to New Delhi in a couple of days to hand over the draft of the resolution to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to restore statehood to J&K,” sources said.
NC president, Farooq Abdullah has expressed confidence that the Centre would soon restore Statehood to J&K.
“We have talked about statehood before and even today, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear an application seeking restoration of Statehood within two months. I am sure the Government of India will soon restore it,” Abdullah said.
--IANS
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Rayagada, Oct 18: In a shocking incident, a woman and her four-year-old daughter were critically injured after falling from a running train in Odisha early on Friday morning.
According to the information, the incident took place at the Singapur Road JK Railway Station.
The injured mother and the daughter were first rushed to the Rayagada District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) but later shifted to Berhampur MKCG Medical College and Hospital given their critical condition.
The mother, Ratika Chandana, suffered a fracture on her left leg while two hands and one leg were severed in the accident. Her daughter, Hastini Chandana, had her right hand and leg amputated.
The mother-daughter duo with husband Chaitanya Chandana had come from Kanijhuri of Titlagarh two days ago to attend the last rites of his relatives at Jinjili Baadi in Rayagada district.
The accident happened today when they were returning home.
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