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Two 9th standard students have been arrested for forming a gang with two other adults and looting people on the pretext of taking or offering lifts. The gang members have looted many vehicles in this manner. They had recently looted a Maruti Eco on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway by asking for a commute from the owner. Interestingly, they looted a person on the pretext of offering him a lift in the same vehicle.

As many as 1842 villages in Odisha have been declared open defecation free (ODF) so far. The state government has also announced 113 gram panchayats and a block as ODF, official sources said.

Guwahati, June 20 (IANS) Two days after Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal suggested that the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) declare the results of the state civil services examination three hours after holding the viva voce, the APSC Chairman on Monday said it was impossible and he is yet to receive any instruction in this regard.

Pavan Amara, a student nurse in London, now 27, had suffered similarly. She was raped as a teenager. She decided to reach out and help rape victims reclaim their bodies. She began by talking to NHS doctors and nurses, Rape Crisis volunteers and staff at Sh!, the only female-focused sex shop in the UK.

Most of the state-run schools in Odisha may miss the 2nd International Yoga Day celebrations on Tuesday as the school and mass education department has not send any circular in this regard to schools.

BJD Lok Sabha (LS) members, Prabhas Singh and Nagendra Pradhan boycotted the Odisha launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojna (PMUY) at Sambalpur on Monday in protest against the alleged hijack of the central government programme by BJP, reducing it to a party event.

Guwahati, Jun 20 () Assam Government has started an SMS campaign to ensure all educational institutions are tobacco free in the state.

Coming close on heels of achievement by student of Faculty of Architecture (FOA), Manipal University, Vishnupriya Viswanathan, a sixth semester student has brought laurels to the university. Vishnupriya did so by bagging the first prize in 18th Annual Berkeley prize essay competition under the “International Undergraduate Prize for Architectural Design Excellence” endorsed by department of architecture, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Guwahati, Jun 20 () Asserting that yoga is a science which plays a vital role in physical and mental well-being of a person, Assam Governor P B Acharya said time should be taken out by people to practise the ancient exercise form. "Yoga is not a religion. It is a science.

An E-commerce store onlystaples.com that sells online grocery, fruits and vegetables was launched here today.

Gulzar Group of Institutes, Khanna, Ludhiana organizes Pratibha Samman Samaroh in which more than 1752 students from 260 schools and colleges were honored. Students were selected on the basis of their academic performance in 10+2. Students from all over Punjab were present in the event.

Mastermind of Bihar topper scam - Lalkeshwar Singh and his wife Usha were arrested from Ravindrapuri locality in a joint operation of Bihar and local police on Monday morning.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government was incapable of providing justice to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims and dared the ruling dispensation to submit all documents so as to facilitate an Special