New Delhi: Railway passengers can now book more tickets online. Indian Railways’ new decision is part of its efforts to provide more facilities to passengers. Under the new order, the number of tickets that can be booked online per person per month has been increased to 24.

Those who are not linked to Adhar can book up to a maximum of 12 tickets a month. Those who were previously connected to Aadhaar could only book six tickets a month and those who were not 12 a month. The decision of the Railways was taken because of the constant demand of the passengers to change this limit.

Uttarkashi: At least 26 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine near Uttarkashi Dam in Uttarakhand. Two people were injured. The bus was carrying 28 pilgrims from Panna district of Madhya Pradesh to Yamunotri.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhomi said the local government and SDRF teams were involved in the rescue operation and the injured were being rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The district administration has been directed to provide proper treatment to the injured and expedite the rescue operation. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said arrangements have been made to treat the injured and transport the bodies to Madhya Pradesh.

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 2024 Assembly elections, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reshuffled his cabinet. A total of 21 MLAs were sworn in today to replace the ministers who resigned after being asked by the chief minister. The new cabinet, which focuses on youth, will include five women ministers. The new cabinet was formed following the resignation of 20 ministers in Odisha on Saturday.

In the run-up to the 2024 general and assembly elections, the reshuffle was aimed at bringing in new faces and bringing in young and experienced leaders from the BJD into the cabinet. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the new Convention Center at Lok Seva Bhavan in Bhubaneswar.

A total of 21 ministers, including 13 cabinet ministers and eight cabinet ministers were sworn in in the state cabinet headed by Naveen Patnaik.

Five women MLAs, including three cabinet ministers, have been included in the cabinet. In the last cabinet, there were only two women in the cabinet.

Prameela Mallik, Usha Devi and Tukuni Sahu are the new women ministers.

Jagannath Saraka, Niranjan Pujari, Ranendra Pratap Swain, Prafulla Kumar Mallik, Pratap Kesari Deb and Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak were also sworn in as new ministers among Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs. In addition, Governor Ganesh Lal administered the oath of office to Pradeep Kumar Amat, Naba Kishore Das, Ashok Chandra Panda and Rajendra Dholakia.

Sameer Ranjan Dash, Ashwini Kumar Patra, Preethi Ranjan Gharai, Sreekanta Sahu, Thusharkanthi Behra, Rohit Pujari, Rita Sahu and Basanti Hembram were among the MLAs who were included as ministers (independent charge).

It is reported that ministers out of the cabinet are likely to get important responsibilities next time.

Chennai: Seven girls drowned to death while bathing in a river. The incident took place in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The girls drowned while bathing in a river dam. The others were rescued while rescuing two children who were trapped in a vortex near the barrier.

Children between the ages of ten and eighteen died. The deceased have been identified as Monisha (16), R Priyadarshini (15), sister R Divya Darshini (10), M Navneeta (18), and K Priya (18), S Sangavi (16), and M Kumuda (18). Police have launched an investigation into the incident.

Hyderabad: Two more people have been arrested in connection with the gang-rape of a minor girl in a car. With this, the number of those arrested in the case has increased to five. Police said all the accused were Plus Two students.

The girl was brutally raped inside the car on May 28. The incident took place at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad. A 17-year-old girl was gang-raped in a car on the pretext of taking her home. Police said a case has been registered against them under various sections including POCSO and the investigation is progressing.