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67 Odisha cops to receive gallantry medals on Independence Day
Angul registers 216 unnatural deaths owing to drowning, snakebite, lightning in 6 years
Angul registers 216 unnatural deaths owing to drowning, snakebite, lightning in 6 years
STF seizes 990 kg cannabis from West Bengal bound truck in Balasore district
Conjoined-twins survivor Jaga gets newborn sister Subhadra
ACF Soumya death: Probe handed over to Crime Branch
Paralakhemundi: Odisha Police DG Abhay has directed Crime Branch to investigate Paralakhemundi assistant conservator of forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra’s death case, a top police official said Saturday. According to Crime Branch ADG Sanjeev Panda, a three-member investigating team has...
67 Odisha cops to receive gallantry medals on Independence Day
Bhubaneswar: As many as 67 police personnel from Odisha will be conferred with gallantry medals on the occasion of Independence Day this year. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Saturday announced a list of 1,380 police personnel from across...
Angul registers 216 unnatural deaths owing to drowning, snakebite, lightning in 6 years
Angul: As many as 216 people died unnatural deaths caused by drowning, snakebite and lightning in Angul district in the last six years, official data shows. According to information shared by the government, among the 216 unnatural death cases reported from...
STF seizes 990 kg cannabis from West Bengal bound truck in Balasore district
Balasore: A team of special task force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch raided a truck near Mathani Chhack on NH-60 in Basta area of Balasore district Friday afternoon and seized 990.6 kilogram of cannabis from the vehicle which was on...
Conjoined-twins survivor Jaga gets newborn sister Subhadra
Phulbani: Conjoined twins survivor Jaga from Melupada village in Kandhamal district, who had lost his brother Balia last year following separation, has got a newborn sister, his family said Saturday. According to Jaga’s father Bhuan Kanhar, the family is happy...
ACF Soumya death: Probe handed over to Crime Branch
Paralakhemundi: Odisha Police DG Abhay has directed Crime Branch to investigate Paralakhemundi assistant conservator of forests (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra’s death case, a top police official said Saturday. According to Crime Branch ADG Sanjeev Panda, a three-member investigating team has...
Online exams for FM University students
Balasore: Fakir Mohan University Friday conceded the students’ demand to hold online examinations given the difficulties ensued by the Covid pandemic. This followed protests by the students, Friday. Buckling under pressure, the university authorities announced that the Plus-III third semester...
Odisha Plus II Arts, Vocational results announced
Bhubaneswar: Results of Plus II Arts and Vocational stream examinations conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha were announced Saturday. School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash announced the results at CHSE office. The pass percentage in Arts stream is 98.58. A total of 1,89,363 candidates had appeared...
Read moreParliament ‘temple of country’s democracy’, says Prez Kovind, days after ruckus and disruptions
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday said Parliament is the "temple of the country's democracy" which provides the highest forum to discuss, debate and decide issues for the well-being of people, remarks that came against the backdrop of the continuous disruptions that led to the abrupt curtailment of the tumultuous Monsoon session. In a televised address to the nation on the eve of the 75th Independence Day, the President also...
Read morePetrol, diesel rates nearing a month without any revision
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices in the country remained static for the 28th consecutive day Saturday. Accordingly, in the national capital, petrol continues to be sold for Rs 101.84 per litre, while diesel is also being sold at the unchanged price of Rs 89.87 a litre Saturday. Across the country as well, fuel prices remained unchanged providing some relief to consumers already feeling the heat of higher inflation that has...
Read moreJuly 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded
New York: The month of July has been marked as the world's hottest month ever recorded, and it remains very likely that 2021 will rank among the 10-warmest years on record, new data has revealed. According to new global data released by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), extreme heat is also a reflection of the long-term changes outlined in a major report released this week by the Intergovernmental...
Read moreIndia reports 38,667 new coronavirus cases, 478 fresh fatalities
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 38,667 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,21,56,493, while the death toll rose to 4,30,732 with 478 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The ministry said the country has now reported less than 50,000 daily new cases for 48 consecutive days. The active cases have increased to 3,87,673 (1.21 per cent of the total...
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Govt buildings decked up ahead of Independence Day celebrations in Bhubaneswar Preparations in final stages at Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar ahead of Independence Day Customers buy National Flags from a street vendor near Keshari Talkies in Bhubaneswar Murals being painted on Doordarshan office road in Bhubaneswar to raise awareness on...
Pakistan reopens Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing after talks with Taliban
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Search operation for 2 missing pilots enters 12th day
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More US Marines arrive in Kabul to aid urgent embassy airlift
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Govinda choreographed SRK for ‘Om Shanti Om’
Mumbai: Farah Khan recently had some interesting revelations about how she asked Govinda to choreograph Shah Rukh Khan during the shoot of 'Deewangi Deewangi' song of 'Om Shanti Om'. She shared this interesting incident on the 'Zee Comedy Show'. Farah is the judge of the show. "Govinda's jodi with Ganesh Acharya was so good that I felt...
Friends show up for Juhu wedding of Anil Kapoor’s daughter Rhea
Mumbai: The extended family of Anil and Sunita Kapoor showed up in shimmering finery for the wedding of their daughter, film producer Rhea Kapoor, sister of Sonam and Harshvardhan Kapoor, with her long-time boyfriend Karan Boolani. Although the Kapoors did not make any official announcement on this milestone event in their family, the activity outside their Juhu...
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: Congress accuses Modi of ‘divisive politics’
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Parliament ‘temple of country’s democracy’, says Prez Kovind, days after ruckus and disruptions
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday said Parliament is the "temple of the country's democracy" which provides the highest forum to discuss, debate and decide issues for the well-being of people, remarks that came against the backdrop of the continuous disruptions that led to the abrupt curtailment of the tumultuous Monsoon session. In a televised address...
Blast in school triggers fresh tension along Assam-Mizoram border
Silchar (Assam): There was fresh tension along the disputed Assam-Mizoram border after some unidentified miscreants detonated a moderate intensity bomb in a government school in Assam on Friday midnight, police said Saturday. Police said that the explosion damaged the floor and wall of the Sahebmara Punjee Lower Primary school in Gutguti area in Hailakandi district adjoining Kolasib district...
