Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is probing the money laundering angle in the high-profile honey-trap case in Odisha, questioned prime accused Archana Nag's associate Shradhanjali Behera and driver Chandan Friday. Shradhanjali appeared before the ED for the second time, while Chandan was questioned by...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly Friday witnessed a ruckus over the farmers issue by both treasury and opposition members forcing Speaker BK Arukha to adjourn the proceeding twice till the post lunch session. As soon as the House assembled for Question Hour at 10.30 am, the...
Bhubaneswar: Be it the all-consuming wildfires that ravaged the American West or the devastating heat waves that swept through Southern Europe, extreme weather events, so common nowadays, remind us again and again of the ruin we have made of our planet. Though climate change, the...
Bhubaneswar: Amid ruckus by Opposition BJP and Congress over Archana Nag blackmailing case, the state government Thursday tabled a Supplementary Budget of Rs 16,800 crore for financial year (FY) 2022- 23 in the state Assembly. Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Pradip Kumar Amat presented...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has directed that the film DAMaN be screened in all districts of the state and has made it tax-free. The health and family welfare department has issued detailed instructions to the collectors of the districts to book theatre halls for the purpose....
Bhubaneswar: As the Odisha Assembly's winter session commenced Thursday, the House wore the look of pre-Covid days with members, without wearing masks, freely mingling among themselves in the absence of social distancing norms. No hand sanitiser or soaps were kept at select spots as was...
Bhubaneswar: 'Dharitri Youth Conclave 2022 on Climate Change: The Power of Youth’ began Thursday at Hotel Swosti Premium in Bhubaneswar. This year, several talented young climate activists from different parts of the country are participating as expert panelists and will share their views about what should...
Bhubaneswar: To keep a check on vehicles plying without valid documents, the Odisha government is going to roll out an e-detection portal on national highways with effect from January 1, 2023. For a vehicle to ply on a road, it is mandatory to have valid...
Bhubaneswar: The winter session of the Odisha Assembly which will commence Thursday is likely to be stormy as Opposition BJP and Congress have announced that they would raise many important issues to corner the government. The BJP Legislature Party meeting chaired by Leader of Opposition...
New Delhi: The Odisha government Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it has increased the duty call-up allowance (DCA) for home guard jawans from Rs 300 per day to Rs 416 per day, a hike of over 38 per cent. The apex court had in...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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