Baliapal: A man died and at least five others were injured in a group clash over encroachment of a school land at Katramahal village of Nuagaon panchayat under Baliapal police limits in Balasore district Monday. The deceased has been identified as Ramchandra Giri, the headman...
Read moreSundargarh: Protesting the suspension of the chief district medical officer, district BJP unit is observing a six-hour bandh in the town Monday. The bandh was observed from 6am to 12 noon. While vehicular traffic was off the road, government offices shops and business houses downed...
Read moreKoraput (Odisha): Farmers of Boriguma block in Odisha have urged the Koraput district administration to take immediate steps to ensure construction of a canal of an irrigation project, inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ten months ago. The Telangiri Irrigation Project (TIP) was constructed at...
Read morePhulbani: In a shocking incident, a septuagenarian woman was beaten up by her son and daughter-in-law over a sum of money, following which she sought police intervention. The incident is reported from Amlapada area in Kandhamal district’s Phulbani town. A source said that the elderly...
Read moreBargarh: Employees of Tora Cooperative Sugar Mills have launched a two-day long sit-in at Bargarh Collector’s office Monday, seeking fulfillment of their demands. With just a week to go for Bijepur by-election in Bargarh district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is going to visit Bijepur in...
Read moreBerhampur: The number of leprosy patients in Ganjam district has gone up, a report said. At least 341 new patients were identified in rural areas of the district when a leprosy detection programme was conducted recently. According to sources, patients are being administered medicines under...
Read moreBerhampur: Ganjam police busted several gambling dens late Saturday and early Sunday. A total of 14 cases were registered and 93 gamblers arrested. Briefing media, Additional SP Prasant Kumar Mishra Sunday said police seized Rs 4.24 lakhs, 24 mobile phones and four motorcycles from these...
Read moreKhariar: The final round of ‘Dancing Superstar’ competition – a national level realty show – will see Mamuni Bagh, a poor tribal girl from Chalanpada village of Khariar block in Nuapada district, perform. This news has spread cheer in the district and she is receiving...
Read moreKhallikote: Khallikote police conducted an awareness programme at Gopalpur village Sunday to educate the people against superstition. The programme was conducted in the wake of the abusing of six elderly people in the village October 1 due to blind faith. The six elderly men were...
Read moreJajpur: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the state government on a petition seeking intervention against alleged illegal construction by a private company over a forest land in Kalinganagar of Jajpur district. The petition was filed by Kalinganagar Paribesh Surakshya Samiti February...
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The House Committee of the Rajya Sabha, headed by Om Mathur of the BJP, has proposed that MPs be allowed...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lowered repo rate (the rate at which the central bank lends money to...
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It requires no additional stress that India attaches great importance to its ties with Bangladesh – a nation reborn by...
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Afghanistan is again at the cross-roads. Presidential polls on Saturday was not trouble-free but, significantly, Taliban fighters could not stage...
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