Bhubaneswar: BJP state spokesperson Anil Biswal Wednesday alleged that the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report had exposed large-scale irregularities in the utilisation of mining-related funds during the previous BJD government headed by Naveen Patnaik. Addressing a press conference at the BJP state...
Bhubaneswar: Construction of tourism infrastructure in protected forest areas in violation of the Forest Conservation Act and operation of 20 government-run Panthanivas without mandatory fire safety certificates, besides substantial financial mismanagement, have come under the spotlight in a CAG audit of Odisha's coastal tourism sector....
Kataka: A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) seized nearly 116 kg of ganja from Puri-LTT Express at Cuttack railway station and arrested five people. The seized contraband, weighing 115.93 kg, was found in seven trolley bags and...
Baleshwar/Nayagada: More than 30 villages in Baleshwar's Bhograi block remained waterlogged Wednesday, while three days of incessant rain inundated agricultural fields in Nayagada, damaging paddy, vegetables and other crops and adding to the woes of residents and farmers, sources said. In Bhograi, more than 30...
New Delhi: INDIA bloc Wednesday finalised a joint action plan over the SIR row, including holding rallies and 'save democracy marches', with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asserting that all parties agreed that elections should be held through ballot papers instead of EVMs. The Opposition grouping...
Mumbai: Filmmaker-host Karan Johar Wednesday announced that he is ending his popular celebrity chat show, "Koffee With Karan", with its upcoming ninth season, set to premiere on JioHotstar October 14. Johar, who began the show in 2004 and invited a host of prominent celebrities from...
Kathmandu: Prime Minister Balendra Shah will make a "meaningful" and "result-oriented" visit to India at an appropriate time, although no date has been finalised, Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters upon his arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport after attending the 81st session...
New Delhi: Observing that total ban on firecrackers will hurt sentiments, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will neither impose complete prohibition, nor allow round-the-clock fireworks. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale said a middle ground was needed to be found...
New Delhi: "Sengol", installed in the new Parliament building in 2023, is now part of NCERT's Class 9 Social Science textbook, which describes it as a "cultural marker of rulership and good governance" and links its tradition to the Chola period. The book titled "Understanding...
Guwahati: India opted to bowl against the West Indies in the second ODI Wednesday. Pacer Auqib Nabi was handed his debut cap for India. He made the playing eleven in place of Nitish Reddy. The West Indies made as many as four changes. India led...
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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