Odisha records 73.50% voter turnout in second phase of LS, Assembly polls
Low-pressure area forms over Bay of Bengal, IMD predicts rain in Odisha
Lack of jobs forcing Joda people to migrate
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Maoist camps busted
Nuapada: Jawans of the Special Operations Group (SOG) seized Tuesday huge quantities of arms, ammunitions, other incriminating materials and Maoist literature while conducting searches near Sibanarayanpur village inside Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary under Komana police limits in this district, Nuapada SP...
Decide a limit on serving liquor as customers drive vehicles to return home: Court on Pune car crash
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Read moreSwati Maliwal assault case: CM Kejriwal’s ex-PS Bibhav Kumar taken to three locations in Mumbai
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s former personal secretary (PS) Bibhav Kumar, who is accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha member and former DCW chief Swati Maliwal, was taken to three locations in Mumbai, said police sources privy to the probe. “Kumar had formatted his phone in one of the locations, which was revealed after technical investigation,” said the source. According to police, Kumar had formatted his phone May 17,...
Read moreNetanyahu says he has no plans for Israeli settlements in Gaza
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US media that Israel has no plans to build settlements in the Gaza Strip once the war there is over. "Resettling Gaza... was never in the cards," Netanyahu said in an interview with the US broadcaster CNN Tuesday. "Some of my constituents are not happy about it, but that's my position." Several of the right-wing nationalist Ministers in Netanyahu's coalition had repeatedly...
Read moreConscious decision by Congress to contest on lesser seats to keep INDIA bloc together: Kharge
New Delhi: The Congress has consciously contested on a lesser number of seats in this Lok Sabha election as part of a strategy to keep the INDIA bloc together and defeat the BJP, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said. In an interview with PTI, he said this does not exhibit "under-confidence" on the part of the party as the "compromise was struck to ensure victory of the united opposition while giving...
Read moreMonks to take out rally in Kolkata to protest Mamata Banerjee’s remarks
Kolkata: Monks of West Bengal have decided to bring out a rally in Kolkata May 24 in protest against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks against some monks of Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevasharam Sangha. The 'Sant Swabhiman Yatra' will be organised in north Kolkata by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and members of the Bangiya Sanyasi Samaj, an apex body of monks in West Bengal. The participants of the rally will...
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Modric pens emotional farewell message for midfield partner Toni Kroos
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Odisha records 73.50% voter turnout in second phase of LS, Assembly polls
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded a voter turnout of 73.50 per cent in the second round of polls to five Lok Sabha seats and 35 Assembly segments, the Election Commission said. The highest polling of 79.78 per cent was registered in the Bargarh seat followed by Bolangir (77.52 per cent), Kandhamal (74.13 per cent), Sundargarh (73.02 per cent) and...
Low-pressure area forms over Bay of Bengal, IMD predicts rain in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area has formed in the Bay of Bengal and under its influence northern Odisha districts are likely to receive rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Wednesday. The low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh coast is very likely to move north-eastwards and will turn into...
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Joe Biden accuses Trump of using ‘Hitler’s language’ in newspaper mock-up
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