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Bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi stolen from Indian community centre in Australia

Melbourne, 3/2:A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been stolen from the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville, Melbourne. The statue which was gifted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi was unveiled on November 12, 2021, by former Australian PM Scott Morrison. The statue held significant cultural, historical, and symbolic importance…

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“If the police don’t fire, should they get shot instead?’: Yogi Adityanath on encounters in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, 3/2: Days after the Allahabad High Court’s sharp rebuke on the rising trend of the police shooting the accused in the legs during alleged encounters, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the police had been trained to makethe “criminals understand in a language that they understood”

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Eight Opposition MPs suspended from Lok Sabha for disrupting proceedings, throwing papers at Chair

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha suspended eight opposition MPs on Tuesday for “disrupting” the House proceedings and throwing papers towards the Chair for the remainder of the Budget Session. The opposition MPs — Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Manickam Tagore, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Hibi Eden, C. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Prashant Yadaorao Padole, S. Venkatesh, and Dean Kuriakose — are from…

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Operation Green Clean: Cannabis crops worth ₹4.5 crore destroyed in Odisha’s Koraput

Koraput: Cracking down hard on illegal drug cultivation in odisha the Excise Department and koraputt Police under Operation Green Clean have destroyed large scale cannabis plantations worth crores in the district. In a major joint operation, the team conducted a raid in Boipariguda area and destroyed cannabis plants worth over ₹4.5 crore, cultivated across 38 acres of forest…

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Mukhyamantri Kanya Bibaha Yojana; guidelines and eligibility explained

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister’s Kanya Vivah Yojana to be launched from today in Odisha. The Chief Minister’s Kanya Vivah Yojana to be launched in Odisha today. The scheme will be launched at Maa Tara Tarani Pitha in Ganjam district. The Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah Yojana will be launched by the Chief Minister from Ganjam. The Mukhyamantri Kanya…

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Bus Hits Tree in Malkangiri, Passengers Safe

A passenger bus named Patra Maa Bankeswari met with an accident near Pushuguda Chhak in Malkangiri district early Tuesday morning when it lost balance and struck a roadside tree.The bus, bearing registration number OD 30F 5119, was travelling from Motu towards Malkangiri around 6 a.m. when the mishap occurred. Fortunately, no passengers sustained injuries. However, the front…

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People-focused diplomacy: CM Majhi congratulates PM Modi on US tariff deal

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the India-US trade deal and the reduction in the tariffs, describing the development as a historic advancement in the economic ties between the two countries.Taking to his X handle, CM Majhi wrote, “A historic advancement in India-United States economic relations, setting a…

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Two restaurants serving alcohol without licence raided; 2 held

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Excise department, during a special drive, raided two restaurants at separate locations in the City for serving alcohol without a valid liquor licence, seized 22.5 litres of liquor, and arrested the owners, excise officials said Monday. Excise officials raided Hunger Hacker near Pandra and Mawa Restaurant in the Patia area, seizing 7.5 litres…

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Malkangiri TPSODL Jr Engineer, Associate Caught Taking Rs 20K Bribe

Odisha Vigilance officials today apprehended Pradesh Prasad Nayak, Junior Engineer (JE), TPSODL, Malkangiri, and his associate Bhanjakishor Swain, while they were demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a bricks factory owner in exchange for providing an electricity connection.The Vigilance team caught the duo near the main gate of the office while they…

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