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Puri horror: Youth attacks parents and Police with knife

Puri, August 18: A shocking incident was reported from Ganeshwarpur village under Gop police station limits in Puri district on Tuesday, where a youth allegedly attacked his parents with a knife and later assaulted police personnel who arrived to apprehend him.According to reports, Bikram Rath, the only son of Ganeshwarpur resident Ramachandra Rath, allegedly attacked…

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Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahato ends hunger strike

Ranchi: Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahto has ended his hunger strike after the state government cancelled the JSSC-CGL examination and other recruitment conducted by TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL).Mahto was on 16 day hunger strike because of the irregularities and paper leaks in government recruitment examination. During his hunger strike to monitor his…

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Rayagada Police Bust Inter-District Robbery Gang; 12 Arrested

Rayagada: In a major breakthrough, Rayagada police have arrested 12 members of an inter-district robbery gang involved in a series of theft and loot cases that had been troubling the district for several months.The police also recovered a significant quantity of gold, silver, vehicles, mobile phones and tools used in the crimes.District Superintendent of Police…

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Hirakud Dam Opens 10 Gates, Downstream Stations Record High Discharge

Hirakud Dam authorities have opened three additional sluice gates to manage rising water levels amid significant rainfall in the catchment areas.With this, a total of 10 gates (7 on the left and 3 on the right) are now operational.According to the latest gauge discharge data, several downstream stations are recording high flows. Khairmal reported the…

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3 critical as Daringbadi-Bhubaneswar bus overturns on Nayagarh bypass

Nayagarh: At least three people were seriously injured after a private passenger bus overturned on the Nayagarh bypass in Odisha early Tuesday morning.The bus was travelling from Daringbadi to Bhubaneswar when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn. Around 40 passengers were on board at the time of the accident.Following…

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Company putting our lives in danger: 16 Indian sailors refuse high-risk Strait of Hormuz transit, send SOS to govt

New Delhi, 18/8: The Forward Seamen’s Union of India (FSUI) has issued an SOS alert regarding the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel AM Pioneer with 16 Indian crew members, alleging that the shipowners are pressuring the captain and crew to transit the highly volatile Strait of Harmouz. In a post on X, the maritime union said the…

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Jharkhand students’ stir: JSSC-CGL exams to be cancelled, CM Soren orders inquiry into all errors since 2014; Mahto ends hunger strike

Ranchi, 18/7: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday announced that the government had decided to cancel the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level examination (JSSC-CGL) examinations, as well as everything associated with Technocratic Dynamos Pvt. Ltd. (TDPL), including the examinations conducted, the results published, the candidates selected or who participated, and all other activities…

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NYC Mayor Mamdani speaks in Bangla, Mandarin, Spanish to promote free Broadway tickets to students

New York, 17/8: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is getting rave reviews for his multilingual proficiencies after he released videos of himself speaking in Bangla, Mandarin and Spanish, apart from English, about an initiative to give free theatre tickets to city high schoolers. In the videos posted on X, Mamdani speaks in Bangla, Mandarin…

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Karnataka Assembly sees disruption over scam-hit minister’s re-induction in Cabinet

Bengaluru, 17/8: The proceedings in the Karnataka Assembly were disrupted on Monday as the NDA insisted on the resignation of scam-accused Planning, Programme Monitoring & Statistics Minister B Nagendra. BJP-JD(S) MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka protested Nagendra’s re-induction into the Cabinet (he had resigned after allegations of embezzlement of Rs 187…

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Ram mandir donation theft: Supreme Court allows public suggestions for SIT probing fund theft charges

New Delhi, 17/8: In a significant move aimed at ensuring a thorough probe, the Supreme Court on Monday permitted petitioners and other public-spirited individuals to submit suggestions to the Solicitor General’s office on aspects that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) should investigate regarding alleged theft of donations received by the Ram Mandir trust in Ayodhya….

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