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Ajit Pawar plane crash | ‘Runway not in sight’: Ministry of Civil Aviation details events leading to Baramati accident

New Delhi, 28/1: The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Wednesday released the sequence of events that occurred during the plane crash in Baramati that killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and four others on board. The Learjet 45 aircraft, with registration VT-SSK, crashed while attempting to land at the Baramati airstrip. According to the…

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NIA team visits Sundarpada in Bhubaneswar after explosion

A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited the Sundarpada area in Bhubaneswar, where a powerful explosion took place on Tuesday afternoon. Bhubaneswar: A team from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited the Sundarpada area in Bhubaneswar, where a powerful explosion took place on Tuesday afternoon.The NIA team inspected the spot and questioned several people to understand the…

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Three-Year-Old Dies, Parents Injured As Motorcycle Falls Off Bridge In Bhadrak

Bhadrak: A three-year-old boy was killed and his parents sustained injuries when their motorcycle fell off a bridge on National Highway 16 near Dahania Gadia Square in Bhadrak.According to reports, the family from Mayurbhanj’s Malati Patna was heading to Bhubaneswar when the accident took place. The motor cycle they were travelling in fell off the…

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Fake Cops Nabbed in Kalahandi Extortion Case

Police in Kalahandi arrested four men late Tuesday night for impersonating officers and extorting money from residents in Palam Chhak under the Kesinga Model Police Station.The accused—Ashish Majhi, Naresh Harijan, Gopal Harijan, and Ajit Sahu—are all residents of M. Rampur in Kalahandi. According to SDPO Sandeep Majhi, the group had been targeting locals at night…

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Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar Becomes First Bollywood Film to Cross ₹1000 Crore in India, Joins Baahubali and KGF in Elite Club

Directed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar rewrote box-office records in its initial six weeks, registering consistently strong daily collections. Now in its eighth week, the spy thriller has reached a new milestone, becoming only the fourth film overall—and the only Hindi film—to achieve ₹1000 crore gross in the Indian market. The other films in this elite…

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India-EU trade deal | Cheaper therapies, autos and wine, a lot to cheer

New Delhi, 28/1: The India-EU trade deal is expected to transform healthcare access in India, especially for high-cost specialty drugs and biologics. The deal will significantly bring down the cost of advanced therapies for Indian patients. In the short-term, a mild price reduction of 10-20 per cent will happen, but the real impact will unfold…

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Banakalagi Niti of Lord Jagannath: Darshan in Puri Srimandir to remain closed for 4 hours today

Puri: Banakalagi Niti of Lord Jagannath: Darshan in Puri Srimandir to remain closed for 4 hours today. Srimandira, the famous Lord Jagannath temple in Jagannath Dham Puri of Odisha will reportedly remain shut for devotees for about 4 hours today (Wednesday) for execution of the Banakalagi ritual of the deities. The temple administration informed this.As per…

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Odisha Bandh: Protest Brings State To Standstill Over MSP, Power Tariff Demands

Bhubaneswar: A statewide bandh called by the Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) brought normal life to a grinding halt in Odisha on Wednesday, with protesters taking to the streets to press for key demands related to agriculture and public utilities. The eight-hour shutdown, which began at 6 am, saw NKS activists blocking major roads, burning tyres,…

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