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Malegaon Blast case reached dead end: Bombay High Court raps NIA for overlooking evidence

Mumbai, 23/4: The 2006 Malegaon blasts case “seems to have reached a dead end,” the Bombay High Court has said while discharging four accused and pulling up the NIA for “completely ignoring” the evidence collected by the previous probing agency. The high court’s order on Wednesday left unanswered the question of who was responsible for…

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Trump reposts controversial letter calling India, China ‘hellholes’ amid citizenship debate

Washington DC, 23/4:US President Donald Trump has reposted a controversial letter on his platform, Truth Social, that refers to countries such as India and China as “hellholes” while arguing against birthright citizenship in the United States. In the reposted text, the author criticises the policy of granting automatic citizenship to those born on US soil….

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Berhampur Businessman Murder Case: Mastermind Arrested in Surat

Odisha Police arrested the mastermind behind the kidnapping and murder of Berhampur businessman Sudhir Kumar Patra.The accused, Surya Pratap, was caught in Surat after evading arrest for a week.Police confirmed that Surya Pratap, a native of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, had been hiding in Surat since the murder. Odisha Police worked with the Surat Crime…

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Elephant In ‘Queue’ Outside Bengal’s Jhargram Voting Booth Causes Brief Alarm

Kolkata: An elephant was seen in the voting line prior to the commencement of the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal, causing alarm among voters on Thursday morning. This unexpected occurrence in Jhargram’s Jitushol led to a brief disturbance at the polling station. Subsequently, officials from the forest department arrived at the scene and…

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Jagatsinghpur Bride-To-Be Found Murdered; Accused Held From Jamshedpur

Jagatsinghpur: In a shocking incident, the body of a young woman was recovered from a moong bean field near Kathiapada under Sadar police limits in Jagatsinghpur district.The deceased has been identified as Dolly alias Sasmita Das, daughter of Promod Das, a resident of Kathiapada village.According to police sources, Sasmita was brutally murdered, and the family…

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Odisha sizzles under severe heatwave, rain likely in south

Bhubaneswar: Odisha remained in the grip of  severe heatwave as temperatures surged across coastal and western regions, with the India Meteorological Department warning that the conditions are likely to persist for at least five more days.Heatwave conditions were reported in Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Bolangir districts, while a yellow warning was issued for 17 districts, including Ganjam,…

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Ragging allegation surfaces at VSSUT, 4 seniors penalised

Sambalpur: A fresh ragging incident has been reported at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology in Sambalpur, raising concerns over campus safety. The complaint involves a Mechanical Engineering student who was allegedly harassed by four senior students.Following an investigation by the university’s anti-ragging cell and a fact-finding team, authorities imposed monetary penalties on the accused….

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Odisha land dealer kidnapped, murdered after ₹2 crore ransom demand

Berhampur: A land dealer from Gopalpur in odisha s Ganjam district, who was abducted and held for ransom, has been found murdered. The deceased, Sudhir Patra of Satyanarayanpur village under Gopalpur police limits, was kidnapped on April 15 while he was on the road. Soon after the abduction, the kidnappers contacted his wife through a WhatsApp…

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