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Odisha Government effects IAS reshuffle

Bhubaneswar, 3/8:In a big development, Odisha government  effected a small reshuffle in the IAS cadre and appointed senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi as Principal Secretary of Higher Education Department. Arabinda Kumar Padhee, who returned from Central deputation, has been appointed as Principal Secretary to Government, Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment department

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Bengal cabinet rejig: Nine including Babul Supriyo take oath as ministers

Kolkata, 3/8: Nine MLAs, including Babul Supriyo, took oath as ministers in West Bengal on Wednesday, in a major reshuffle of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet. Supriyo, along with Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmik, Udayan Guha and Pradip Majumdar were sworn in as cabinet ministers at Raj Bhavan by Governor La Ganesan.   Birbaha Hansda, a…

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Taiwan will not back down, says President Tsai as China readies military drills over Pelosi visit

Taiwan, 3/8:Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen struck a defiant tone Wednesday as she hosted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a furious China gearing up for major military exercises around the island in retaliation for the visit.     Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday despite a series of increasingly stark warnings and threats from Beijing,…

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Congress to step up attack on government in Parliamnet after raid on Herald House

New Delhi, 3/8:Congress will up the ante against the misuse of central agencies inside and outside Parliament on Wednesday after searches in ‘National Herald’.     Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge decided to skip Siddaramaiah’s birthday bash in Karnataka and stay in the capital to visit Herald House and stand in…

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India beat Singapore 3-1, win table tennis gold at Commonwealth Games

Brimingham, 2/8: Harmeet Desai raised his game in the decisive singles as the Indian men’s table tennis team retained its Commonwealth Games gold medal after a close fight against Singapore here on Tuesday.     World no. 121 Harmeet outsmarted 133rd-ranked Zhe Yu Clarence Chew 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 in the third singles to ensure India’s…

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India bags historic gold in women’s four lawn bowl event at CWG

Brimingham, 2/8: The India lawn bowls team bagged a historic gold medal at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday, a day after getting the country hooked to the rarely-followed game with their inspiring show.     The Indian quartet of Lovely Choubey (lead), Pinki (second), Nayanmoni Saikia (third) and Rupa Rani Tirkey (slip) beat South Africa…

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NABET Rankings: KIIT Polytechnic Adjudged Odisha’s Best

Bhubaneswar, : KIIT Polytechnic has been ranked as the best polytechnic in Odisha among all the state and private-run polytechnics by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET), a constituent Board of Quality Council of India (QCI). The results were declared today. This is the first time that the rankings of the polytechnics in…

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