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Trump says US has captured Venezuela President Maduro

Washington DC, 3/1:  President Donald Trump on Saturday ​said that the ‌United States ⁠had captured ‌Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and ​flown them out of the country. The United States ‌of ‌America has successfully carried ⁠out a large scale strike against Venezuela and ⁠its ⁠leader, President Nicolas Maduro, ‌who ‌has been, along with…

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Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of ‘minors in minimal clothing on X

Washington DC, 3/1: Musk’s ​xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements ​were being made to prevent this. Screenshots shared by users on X showed Grok’s ‌public media tab filled with images that users ⁠said…

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Labour Ministry proposes 90-day annual work threshold for gig worker social security

New Delhi, 3/1: The Labour Ministry has proposed a 90-day annual work threshold as the mandatory eligibility criteria for gig and platform workers to access social security under new draft rules on the Social Security Code 2020, published on December 31. The four labour codes, including the Social Security Code 2020, were notified on November…

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Delhi Red Fort blast: NIA conducts raids in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian, brings accused on site

Srinagar, 2/1: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches on Friday in south Kashmir’s Shopian and adjacent Pulwama districts in connection with the November 10, 2025 car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort, officials said. The operation forms part of an ongoing investigation into what security agencies have described as a sophisticated “white-collar terror module” behind…

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SRI JAYA KUMAR JUAD, FORESTER, O/O FOREST RANGE OFFICER, BISWANATHPUR, LANJIGARH, DIST-KALAHANDI ARRESTED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF GOVT FUNDS OVER RS 55 LAKHS UNDER CAMPA/CA/CPA.

Sri Jaya Kumar Juad, Forester was arrested by Odisha Vigilance for misappropriation of Govt funds over Rs.55 lakhs by preparing false Muster Rolls and Vouchers in SMC works at plantation sites under Th.Rampur Forest Section, Dist-Kalahandi. The investigation reveals a systematic embezzlement of government funds amounting to ₹55,04,607 (Rupees Fifty-Five Lakh four thousand six hundred…

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Karnataka polls survey findings don’t disprove ‘vote chori’, says CM Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru, 2/1: Findings of the 2024 Lok Sabha poll survey, commissioned by the Election Commission, do not disprove “serious concerns about electoral malpractice” that top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has raised, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said.In an elaborate statement, Siddaramaiah said the contentious survey, whose report has been recalled by the government after it was…

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Modern Office Canteen at OSRTC Corporate Office Inaugurated

Bhubaneswar, :The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) today inaugurated a modern and well-equipped office canteen at its Corporate Office, Paribahan Bhavan, Bhubaneswar. The canteen was formally inaugurated by Smt. Usha Padhee, Principal Secretary, Commerce & Transport Department, in the presence of Shri N. B. S. Rajput, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, OSRTC, and Shri Amitav Thakur, Transport…

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EX-PRINCIPAL & EX-PRESIDENT, CHITALO DEGREE MOHAVIDYALAYA, JAJPUR ARRESTED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF GOVT. FUNDS OVER RS.32 LAKHS

Today, Sri Adwaita Prasad Mallick, Ex-Principal, A/p Lecturer in Odia and Sri Badri Narayan Ray, Ex-President both of Chitalo Degree Mohavidyalaya, Jajpur were arrested by Odisha Vigilance for misappropriation of Govt. funds over Rs.32,07,620/- meant for self-defence programme of girls of the said college. In this connection, Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No.40 dt.31.12.2025 U/s- 13…

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EX-PRINCIPAL & EX-PRESIDENT, CHITALO DEGREE MOHAVIDYALAYA, JAJPUR ARRESTED BY ODISHA VIGILANCE FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF GOVT. FUNDS OVER RS.32 LAKHS

Chitalo, 2/1: Today, Sri Adwaita Prasad Mallick, Ex-Principal, A/p Lecturer in Odia and Sri Badri Narayan Ray, Ex-President both of Chitalo Degree Mohavidyalaya, Jajpur were arrested by Odisha Vigilance for misappropriation of Govt. funds over Rs.32,07,620/-meant for self-defence programme of girls of the said college.   In this connection, Cuttack Vigilance PS Case No.40 dt.31.12.2025…

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