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Polluted Drinking Water Triggers Kidney Health Crisis in Odisha’s Malkangiri

Malkangiri: The number of kidney patients is steadily increasing in odisha’s malkangiri district. Contaminated driking water  is being seen as the main reason behind the growing number of cases.According to available information, more than 300 people were found suffering from kidney-related ailments between April 2025 and January 2026. Over half of these patients belong to the Kalimela block, which has…

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Police bus suffers break fail, yet driver manages to save hundreds of protesters in Rayagada,

Rayagada: A police bus suffered brake failure in Rayagada district of Odisha today. However, the alert driver managed to save the lives of hundreds of protestors. The incident was witnessed this morning at Siriguda Chhaka in Rayagada.As per reports, Bharat Bandh was being observed today, called by Trade Unions. Since morning, protestors had taken to…

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E-mail to Epstein only to explore India’s potential for business: Hardeep Singh Puri

New Delhi, 12/2: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday, responding to Rahul Gandhi’s charges linking the former to Epstein files, denied any wrongdoings and said that he had met the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein only “three or maximum four times” In his clarification, Puri said that his e-mail to Epstein was related…

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Congress-led UPA govt had sold country’s farmers & poor to WTO in 2013′: Sitharaman attacks Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, 11/2: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday hit back at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, claiming he was advising the Centre on how to conduct trade negotiations, while the Congress-led UPA government “surrendered before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2013 and sold the farmers, the poor and the country.” In her nearly…

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One dead, two critically injured, one arrested in stabbing over minor dispute

SUBARNAPUR, 11/2 —A stabbing incident has taken place in Binika Nuapada, in Subarnapur district. One person died and two others were seriously injured in the stabbing. According to information, on 10/02/2026 at around 10.35 pm, Shambhu Meher of Nuapada, Binika town, was stabbed to death by three accused near Charan shop and left in a…

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Wangchuk’s health 24 times, he is hale and hearty’: Centre tells Supreme Court

New Delhi, 2/11: The Union government on Wednesday claimed before the Supreme Court that activist Sonam Wangchuk, detained under the National Security Act, has been examined medically 24-times since his detention and he is “fit, hale and hearty” and there is nothing alarming. The court, however, questioned the grounds for detaining Wangchuk under the National…

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Bangladesh gears up to hold crucial elections on Thursday amid high security

Dhaka, 11/2: Bangladesh will hold crucial parliamentary elections on Thursday, 18 months after an interim government took charge following the collapse of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year regime in massive country-wide deadly protests. Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold crucial parliamentary elections on Thursday, 18 months after an interim government took charge following the collapse of Prime…

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Students return uniforms, boycott classes over teacher shortage in Odisha school

In a rare and symbolic protest, students of Kakharuni U.G. U.P. School under Pattamundai block in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Wednesday returned their school uniforms and boycotted classes, demanding the appointment of more teachers in their school. The agitating students neither entered their classrooms nor took their mid-day meal, expressing their dissatisfaction over the acute shortage of…

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