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Ex-SC judge urges Modi, Odisha, Chhattisgarh CMs to resolve Mahanadi row

New Delhi: Calling for an urgent political intervention to end the decades-long Mahanadi river water dispute, retired Supreme Court judge Justice V Gopala Gowda Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Ministers of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to come to the mediation table and settle it. Addressing the Mahanadi Sansad, Gowda said the issue remained…

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Police SI exam scam: Odisha Police issues lookout circular against absconding accused persons

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Crime Branch, which has intensified its probe into the police sub-inspector (SI) recruitment scam, has reportedly issued lookout circular against the absconding accused persons. Apart from issuing the lookout circular against the absconding accused persons, police also froze the bank accounts of 10 accused persons including key conspirators Sankar Prusty and Muna Mohanty, informed sources. The…

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Odisha: Youth held for ‘spreading hate speech’ on social media

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Police have arrested a youth for spreading communal hatred through social media, a senior officer said  Monday. The cybercrime police arrested the accused, identified as Arshad Alli (19), on Sunday night in connection with a case registered based on a written complaint lodged by an individual on October 9 this year, the police said….

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Odisha Dy CM terms Mamata’s advice to female boarders not to venture out at night as ‘disappointing’

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Monday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s advice to female boarders to not venture out late at night as “disappointing.” Deputy CM Parida, who is also in charge of the Women and Child Development department, strongly denounced Banerjee’s advice to female boarders not to go out at night….

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TMC, BJP trade barbs over Durgapur rape case as ‘Aparajita Bill’ row resurfaces

Kolkata, 13/10: A fresh political slugfest erupted on Monday after the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, as the TMC and BJP locked horns over the fate of the stalled Aparajita Bill, the Mamata Banerjee government’s proposed law to toughen punishment for crime against women. While the opposition BJP accused her government…

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IRCTC Scam: Delhi court frames criminal conspiracy charges against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav

New Delhi, 13/10: The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi on Monday framed corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating charges against former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the IRCTC Scam case, Bar and Bench reported. The case pertains to alleged corruption in the tender of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri. Along with Lalu,…

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