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OAS transfer in Odisha: Several officers given new appointments

Bhubaneswar: Several Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers have been transferred with new appointments, informed the General Administration & Public Grievance (GA&PG) Department of Odisha government. As per the notification issued by the department, OAS officer Judhisthir Naik the Registrar of the Rajendra University in Balangir district has been transferred and posted as the Additional District…

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Sundargarh: Bus plunges 10 feet down the road, 1 killed, over 40 injured

Sundargarh: A private passenger bus reportedly plunged 10 feet down the road which left one dead and 40 others injured on the Telendihi-Tangarmunda road in Sundargarh district today. The private bus –Maa Samaleswari- bearing registration no. OD-23R-0347) was going towards Sundargarh from the Kinjirkela area at around 1:10 PM. However, it skidded off the road and…

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Odisha: 505 people killed in road accidents in one month, snakebite claims 1,859 lives in two years

Bhubaneswar: As many as 505 people were killed in road accidents during the safety awareness month, which was held between January 1, 2025 and January 31, 2025 in Odisha, informed Transport Minister Bibhuti Jena. In his reply to a question of Nayagarh MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo at the State assembly today, the Transport Minister said…

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ED conducts raids in gold smuggling case involving Karnataka actor Ranya Rao, others

Bengaluru, 13/3: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided multiple locations in Bengaluru and some other places as part of a money laundering probe linked to probe “larger conspiracy” into an alleged gold smuggling racket in which an actor was recently arrested by the DRI in Karnataka. A case has been filed under the Prevention of…

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Person of interest identified in disappearance of Indian student in Dominican Republic: Report

New York, 13/3: The US authorities have identified a 24-year-old man as person of interest in the case of a 20-year-old Indian student who has mysteriously gone missing during a spring break visit to the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States, was last seen on…

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Man Arrested For Killing Two Minor Sons To Get Married Again In Nayagarh

Bhubaneswar: Fategarh police arrested a person on charges of strangling his two sons to death and then hanging their bodies to make it look like a suicide. As per reports, a 14-year-old boy and his 12-year-old brother were found hanging by their family members at Dhananchengada village under Fategarh police station in Nayagarh district on…

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ISRO undocks Spadex satellites, paves way for India’s lunar exploration

New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Thursday announced the successful completion of its SpaDeX mission’s space de-docking, marking a significant milestone in India’s future in space exploration. Union Minister Jitendra Singh extended his congratulations to the ISRO team after the “SPADEX satellites accomplished the unbelievable de-docking” and said that the event was “heartening…

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