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4 houses and 40 quintals of paddy gutted in fire from mosquito coil in Balasore

Balasore: In a tragic incident, as many as four houses and 40 quintals of paddy were allegedly gutted in the fire after a cowshed caught fire. The incident happened on Wednesday night after a fire broke out in the cowshed in Ishan village under Bangalpur gram panchayat under Simulia police station in Balasore district.According to…

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Gambhir lets out his anger at senior players after Melbourne loss, says report

Melbourne, 1/1: India’s loss in the Melbourne Test match in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia has reportedly opened a can of worms within the dressing room. The loss compounded with the poor form of two senior batters — skipper Rohit Sharma and ex-captain Virat Kohli — has reportedly resulted in coach Gautam Gambhir losing…

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Stuck in borewell since Dec 23, three-year-old finally rescued in Rajasthan

Jaipur, 1/1: The three-year-old girl, who fell in a borewell in Rajasthan’s Kotputli on December 23 was finally rescued by officials on Wednesday. In perhaps one of the longest rescue operations in Rajasthan, efforts to pull out the girl from of a 150-foot deep borewell in Kotputli-Behror district finally materialised nine days after the incident….

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2024 warmest year in India since 1901, says IMD

New Delhi, 1/1: The year 2024 was the warmest on record in India since 1901, with the average minimum temperature settling 0.90 degrees Celsius above the long-period average..The annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius above the long-term average (1991-2020 period), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director general of the India…

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Housing and Urban Development Minister Emphasizes Efficiency for a Developed Odisha in 2025

The Housing and Urban Development Minister of Dr. Krishna Chandra Mahapatra, has called upon the department’s officers and staff to work with renewed dedication and efficiency to make the Housing and Urban Development Department a model of excellence. Speaking at a New Year gathering held this morning at the Kharavela Bhavan Conference Hall, Dr. Mahapatra…

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IDF confirms elimination of Hamas Commander Abd al-Hadi Sabah, leader of Oct 7 Kibbutz Nir Oz attack

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday (local time) confirmed the killing of Hamas’ Nukhba Platoon commander, Abd al-Hadi Sabah, in a recent drone strike. As per the IDF, Sabah had led the attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023, massacre. The Nukhba Platoon commander in Hamas’ Western Khan Yunis…

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