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Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena Submits his resignaton

Bhubaneswar, 6/7: In a major development, Deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena has submitted his resignation to the state govt, citing personal reasons, official sources confirmed on Sunday. If accepted by the govt, the 37‑year‑old IPS officer may move to the private sector.A senior govt official told “We received his resignation recently. The govt…

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Rain fury: Landslides shut Mumbai-Pune expressway; trains cancelled, traffic hit amid heavy rainfall

Mumbai, 6/7: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway—which connects India’s financial capital with Maharashtra’s cultural capital—has been temporarily shut due to continuous downpour in the belt on Monday. The Expressway is one of India’s busiest roads—a six-lane wide concrete toll expressway spanning nearly 100 kms connecting Mumbai and Pune via Raigad passing through the picturesque Sahyadri mountain ranges….

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Vote chori, seat chori, chanda chori’: Congress slams PM Modi’s ‘silence’ on Ram mandir fund theft

New Delhi, 5/7: The Congress on Sunday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-RSS over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, saying it is a “scam” perpetrated by their ecosystem on which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are totally silent. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged…

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Bihar bypoll: Prashant Kishor to make electoral debut from BJP chief Nitin Nabin’s turf

Patna, 5/7: It’s now official. The Jan Suraaj Party on Sunday announced that its founder, Prashant Kishor, the poll strategist-turned-politician, will make his electoral debut in the Bankipur Assembly byelection. The bypoll for the Assembly seat in Patna will take place on July 30, with the result set to be declared on August    

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Nimna G. P.Sarpanch Smt. Suryakanti Pandey arrested by Vigilance

SUBARNAPUR, 7/5—- It has been reported that the Vigilance has arrested the Sarpanch of Nimna Gram Panchayat under Ulunda block of Subarnapur district.The Odisha Vigilance has arrested the Sarpanch for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 20,000 from an SHG worker for signing the necessary agreement for fish farming in the Gram Panchayat tank…

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Odisha Hits 94% Mark in Massive Voter List Revision Drive

Odisha Chief Electoral Officer released a press note today highlighting the successful completion of the enumeration phase in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.BLOs visited every household multiple times to distribute and collect enumeration forms from May 30 to June 28. They covered all 30 districts with support from 4,540 supervisors and 45,250 BLOs…

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Gajapati Maharaja Writes To ISKCON, Demands End To Untimely Snana Yatra & Ratha Yatra Observances Worldwide

Bhubaneswar: Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingh Deb, the Adya Sevaka of Lord Jagannath and Chairman of the Shri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee, has expressed strong dissatisfaction in a letter to the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON regarding the observance of Snana Yatra and Ratha Yatra at timings that deviate from traditional tithis.In the letter, the Gajapati…

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Uprooted Tree Blocks Odisha-Andhra Road as Heavy Rain Hits Rayagada

Rayagada: Heavy rainfall triggered by a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal disrupted normal life across Odisha’s Rayagada district, with an uprooted tree blocking the Odisha-Andhra road for several hours.According to reports, a large tree fell on the road near Partapur village during heavy rain late on Saturday night. The incident completely blocked…

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