Odisha govt Group D employee found dead in Jagatsinghpur, harassment alleged

A Group D government employee was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Odisha’s jagatsinghpur  district on Wednesday, triggering allegations of workplace harassment by senior officials. The deceased has been identified as Nihar Mahanti, a resident of Saharpur village in kendrapara district. His body was recovered from the office premises of the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). He was found…

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OSEPA Directs DEOs To Distribute Free Uniforms To ‘Shishu Vatika’ Students

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha School Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) has directed all District Education Officers (DEOs) to ensure the distribution of free school uniforms to students enrolled in Shishu Vatika (pre-primary) classes in government and government-aided schools across the state for the academic year 2025-26.According to the official directive issued by OSEPA Additional Director (General) Sangita Behera,…

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12-hour bandh in Athagarh over district status demand

Athagarh; Demanding district status, Athagarh District Action Committee observed a 12-hour bandh from 6 AM to 6 PM on Wednesday demanding district status.The shops and markets remained closed, and vehicular movement was severely affected as the protesters staged demonstrations at Athagarh–Chandbali square on State Highway No. 65, leading to traffic disruptions.Traffic on the old Cuttack–Sambalpur road,…

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President Murmu visits Jagannath Temple in Puri, performs Pinda Daan at Sweta Ganga

Puri:president droupadi murmu, who is currently on a visit to odisha, offered prayers at the shree jagannath  in Puri this morning. During her visit, the President performed Pinda Daan rituals at Sweta Ganga and had darshan of the deities inside the temple.Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati and Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi accompanied the President…

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US shoots down Iranian drone with nuclear intent in Arabian Sea

Washington DC, 4/2:The US has shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching “aggressively” towards the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said on Tuesday According to the US military, the Iranian Shahed-139 ⁠drone was flying toward ‌the carrier “with unclear intent” and was shot down by an F-35 U.S….

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Supreme Court to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against SIR today; West Bengal CM to attend proceedings

New Delhi, 4/2: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a petition filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Supreme Court Banerjee may attend the apex court on Wednesday during the crucial hearing on a batch of petitions challenging the SIR of…

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Yumnam Khemchand Singh elected as BJP’s legislative party leader, set to be next Manipur CM

New Delhi, 3/2: After weeks of deliberations, as the President’s Rule is due to mark a year, the BJP on Tuesday announced two-time MLA Yumnam Khemchand Singh as the leader of the legislature party in strife-torn Manipur, naming him as the state’s next chief minister.The decision was taken at a meeting of the party’s MLAs…

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Body of Odisha LLB student found in Lonavala gorge; police probe underway Pune/Bhubaneswar

: The body of a young woman from Odisha, pursuing her LLB student in mumbai, was found in a deep gorge in Lonavala on Sunday. She has been identified as 20-year-old Shreya Narendra Pati, a third-year LLB student.Pati had arrived in Lonavala for a solo trek and visited several tourist spots before reaching Tiger Point from Duke’s…

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Bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi stolen from Indian community centre in Australia

Melbourne, 3/2:A bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been stolen from the Australian Indian Community Centre in Rowville, Melbourne. The statue which was gifted by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi was unveiled on November 12, 2021, by former Australian PM Scott Morrison. The statue held significant cultural, historical, and symbolic importance…

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“If the police don’t fire, should they get shot instead?’: Yogi Adityanath on encounters in Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow, 3/2: Days after the Allahabad High Court’s sharp rebuke on the rising trend of the police shooting the accused in the legs during alleged encounters, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the police had been trained to makethe “criminals understand in a language that they understood”

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