Cyclone Dana: Odisha ports issued Signal 1 danger warning

Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said, the well marked low pressure over the east-central Bay of Bengal moved west-northwards, has concentrated into a depression this morning. The system is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm (to be named as Cyclone ‘Dana’) by tomorrow (October 23) and further into a severe cyclonic storm by morning…

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Odisha CM pushes ‘orange economy’ to boost job creation

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday said his government is focused on generating employment opportunities for local people through tourism development by promoting the “Orange Economy,” or a culture-based economy, in the state.​ CM Majhi was speaking at a special event at the shrine of the Lord Lingaraj Temple here, on the…

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Gehlot demands PM Modi guarantee that Rajasthan schemes will not be discontinued if BJP wins assembly polls

Jaipur, ,27/9: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should guarantee that the Congress government’s schemes will not discontinued if the BJP comes to power in the state. Only then he will have the right to campaign here and ask for votes, Gehlot said while addressing a gathering at…

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Bhubaneswar: Residents panic over alleged petrol and diesel scarcity!

Vehicle owners in Bhubaneswar City are in a state of panic following alleged petrol and diesel scarcity especially in Ghatikia and Kalpana area of the state Capital City.  Bhubaneswar: Vehicle owners in Bhubaneswar City are in a state of panic following alleged petrol and diesel scarcity especially in Ghatikia and Kalpana area of the state…

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Odisha burn victim airlifted to AIIMS Delhi

Bhubaneswar, 20/7: A 15-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar after three miscreants set her ablaze in Odisha’s Puri district, was airlifted to Delhi on Sunday, officials said. Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena told reporters that a green corridor was set up to take the patient from AIIMS Bhubaneswar to Biju Patnaik International Airport,…

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Williamson surpasses Taylor as New Zealand’s most prolific Test batter

Auckland, 27/2: Kane Williamson cemented his claim as New Zealand’s greatest Test batsman after he eclipsed Ross Taylor as the nation’s leading run-scorer on the way to an inspirational century against England in the second test on Monday.     The former captain hit paceman James Anderson through midwicket for four with the fourth ball…

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Accused Mushtaq Ali killed in police encounter while trying to escape in Jammu district

Jammu: A man identified as Mushtaq Ali alias Bacchu Don, wanted in multiple criminal cases, died after sustaining injuries during an escape attempt while in police custody. The incident occurred as a police team was returning from Amritsar to Jammu after arresting the accused, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday. According to an official…

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Malegaon blast case: Forced to name Adityanath, says witness; court scraps his statement to ATS

Mumbai, 2/8: A witness in his testimony to the special court in the 2008 Malegaon blast case had alleged that he was tortured and forced by the officers of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to name Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the case . Special Judge A K Lahoti, who on Thursday acquitted…

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