Three Bar Associations In Odisha To Go For Polls On May 23

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Bar Council has fixed May 23 as the date for conducting elections to the three remaining Bar Associations in the state whose polls were earlier postponed.Announcing the schedule, Sitanshu Mohan Dwivedi, President of the Odisha State Bar Council, stated that elections will be held for Nabarangapur Bar Association, Jatni Lawyers Association,…

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BJD leaders’ meet in Patia hotel: Senior and young leaders seen attending

Bhubaneswar:  BJD leaders have met at a hotel in Patia in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. The senior and the youth BJD leaders have assembled at the said hotel.  It has been reported that Shashibhushan Behera, Ashok Panda, Chandra Sarathi Behera, Nursingh Sahu, Praful Samal, Bhupinder Singh, Pravat Tripathy were present at the meeting. Discussions are rife…

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A massive tree falls on Puri-Satapada NH-316, road blocked amid Rath Yatra

Brahmagiri: A tree has fallen on National Highway-316 that connects Puri and Satapada near Rebena Nuagaon Medical, obstructing the vehicular movement on the busy road completely.As per reports, the soil lost its strength following a spell of continuous rain leading to the tree uprooted and crashing onto the highway.The uprooted tree has inconvenienced many commuters…

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PM Modi to host Xi Jinping in September as China seeks progress in talks for early harvest boundary deal

New Delhi, 24/6: Beijing wants progress in talks for an early-harvest deal to settle the least contentious stretch of the disputed India-China boundary, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to host Chinese President Xi Jinping for the BRICS summit in New Delhi on Sept 12-13. New Delhi and Beijing are also working on a new…

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Labour Ministry proposes 90-day annual work threshold for gig worker social security

New Delhi, 3/1: The Labour Ministry has proposed a 90-day annual work threshold as the mandatory eligibility criteria for gig and platform workers to access social security under new draft rules on the Social Security Code 2020, published on December 31. The four labour codes, including the Social Security Code 2020, were notified on November…

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Russia praises India’s balanced stance on Ukraine

New Delhi, 27/2: Russia has praised India’s “independent and balanced” position after Delhi abstained from a UN Security Council vote that deplored Moscow’s “aggression” against Ukraine.     India, along with China and the UAE, did not vote on the resolution Friday, a move in line with the fine balance Delhi has sought to strike…

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