Six Acquitted In 2009 Jharpada Jail Warder Murder Case

Bhubaneswar: Additional District and Sessions Court, Bhubaneswar has acquitted all six accused in the high-profile 2009 murder case of Manas Ranjan Nayak, a warder at the Jharpada Special Jail, citing a lack of conclusive evidence. The Additional District and Sessions Judge cleared Bikram Mallick, Mihirkant Tripathy, Shivram Sahu, N Venkat Rao Dora, Kanhu Charan Mishra, and…

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Taliban refused to increase August 31 deadline for US Troops

Kabul, 24/8: The Taliban have asked the US to stop evacuating professional Afghans. The news agency AFP gave this information on Tuesday, quoting the spokesman of the Taliban group. Along with this, the Taliban has categorically refused to extend the deadline of August 31 for the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah…

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Delhi CM Rekha Gupta says ‘AQI is a temperature, can be measured with any instrument; gets trolled by AAP

New Delhi, 8/11: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s recent remarks on AQI became the talking point of the capital as the opposition found fodder to criticise her. AAP shared videos on social media where Gupta while talking on Delhi’s air pollution can be heard saying — “AQI is a temperature.” She is further heard saying that…

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Atishi distributes first ever DCPCR award for children rights

New Delhi, 26/3: Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Saturday conferred the first DCPCR Children’s Champion Awards in the field of child rights and development to the changemakers from all over the country.     The newly constituted award by the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) recognises individuals and institutions who have…

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Hungarian ‘Master of the apocalypse’ Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature

Stockholm, 9/10: Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art” “Laszlo Krasznahorkai is a great epic writer in the Central European tradition that extends through Kafka to Thomas Bernhard, and is characterised…

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