CM flags Off Odisha Startup Yatra & Startup Xpress-2023

Bhubaneswar ,l,11/9: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Odisha Startup Yatra and Startup Xpress 2023 in the city today. The programme aims at encouraging grassroots innovators, and promoting entrepreneurship among them to achieve 5000 start-ups by 2025.      This edition of the initiatives is 2.5 times bigger than the past and will witness an…

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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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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi tests positive for Covid-19 again

New Delhi, 13/8:Over two months after contracting the coronavirus infection, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 again and will remain in isolation.     Earlier this week, her daughter and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had also tested positive.   “Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi has tested positive for Covid-19…

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Unprecedented Kal Baisakhi Storms Batter Western Odisha; TPWODL Deploys War-Footing Restoration with Over 7500+ Personnel Across 9 Districts

Burla, 1 June 2026: Western Odisha is facing one of the most severe Kal Baisakhi seasons this year. The frequency and intensity of thunderstorms this year have been far higher than normal, with violent squalls hitting the region almost every evening for the past two weeks. In the last fortnight alone, consumers across Sambalpur, Bargarh,…

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Amid raging row, NTA announces fresh exam dates, UGC-NET to be held from Aug 21-Sept 4

New Delhi, 29/6: Amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of competitive exams, the National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday night released fresh dates for cancelled and postponed examinations, announcing the UGC-NET will now be held from August 21-September 4. The University Grants Commission–National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) was cancelled a day after being…

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to skip ED summons in excise policy case today, says notice sent at behest of BJP

New Delhi, 2/11: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. He has been summoned in connection with the alleged Delhi excise liquor scam. Instead, Kejriwal will hold a road show, along with Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of his slated appearance, Kejriwal had…

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DU professor arrested for his post on Gyanvapi shivling

New Delhi, 21/5: Associate professor of Delhi University’s Hindu College Ratan Lal was arrested on Friday night for his objectionable social media post referring to claims about a ‘Shivling’ found inside Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque complex, police said.     They said Lal was arrested under Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups…

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