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Controversial Shree Baikuntha Ashram demolished

THE Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) on Friday demolished the Shree Baikuntha Dham Ashram in Ghatikia here for allegedly being constructed on encroached government land.

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January 18, 2025
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

4 Gujarat Cops Suspended Over Foreign Visits

FOUR Gujarat police officials have been suspended for embarking on a foreign trip without obtaining the requisite permission from their superiors.

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January 18, 2025
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India Plans to Be MRO Hub, Work With S'pore

Sector holds tremendous potential for employment generation

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January 18, 2025
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Trump and Xi Speak on Phone Ahead of Inauguration

US President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping were speaking on the phone late Friday, China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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January 18, 2025
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Minor gang-raped in Bisra, 5 nabbed

A month after a 14-year-old girl was gang-raped in Sundargarh's Bisra, another minor girl was reportedly sexually assaulted by six persons in the same area on Thursday night.

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January 18, 2025
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OHRC notice over Vani Vihar eviction drive

The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has issued notices to the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) over the recent eviction drive carried out by them for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

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January 18, 2025
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Coach backs Sindhu to regain form

PV SINDHU was at sea in the early stages of her women's singles match on Friday. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, the shuttler on the rise in the last 12 months or so, was just the opposite and made the Indian dance to her tunes in front of a sizeable home crowd here at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall here.

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January 18, 2025
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Hunting For Keys To Crack Indus Valley Code

About two decades ago, the conference rooms of Delhi institutions like the Sahitya Akademi and India International Centre were often haunted by a tall, thin and unfailingly polite gentleman with a briefcase who sat at the back. There, he carried on a private conference with his neighbours that began with these momentous words: \"I have it!\"

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January 18, 2025
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Vrinda's transformation after forced injury break

WHEN D Vrinda got ruled out of the 2024 Women's Premier League due to a shoulder injury, it came as a huge blow to the Karnataka batter.

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January 18, 2025
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Pradhan Discusses Education System With Singapore Prez

UNION Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday had extensive discussions with President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam on the positive changes in the education system of India and the future scenario in line with the new education policy (NEP).

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January 18, 2025
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Villagers Count Losses as Deogarh Dist Grapples With Man-Elephant Conflict

DEOGARH district is grappling with a serious man-animal conflict as the presence of large groups of elephants has left the local administration on its toes and villagers counting their losses.

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January 18, 2025
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An Se Young: Crown jewel of badminton

EAT, sleep, repeat. In a sport that is as dynamic as badminton, An Se Young is one constant.

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January 18, 2025
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India Decides To Go On Front Foot As Threats In Gulf Of Aden, Red Sea Up

DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh asks for no let-up in India's offensive and defensive preparedness amid growing turmoil and calls for maritime alertness because of the possibility of increased threats from the Gulf of Eden, the Red Sea and other coastal regions along eastern Africa.

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January 18, 2025
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Maruti, Hyundai Lit Up EV Space

Both the carmakers make their debut in the country's mass electric vehicle market

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January 18, 2025
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More mandis in Ganjam

More paddy procurement centres will come up in Ganjam before the next kharif season, said Revenue Minister Suresh Pujari here on Friday.

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January 18, 2025
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Coal bunker collapse: Search on for three workers feared trapped

One platoon of ODRAF, four teams of fire brigade engaged in search and rescue operation

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January 18, 2025
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NEET Aspirant Dies by Suicide in Kota, 3rd Such Case in Jan

An 18-year-old NEET aspirant from Odisha died by suicide in his hostel room in Rajasthan's Kota on Thursday night, the third such case this month in the city, exposing failure of administrative measures aimed at addressing the crisis in the 'coaching capital'.

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January 18, 2025
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234 Posts Vacant, States Told to Send IPS Officers on Central Deputation

FACING an acute shortage of officers in various ranks in central agencies and paramilitary forces, the Centre has written to the states asking them to make a conscious attempt to send names of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for central deputation to fill around 234 posts, officials said on Friday.

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January 18, 2025
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No relaxation in qualifying marks for para-teachers

IN a major disappointment for para-teachers in the state, the Jharkhand High Court on Friday ruled that granting relaxation in the qualifying marks for them in the ongoing appointment process for 26,000 assistant teachers is not justified.

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January 18, 2025
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Many Chefs Who Bake The Budget

Preparing the budget is a months-long exercise whose intensity would gladden those asking for 70-90 hours of work a week. This time, flexibility in policies would be essential

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January 18, 2025
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ED Attaches ₹300 Cr Worth Assets in Case Linked to Siddu

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru, has provisionally attached 142 immovable properties with a market value of about ₹300 crore under the money laundering Act, in connection with a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others.

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January 18, 2025
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I-T dept goes after eight super class contractors over ₹170 cr tax evasion

THE Income Tax department on Friday carried out simultaneous searches at 44 premises linked to at least eight super class contractors, including kin of two former ministers, over allegations of tax evasion amounting to more than ₹170 crore.

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January 18, 2025
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Skilling, green energy, industrial park, fintech key focus of agreements

The ITEES will support skilling youth in new and emerging areas and extend knowledge support for establishment of zonal ITIs across the state with introduction of new trades and robust industry engagement.

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January 18, 2025
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Emergency' triggers stir in Punjab, security at multiplexes tightened

THE screening of Kangana Ranaut's film 'Emergency' was cancelled in Punjab due to intense protests by various Sikh organisations, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) members and farmers' groups on Friday.

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January 18, 2025
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Plan for DDU-GKY 2.0 rollout in Odisha soon

Since implementation of DDU-GKY, more than two lakh youths have already received training of which around 1.16 lakh have been provided with employment

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January 18, 2025
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Hot-headed Djokovic cruises into Rd 4

A \"hot-headed\" Novak Djokovic sent an Australian Open warning to join Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in the last 16 on Friday, but Naomi Osaka's bid for a third Melbourne crown is over with injury.

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January 18, 2025
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Melanistic tiger killed in STR's Jenabil range in Nov, detected 2 months later

EVEN as the Forest department grapples with the poaching of the melanistic tiger, investigation has revealed the sub-adult big cat, skin of which was recovered from a fringe village, was killed in Kulipal section of Jenabil range in Similipal South wildlife division in the second week of November last year.

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January 18, 2025
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Annual Bird Census Today, To Be A One-Day Exercise

The annual mid-winter waterfowl census to assess the migratory and resident wetland bird population will be carried out in the state on Saturday.

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January 18, 2025
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PM asks auto sector to invest more

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India stands as an outstanding destination for investors looking to shape their future in the mobility sector.

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January 18, 2025
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C'garh liquor scam: ED calls its own affidavit 'fishy' in SC, disowns it

IN a surprising turn of events in the Supreme Court on Friday, the Enforcement Directorate termed its own counter-affidavit \"fishy\" and sought to disown it.

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January 18, 2025