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BJP MP fires salvo, opposes Gujarat party decision over leadership pick

INTERNAL disputes clog the Gujarat BJP over appointments of Mandal, City, District, and Taluka presidents by state BJP chief CR Patil.

Katra shutdown against ropeway project extended

6 protesters on hunger strike, Vaishno Devi pilgrims face tough time

18 Days & Counting, Beed Sarpanch Murder Mastermind Still on the Run

The Opposition in Maharashtra charges the home minister with being weak for the failure to arrest Walmik Karad, a close aide of NCP minister Dhananjay Munde and the alleged mastermind of Massajog village Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh murder case, even 18 days after the incident.

13 BHU students held for trying to burn copies of Manusmriti on campus

AMID massive commotion between students and the Proctorial Board of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), over a dozen (13) students, including three girls, associated with Bhagat Singh Chhatra Morcha were arrested by Lanka police for their alleged plans to burn copies of Manusmriti on the campus on the Christmas day.

Punctual and proud owner of Maruti 800

FORMER IPS officer and social welfare minister in Yogi Adityanath's cabinet, Asim Arun, on Friday recalled Manmohan Singh as a courteous, humble and extremely punctual leader who had a particular fondness for his Maruti 800.

Return of the native and 'City Beautiful'

PUNJAB was Manmohan Singh's first love. He had a special place in his heart for Amritsar, where he spent his initial years.

Cong Picked ‘Assam Resident’ Singh Over Pranab For RS Seat

Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao chose Manmohan Singh over Pranab Mukherjee to be a Rajya Sabha member from Assam in 1991.

TIME TO STRIKE NEW-AGE NOTES IN CARNATIC MUSIC

T is that time of the year in Chennai when the city goes Carnatic. The December event, popularly called the Margazhi music season after the Tamil month, is only four years from completing a century.

The Demise of the College Lecture Foretold

AI tools will soon be able to replace human lectures in several subjects. Academia should use the opportunity to make quality higher education cheaply available and shift towards research

ISTD Regional Conference Held at Puri

A two-day regional conference on 'Disruptive Human Resource Management: People, Technology and Strategy' was organised by the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), Bhubaneswar chapter, in Puri recently.

KIMS Installs Eastern India's First Cardiac Laser Machine to Treat Complex Heart Diseases

Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) has installed a state-of-the-art Xenon Chloride Fusion Cardiac Laser Machine – a first in eastern India – to treat complex heart diseases and reduce the use of stents.

Youth kills father for insurance money, elder brother ends life

A youth murdered his father for the insurance money, while his elder brother who was disappointed by the incident hanged himself and ended his life in Periyapatna taluk.

Now, Zeenat Switches to Another Location in WB

Giving a slip to the tracking teams, Zeenat has moved out of the Mayurjharna elephant reserve of West Bengal to another location.

CMs Pay Last Respect to Manmohan Singh

CHIEF ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka paid rich tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh who passed away in New Delhi on Thursday night.

Govt Appoints Deans for Talcher, Phulbani MCHs

The state government on Friday appointed deans and superintendents of two newly-established medical colleges and hospitals.

Pushpa stampede: Allu Arjun appears before ACMM court

PUSHPA fame Allu Arjun virtually appeared before the Nampally IX ACMM court on Friday in connection with the Pushpa stampede case.

Man Loots Valuables From Neighbour's House, Held

POLICE on Friday arrested a 32-year-old man and recovered from him valuables worth over ₹24 lakh which he had looted from his neighbour's house at Kirba in Burla here on December 12.

SAIL staff duped of ₹23 lakh, 2 cyber frauds held from Raj

The Cyber Crime and Economic Offence police of Rourkela has arrested two members of an organised cyber crime gang from Rajasthan who duped a SAIL employee of ₹23 lakh.

Charred body of student found in torched hay stack

The charred body of a Plus II student along with his fully gutted scooter was found from a torched hay stack in Sargipali under Lefripada police limits in Sundargarh district on Friday.

Dharna over 'delay' in paddy purchase in Bargarh

PROTESTING the delay in lifting of paddy from several mandis in Bargarh, farmers of different blocks staged dharna in front of the district collector's office on Friday.

Fishermen recall Singh's balm for livelihood loss

EVEN as the nation mourned the demise of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, seaside villages of Kendrapara district, far away from the media glare, quietly grieved loss of the man whose policies helped mitigate the pain of marine fishermen in turtle zones of Gahirmatha marine sanctuary.

Man plots self abduction, killed by friend over share of ransom

A 32-year-old man who plotted his fake abduction to extort ₹50 lakh from his parental uncle was allegedly murdered by his accomplice over sharing of the ransom money in a bizarre twist of events in Mayurbhanj district.

Debrigarh to get a pair of tigers from MP

THE Madhya Pradesh government has given its approval for relocation of a pair of tigers, a male and a female, to Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Bargarh district from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.

Big gap in rural-urban family consumption expenditure in Odisha

Despite a plethora of welfare schemes and diversion of maximum funds to panchayats to strengthen village economy, rural Odisha continues to face financial hardship with the state registering the third-lowest average monthly per capita household consumption expenditure (MPCE) in the country.

Majhi pays tribute to Singh

CHIEF Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and several of his cabinet colleagues on Friday paid rich tributes to former prime minister Manmohan Singh.

SCB to shift non-trauma casualty, build rest sheds

IN a bid to ease the patient load and provide better facilities to their attendants, the SCB Medical College and Hospital authorities have decided to shift the non-trauma casualty wing to unit-6 of the medicine department.

Despite tall claims, anaemia continues to be a big worry

Despite various interventions and targeted programmes to improve nutrition levels in children and women, Odisha continues to battle high anaemia rates in the population.

Thieves strike again in capital city, decamp with ornaments worth lakhs

IN yet another incident pointing towards the collapsing policing in the state capital, burglars broke into a house on the outskirts of the city and decamped with gold and silver ornaments worth lakhs of rupees.

Rural, urban consumption gap narrows

The gap between urban and rural consumption narrowed as the average monthly per capita consumption expenditure grew 9% in nominal terms in rural areas and 8% in urban areas in 2023-24, the latest household consumption data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed.

Mumbai attack plotter Abdul Makki dies of heart attack

PAKISTAN-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki, a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 174 people and injured over 300, on Friday died of a heart attack in Lahore, Pakistan.