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SP's Sambhal MP booked for power theft at residence

THE troubles for Samajwadi Party's Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq seem to be deepening as a fresh FIR in connection with power theft lodged against him on Thursday.

MP's Take Home Ration scheme: CAG flags ₹428 cr irregularities from '18-'21

IRREGULARITIES worth around ₹428 crore have been detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in the Take Home Ration (THR) scheme in Madhya Pradesh between 2018-2021.

'Ideology remains same': Jogi's wife writes to Cong, proposes merger of party

THE regional outfit Janta Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCC-J), floated by the first chief minister late Ajit Jogi in June 2016, owing to the declining political footprint across the state, has approached the Congress seeking a merger with the latter.

Grim reality belies development plank, Gujarat schools lack toilets

DESPITE Gujarat's government championing its development narrative, unsettling data presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday revealed glaring shortcomings in the state's basic infrastructure.

Meanwhile, Cong slams BJP's 'distraction politics'

HOURS after the Parliament showdown, Congress on Thursday launched a blistering attack on the BJP, accusing it of diverting attention from Home Minister Amit Shah's \"insult\" to BR Ambedkar.

BJP tears into Rahul, says doesn't deserve to be LoP...

ACCUSING Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of pushing and shoving its MPs on the Parliament premises, the BJP on Thursday said he does not deserve to be the Leader of Opposition after such \"indecent and shameful\" conduct.

BJP MP writes to RS Chair, says LoP 'misbehaved' with her during House protest

BJP MP from Nagaland S Phangnon Konyak on Thursday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi came in her \"close proximity\" and shouted at her during a protest outside the Parliament's Makar Dwar which made her feel \"extremely uncomfortable\".

I was physically pushed by BJP MPs, lost my balance & forced to sit down: Kharge

CONGRESS chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that BJP MPs pushed him on Parliament premises, and he lost his balance.

Cross complaints: Case registered against Rahul for 'injuring' 2 BJP MPs

TENSIONS erupted on Thursday when members of the BJP and the Congress involved in a physical altercation, prompting both the parties to file cross-complaints at Parliament Street police station.

Yuge Yugeen Bharat Museum in North, South blocks to have over 25K artefacts

YUGE Yugeen Bharat Museum (YYBM) to be set up in North and South blocks will have about 25,000 artefacts – depicting the history of 5,000 years of India's civilization – on display in eight thematic galleries.

Shah vows dominance over J&K terrorism

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

FOR GRACE IN LEGAL EVOLUTION

HE recent decision of a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court, in Property Owners Association vs State of Maharashtra, which interprets Article 39(b) of the Constitution, represents a noteworthy development in the complex and often contentious history of property rights in India.

Tremors From The Long Night Of December 3

South Korea has clawed back most of the economic losses caused by the shocking declaration of martial law. Its next president is likely to be colder to the West, warmer to China

1.4L suspicious plots registered for paddy sale: Sat survey

THE satellite survey conducted by Odisha Space Application Centre (ORSAC) has detected 1,44,734 suspicious plots registered by farmers for selling kharif paddy at minimum support price (MSP) in Cuttack district.

Clear medical waste in TN within 3 days: NGT to Kerala

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed the Kerala Government and its pollution control board to remove biomedical waste and mixed solid waste illegally dumped at multiple points bordering Tirunelveli district within three days, and file a compliance report on December 23.

Annual bird census will be a single-day affair on January 18

THE Wildlife Wing of the Forest, Environment and Climate Change department has decided to conduct the annual bird census across the state on a single day on January 18, 2025.

Cops book 2 suspended bank officials

A day after two officials of Odisha Gramya Bank (OGB), Jaraka branch were suspended for their alleged involvement in ₹42 lakh loan fraud, an FIR was filed against them in Dharmasala police station on Thursday.

Plus II student found hanging in varsity hostel

A first-year +2 commerce student was found hanging in her hostel bathroom at Manikeswari University campus on Wednesday morning.

Woman & son killed, husband hurt in mishap

A woman and her four-year-old son were killed after a truck hit their motorcycle on NH-55 at Nuahata underpass within Banarpal police limits here on Thursday.

2 gang-rape 15-yr-old girl, another makes failed bid

Police arrests the accused trio who are known to each other

5-day Parab festival ends

Curtains came down on the five-day national-level festival Parab in Koraput on Wednesday evening.

Bees invade school function, leave 30 students injured

THE annual function of a government high school in Derabishi block here was scrapped midway after a swarm of bees invaded the venue and attacked students on Thursday.

CM MAJHI HIGHLIGHTS GOVT'S EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN EDUCATION IN ODISHA

CHIEF Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday said the state government is mounting efforts to strengthen the education sector of Odisha by building infrastructure and recruiting teachers.

New Year to bring in hassle-free darshan

COME New Year, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) will introduce a hassle-free system for public darshan of the Trinity in Srimandir.

Revenue min warns action against govt land grabbers

REVENUE and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari has directed officials to crack down on government land encroachment in the industrial belt of Angul while emphasising the need to identify genuine landless individuals for patta allocation.

Glory of Parliament belittled, says BJD

The BJD on Thursday said that the incident of physical altercation between the Congress and BJP MPs has belittled the glory of Parliament.

Twin City reports drop in major crimes this yr: Police

BHUBANESWAR and Cuttack saw a decline in major crimes even though the twin city's overall crime graph recorded an upward trend in the last one year, the commissionerate police said on Thursday.

BJP MPs seek UDAN link to 10 more places in state

A delegation of BJP MPs from the state led by Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Civil Aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday over development of airport infrastructure in different parts of Odisha.

Why secy alone, bringing minister under CBI probe purview: BJD

Secretary can't award contract over ₹ 20 cr, says ex-min Ramesh Majhi

Mahanadi dispute can only be resolved by talks: Singh

WATER conservationist and national advisor of the Mahanadi Bachao Andolan Rajendra Singh on Thursday urged the state government to take the initiative to resolve the dispute over Mahanadi river water between Odisha and Chhattisgarh through dialogue.