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Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress workers on Tuesday came to blows at the Master Canteen area of the city during a protest by the former over the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in the Parliament. The police personnel deployed at the spot seemed helpless as the bustling area turned into a…
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At least five people killed in lightning strikes in Odisha on Wednesday. (Representational) Bhubaneswar: As many as five persons died in lightning strikes in Odisha’s Bargarh and Balangir districts on Wednesday. Sukhdev Banchor (58), Niroj Kumbhar (25), and Dhanurjya Nayak (45) from Dewandihi village in Bargarh district had taken shelter under a banyan tree near…
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Mohan Majhi was sworn in as the state’s first BJP chief minister on Wednesday. Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday allocated portfolios to his council of ministers, keeping home, finance and several other departments to himself, according to an order issued by the Raj Bhavan. Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo was…
Ten people died of suspected heatstroke in Odisha’s Rourkela city on Thursday. (Representational) Rourkela: Ten people died of suspected heatstroke in Odisha’s Rourkela city on Thursday, as the mercury shot up in most parts of the eastern state, officials said. The director-in-charge (DIC) of Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH), Dr Sudharani Pradhan, said the deaths occurred…
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A group of devotees were celebrating the festival with crackers. (Representational) Puri: Fifteen people received burn injuries after a heap of firecrackers exploded during Lord Jagannath’s Chandan Jatra festival in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday night, police said. Hundreds of people had gathered on the banks of Narendra Pushkarinee, a waterbody, to witness the rituals when…
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has responded to BJP jibes about his trembling hands and close aide VK Pandian’s efforts to hide it from public view, with his trademark calmness. “I believe the BJP, which is known to make non-issues into issues, are discussing my hands. This will certainly not work,” said the 77-year-old, who,…
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Lok Sabha Election 2024: Election will be completed in 486 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats today. New Delhi: Voting will take place in 58 seats across seven states and one Union Territory in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha election today. Delhi and Haryana are voting in a single phase. For…
Sambit Patra, who is contesting from Puri, apologised after his ramark on Lord Jagannath. Bhubaneswar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sambit Patra, who was in the soup for his ‘controversial’ remarks relating to Lord Jagannath, cleared the air around his statement, saying that he was apologetic for his ‘slip of the tongue’, and that he…
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The car was crushed between two trucks on National Highway 520 in Champua area. Keonjhar (Odisha): Six people, including four women, died in a tragic accident on Wednesday evening in Odisha’s Keonjhar district. Their car was crushed between two trucks on National Highway 520 in the Champua area. Police report that the car was traveling…
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The incident took place on National Highway-520 near Rimuli bypass, they said. (Representational) Keonjhar: At least six people, including four women, died in a road accident when two trucks rammed into their car in Champua area of Odisha’s Keonjhar district on Wednesday evening, police said. The incident took place on National Highway-520 near Rimuli bypass,…
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