Student’s death at CHC sparks protest in Nayagada
Nayagada: Tension erupted at Bhapur Community Health Centre (CHC) in this district Tuesday following the death of an 18-year-old college student, with her family alleging that the girl died after being administered a wrong injection. The deceased, Santoshi Behera of...
Rs 125 cr high-level bridge project planned in Kalahandi’s Indravati reservoir area
Thuamul Rampur: A long-awaited connectivity project for residents of Indravati reservoir area in Kalahandi district has moved a step forward with the completion of a preliminary DGPS survey for a proposed 246-meter high-level bridge at Ghutrukhala Tuesday. The bridge, estimated...
Odisha: Three killed, five injured in lightning strike
Bhubaneswar: At least three persons, including two women, died and five other were injured in incidents of lightning strikes in Odisha's Sundaragada and Mayurbhanj districts Tuesday, police said. While two women died in lightning strikes in Sundaragada's Talsara police station...
Ex-cooperative society secy held for “misappropriation” of public funds
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday arrested a former secretary of a cooperative society for allegedly misappropriating public funds amounting to Rs 21.28 lakh, officials said. During investigation, the department found that the accused collected loan repayment funds directly from...
Puri Jagannath temple to remain shut for devotees for 5 hours on August 12
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple will remain shut for devotees for five hours Wednesday afternoon to observe a special ritual called 'Chitalagi Amavasya', officials said. In a notification, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) said, "On Wednesday, 12th August 2026, Shrabana...
President Murmu gives assent to Bill criminalising insult to Vande Mataram
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday gave assent to a Bill that criminalises intentional disruption or prevention of the singing of the national song 'Vande Mataram', giving it the same legal protection currently accorded to the national anthem, a government statement said. With the President's assent, The Prevention of Insults...
Read moreDetailsAir India Phuket-Delhi turbulence incident: Pilot tests positive in confirmatory drug test
New Delhi: The pilot-in-command of an Air India flight that experienced a sudden loss of altitude of around 300 feet on its way from Phuket to Delhi last week reportedly tested positive for a narcotic substance in a confirmatory drug test Tuesday. The Air India A320, operating flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi August 4, encountered severe turbulence during the flight, following which it abruptly lost around 300 feet in altitude....
Read moreDetailsRijiju says govt ready for detailed discussion on students’ issues, accuses Rahul of ‘running away’
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said the government is ready for a detailed discussion in Parliament on students' protest and accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of "running away" from a debate. Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex, Rijiju said the government is willing to go beyond a statement and hold a full-fledged discussion on the issue. "Rahul Gandhi ji has been saying from the beginning that...
Read moreDetailsArunachal Pradesh integral part of India, nothing can alter reality: MEA
New Delhi: India Tuesday reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh remains an "inalienable and integral" part of India and nothing can alter this "indisputable reality". "Arunachal is an inalienable and integral part of India and this is a fact which is self-evident. At the same time, let me also underline that nothing can change this indisputable reality,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said while responding to a question on China's...
Read moreDetailsSyrian court sentences Former Syrian President Bashar Assad, brother Maher to death over war crimes
Damascus: A Syrian court sentenced in absentia ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria's 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead. Also sentenced to death in the same case was Assad's maternal cousin Atef Najib for leading the crackdown in the southern province of Daraa that led to the uprising and later...
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Student’s death at CHC sparks protest in Nayagada
Nayagada: Tension erupted at Bhapur Community Health Centre (CHC) in this district Tuesday following the death of an 18-year-old college student, with her family alleging that the girl died after being administered a wrong injection. The deceased, Santoshi Behera of Golapokhari village under Fatehgarh police station, was a Plus III third-year student of Pathani Samanta College in...
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Rs 125 cr high-level bridge project planned in Kalahandi’s Indravati reservoir area
Thuamul Rampur: A long-awaited connectivity project for residents of Indravati reservoir area in Kalahandi district has moved a step forward with the completion of a preliminary DGPS survey for a proposed 246-meter high-level bridge at Ghutrukhala Tuesday. The bridge, estimated to be part of a Rs 125 crore project, will connect Talnagi, Ghutrukhala and Maligaon by crossing...
Odisha: Three killed, five injured in lightning strike
Bhubaneswar: At least three persons, including two women, died and five other were injured in incidents of lightning strikes in Odisha's Sundaragada and Mayurbhanj districts Tuesday, police said. While two women died in lightning strikes in Sundaragada's Talsara police station area, one man was killed at a village under Rasgovindpur police station limits in Mayurbhanj, they said....
Air India Phuket-Delhi turbulence incident: Pilot tests positive in confirmatory drug test
New Delhi: The pilot-in-command of an Air India flight that experienced a sudden loss of altitude of around 300 feet on its way from Phuket to Delhi last week reportedly tested positive for a narcotic substance in a confirmatory drug test Tuesday. The Air India A320, operating flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi August 4, encountered severe...
Rijiju says govt ready for detailed discussion on students’ issues, accuses Rahul of ‘running away’
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said the government is ready for a detailed discussion in Parliament on students' protest and accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of "running away" from a debate. Speaking to reporters in the Parliament House complex, Rijiju said the government is willing to go beyond a statement and hold a full-fledged...
Ex-cooperative society secy held for “misappropriation” of public funds
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance Department Tuesday arrested a former secretary of a cooperative society for allegedly misappropriating public funds amounting to Rs 21.28 lakh, officials said. During investigation, the department found that the accused collected loan repayment funds directly from various borrower members (loanees) of the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS), Banki, it said in a statement....
Cricketer Abhishek Porel arrested on rape charges, sent to three-day police custody
Kolkata: Bengal cricketer Abhishek Porel, who has played for Delhi Capitals in the IPL, was arrested in Hooghly district following a complaint by a medical student alleging that he had sexual relations with her on the promise of marriage, a police official said Tuesday. A court in Chinsurah denied Porel bail and remanded him to three-day police...
BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of holding Parliament hostage with ‘unruly behaviour’
New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of holding Parliament hostage with his "whims and unruly behaviour" and said that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha does not want any meaningful discussion in the House. Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, its national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said the government has...
Arunachal Pradesh integral part of India, nothing can alter reality: MEA
New Delhi: India Tuesday reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh remains an "inalienable and integral" part of India and nothing can alter this "indisputable reality". "Arunachal is an inalienable and integral part of India and this is a fact which is self-evident. At the same time, let me also underline that nothing can change this indisputable reality,” Ministry of...























































































