Naveen Patnaik deputes three BJD leaders to assess flood situation in three Odisha districts
Bhubaneswar: With floodwaters continuing to affect several parts of Odisha, BJD president and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday deputed three senior party leaders to visit Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts and take stock of the situation...
1st Test: Sri Lanka reach 214/5, trail India by 248 runs
Galle: Niroshan Dickwella and Sonal Dinusha mounted a stirring second-session counter-attack for Sri Lanka by striking unbeaten half-centuries to lead a brilliant recovery in the second session on day three’s play of the first Test against India. By the time...
Woman, grandson die in wall collapse in Odisha’s Baleshwar
Baleshwar: A 65-year-old woman and her grandson died when a portion of a wall collapsed on them during heavy rain while they were asleep in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said Monday. The incident occurred in Kapasuda village in Jaleswar block...
IMD warns of more rain till Aug 18 as north Odisha flood situation remains grim
Bhubaneswar: The flood situation in north Odisha districts, which has affected five lakh people, remained grim Monday even as the IMD has forecast more rains after the low-pressure system formed in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, officials...
Rain washes away soil under railway tracks, train services suspended on Baripada-Bangiriposi route
Baripada: Train services on the Baripada-Bangiriposi route in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district were suspended after soil under the railway tracks was washed away due to a heavy rain-induced landslide, officials said Monday. The earth and concrete under around 50 metres of...
UGC-NET, NEET-UG rows: NTA removes over 50 staffers as part of exam reforms
New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has removed more than 50 of its staff members and is onboarding professionals for key leadership positions as part of measures to reform the overall examination system, the education ministry said Monday. The development came a day after the NTA ordered a re-test...
Read moreDetailsPM Modi congratulates BJP’s newly appointed national office bearers
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated the newly-appointed national office bearers of the BJP and said the team brings together organisational experience, energy and grassroots connect. The BJP has announced its new national team under party president Nitin Nabin, appointing 13 vice presidents, including Ram Madhav, Lok Sabha MP D Purandeshwari and former Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat. https://twitter.com/NitinNabin/status/2089291401507025280 Congratulations to the newly appointed national office bearers of...
Read moreDetailsCJP leader gives Bengal govt 10-day deadline over Bankura man’s death
Indas (WB): A leader of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Monday gave the West Bengal government 10 days to arrest all those allegedly involved in the death of the father of a party volunteer in Bankura district and demanded a probe into the conduct of police personnel at the local police station. CJP leader Ashutosh Ranka, who arrived at Karishunda village in Indas in Bankura along with his associates from Delhi,...
Read moreDetailsCID raids JSSC office in connection with Jharkhand recruitment exam ‘irregularities’
Ranchi: Criminal Investigation Department Monday began conducting raids at the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission office here in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment exams, an officer said. Job aspirants have been protesting for 24 days now against alleged irregularities in various recruitment examinations in Jharkhand. "We are conducting raids at the JSSC office in connection with alleged irregularities in various examinations," CID ADG Manoj Kaushik told PTI. The...
Read moreDetailsPresident Murmu gives assent to Bill to renaming Kerala as Keralam
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has given assent to a Bill to rename Kerala as Keralam, with the legislation now becoming a law. The Lok Sabha passed the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026, Tuesday, followed by the Rajya Sabha the next day. In the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024, urging the Centre to bring a law...
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CJP leader gives Bengal govt 10-day deadline over Bankura man’s death
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UGC-NET, NEET-UG rows: NTA removes over 50 staffers as part of exam reforms
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Naveen Patnaik deputes three BJD leaders to assess flood situation in three Odisha districts
Bhubaneswar: With floodwaters continuing to affect several parts of Odisha, BJD president and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday deputed three senior party leaders to visit Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore districts and take stock of the situation on the ground. As per the office order, senior BJD leader Pradip Kumar Amat has been deputed...
