New Delhi: Asian Para Games gold medallist Neeraj Yadav has allegedly died by suicide after consuming poison at his residence, with a postmortem examination underway at a Delhi hospital Wednesday. S Satyanarayana, head coach of the Indian para-athletics team, confirmed the incident, saying he had...
Nandapur: The Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border dispute has intensified ahead of the latter’s panchayat elections scheduled for November 3, with election posters appearing in villages under Panthlung panchayat in Koraput district’s Nandapur block. Candidates and their supporters have reportedly campaigned in border villages where some residents...
Daringbadi: Authorities in Kandhamal and Ganjam districts have sealed Gazalbadi Ghat road at both ends as a precaution against possible landslides amid fears over Cyclone Arnab. Acting on Kandhamal Collector Vedbhushan’s instructions, Daringbadi BDO Pritiranjan Rath, tehsildar Dhiraj Patra and police IIC Sangram Keshari Jena...
Pottangi: A Congress fact-finding team led by Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das visited Kotia panchayat in Koraput district Tuesday to assess the situation amid the long-standing boundary dispute between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The team held a meeting at the panchayat...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide the necessary financial assistance for extending the Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar scheme to households in Kotia and form a participatory committee involving local residents to address their demands and guide the region’s development. The decisions were discussed...
SUNIT MISHRA, OP Bhubaneswar: The plight of thousands of elderly women, known as Habisyalis, who have arrived in Puri during the holy month of Kartik to seek the blessings of Lord Jagannath and observe the Radha-Damodar vrata, has exposed the state government’s mismanagement, the Biju...
TRINATH MOHANTY, OP Bhubaneswar: Despite Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi directing police personnel to treat people visiting police stations with courtesy, allegations of police high-handedness and assault continue to surface across Odisha. According to information available from the DGP’s office, more than 40 police personnel...
Kataka: Parents of children undergoing treatment at Sardar Vallavbhai Patel Post Graduate Institute of Paediatrics (SVP PGIP), otherwise known as Sishu Bhawan in Kataka are facing difficulties as saline nasal drops and paracetamol have reportedly been unavailable at the hospital for nearly a week. As...
Bhubaneswar: The 45th General Council Meeting of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Tuesday, witnessed heated exchanges over sanitation tenders, street lighting and procedural issues. Mayor Sulochana Das suspended Ward No. 37 Corporator Bandita Pal from the meeting after she allegedly continued livestreaming the proceedings on...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha CEO Tuesday said none of the 3,041 voters from Bhadrak’s Dhamnagar area, whose names were in question, were deleted from the final electoral roll. The clarification came in response to a social media post by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who alleged irregularities in...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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