Ganjam: An eight-member central team Wednesday visited several flood- and cyclone-affected areas in Odisha's Ganjam district to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Arnab and subsequent floods last week, officials said. The team, led by Ravi Shankar, joint secretary in the Union Ministry of Home...
Auckland: Rain stopped play in the first ODI between India and New Zealand here on Wednesday with the visitors chasing 186 for victory. India dismissed New Zealand for 185 in 40.2 overs and were 54/1 in 10.5 overs when the downpour started. Virat Kohli (29)...
Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday conducted searches in Odisha and West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe linked to an alleged investment fraud with depositors involving funds of Rs 120 crore, officials said. The probe stems from an Odisha Police Economic Offences Wing...
Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: The multi-agency search and rescue operation at landslide-ravaged Gidipabali village in south Odisha was halted Wednesday due to inclement weather, as families of 10 missing persons prepared to perform their final rituals, a senior official said. The decision to temporarily suspend the operation was...
Auckland: The imposing Gurnoor Brar repaid skipper Shubman Gill's faith by intimidating the New Zealand batters with speed and disconcerting bounce as India's young pace attack, led by the consistent Arshdeep Singh, dismissed the hosts for a below-par 185 in the first ODI in Auckland...
Auckland: India captain Shubman Gill and batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma met rugby legend Keven Mealamu before the start of the first ODI against New Zealand here Wednesday and were presented with personalised jerseys by the All Blacks great. Mealamu, who made 132...
By Bikash Kumar Dhal, OP Banta: A shortage of teachers at Government Bantala Nodal UP School in Banta block of Bhadrak district has disrupted classroom teaching, prompting parents to demand immediate intervention to safeguard students' education. Despite having adequate infrastructure, the school is struggling to...
Baripada: A nine-month-old tiger cub rescued from a human settlement near Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) is making encouraging progress in learning to survive in the wild, having begun displaying its natural hunting instincts. The cub, currently housed in the Jamuna enclosure under the South Wildlife...
Ganjam: An auto-rickshaw driver in Ganjam town has reportedly received an e-challan of Rs 1,000 for not wearing a helmet while driving his three-wheeler, raising questions over a possible error in the traffic enforcement system. The driver, identified as Prafulla Kumar Panda, said he had...
Nabarangpur: Thousands of women belonging to the District Nari Mahasangha staged a protest outside the sub-collector’s office in Nabarangpur, demanding the immediate release of their adviser and anti-liquor activist Rajesh Jani. Carrying sticks and raising slogans, the protesters Tuesday surrounded the office from noon, expressing...
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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