Bhubaneswar: Citing "law-and-order concerns" and "campus disturbances", students' union elections have been cancelled at several colleges across Odisha. This has triggered protests, campus unrest and sine die declarations at some institutions. Students and student organisations have opposed the cancellations, alleging "unfair treatment" of candidates. In...
New Delhi: BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia on Monday denied reports that the opening ODI of the upcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka has been moved from Delhi to Ahmedabad. In a brief statement, Saikia said the match, to be played December 13, was allotted to...
Puri: Police have arrested five persons, including two minors, for allegedly assaulting a 35-year-old man, stripping him naked and parading him along a public road in Puri district on suspicion that he had attempted to molest a mentally ill woman. The incident occurred near Jalakabar...
Bhubaneswar: Campaigning has picked up across colleges and universities in Odisha ahead of the October 15 student union elections, with candidates reaching out to voters through posters, banners, and social media, even as reports of clashes at some campuses raise law-and-order concerns. Campuses, including Utkal...
Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Monday slammed the ruling BJP government for allegedly undermining hockey after Hockey India issued a show-cause notice to the Hockey Association of Odisha, proposing its reclassification from permanent to associate member. Addressing a press conference in Bhubaneswar, former sports minister Tushar Kanti...
Bhubaneswar: A series of road accidents in Bhubaneswar’s Keshura area took a new turn after CCTV footage emerged showing a car driver allegedly ramming into people and parked motorcycles following an "altercation" with employees at a roadside dhaba. According to sources, three people were injured...
Bhubaneswar/Jajpur: Three buildings and 19 high-value plots allegedly belonging to Jayadev Jena, an assistant block education officer (ABEO) in Jajpur district, were unearthed during raids in connection with a disproportionate assets case Monday, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, an Odisha Vigilance team raided the...
Bhubaneswar: At a time when several Opposition parties are demanding resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar and cancellation of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday defended the drive describing it as a necessary exercise to uphold...
Bhubaneswar/Kataka/Puri: A reported bomb attack at Banki Autonomous College in Kataka district damaged part of the building near the administration block, while a suspected explosion at Utkal University in Bhubaneswar and a "firecracker incident" at Nimapada College in Puri district triggered concern ahead of the...
SANGEETA JENA, OP Raurkela: Students at Government Upper Primary School, Sector 1 in the Raurkela Steel Township are facing difficulties due to unsafe classrooms, inadequate drinking water and non-functional water facilities, raising concerns over their safety and basic needs. Established in 1969, the school caters...
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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