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New Delhi: Delhi Police PRO M S Randhawa held a meeting with a delegation of students and teachers after violence broke out at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here, officials said on Monday. Violence broke out at the JNU on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged […]

Mumbai: Students from various colleges here held a protest at the Gateway of India on Sunday midnight to condemn the JNU violence. Former JNU students Umar Khalid and Kunal Kamra were part of the group which also held a candlelight vigil to show solidarity with JNU students. Youngsters, mostly students from different city colleges, assembled […]

Bhubaneswar: Females can also excel in the traditionally male dominated sphere of bodybuilding and Gargy Nayak of Odisha has proved it with her accomplishment. With nerves of steel and sheer hard work, Gargy has made everyone proud by clinching the Musclemania India Championships title in her first attempt. After four months of rigorous training, Gargy, […]

Chilika: The bird population in Chilika, Asia largest brackish water lagoon, has increased by 57,000 this year in comparison to last year. As per the census that was conducted yesterday, the lake has recorded total of 11, 05,040 birds this year as against 10, 47,968 registered last year. The highest number of 4, 06,308 birds […]

Bhubaneswar: After unseasonal rainfall subsided in all districts of Odisha, cold and foggy weather conditions returned to the State with mercury plummeting by at least two degrees in many places. The minimum/night temperature has recorded a marginal fall as Sonepur was the coldest on Monday with 7.5 degree Celsius, followed by Angul at 9 degree […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday filed an FIR in connection with the attack on students by a mob at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. “We have filed one FIR,” Delhi Police spokesperson M.S. Randhawa told IANS. Several masked individuals thrashed students and teachers inside the campus here with wooden and metal rods […]

Bhubaneswar: Minati Mishra, one of the most respected and revered Odissi dancer and Padma Shri awardee passed away at the age of 91 in Switzerland, family sources said on Monday. Mishra, who worked alongside first-generation gurus of Odissi such as Guru Deba Prasad Das and Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, received huge applause and many accolades for […]

Sambalpur: A pall of gloom descended Barab village in Sambalpur after the body of a migrant labourer, a minor boy who had gone to Gujarat to work in a factory, was handed over to his family on Sunday. Deceased Jiten Pradhan, the eldest son of VV Pradhan of Barab under Rairakhol block had reportedly migrated […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to provide postal services to people in left-wing extremism (LWE) – affected areas, the government has planned to open 30 more sub-post offices in undivided Koraput district. Various services like small saving, Sukanya Samriddhi yojana, passport services, e-post and e-mail services will be made available in the proposed post offices, informed Manoj […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday condemned the attack on students and teachers at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. The Chief Minister, who expressed shock over the incident, said violence has no space in democracy and such attacks on students must be condemned unequivocally. He also appealed the law enforcement […]

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday drew parallels between the Sunday’s violence in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University and the November 26, 2008 terror strikes in Mumbai which had provoked a similar outrage 12 years ago. “Why were the attackers’ faces covered? Why were they hiding? Seeing them, I was reminded of the […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday announced February 8 as the date for the Delhi Assembly election. The model code of conduct comes into effect immediately, said the EC. The counting of votes will be on February 11. The date of notification is January 14, while January 21 will be the last date for […]

Nashik/Mumbai: Activists of Nationalist Congress Party and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad clashed here prompting the local police to use force to separate and disperse them, here on Monday, officials said. The incident happened when a large number of NCP activists staged a noisy protest outside the Nashik branch of ABVP – the youth wing of […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought an explanation from the Assam government in connection with the allegation the state coordinator for NRC had made communal statements. A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant said that newly-appointed NRC coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma should have not […]

New Delhi: A day after attacks on students and teachers in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus in Delhi, officials of the Ministry of Human Resource Development on Monday met the varsity authorities here and held a detailed discussion about the situation. In a tweet, the Ministry said MHRD Secretary Amit Khare met Pro-Vice-Chancellor Chintamani Mahapatra, Registrar […]