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Lawyer passes matric after 42 attempts
Never Say Never: Meet Odisha Lawyer Who Cleared Matric On 42nd Attempt & Class 12 After 19 Years

Dhenkanal: Failure is the first step towards success and 65-year-old man Trilochan Naik from Odisha’s Dhenkanal had to take 42 steps to clear Matric exams. Naik who recently cleared Bachelor of Laws is a true embodiment of grit and determination. He has proved that one should not say that one will never do something, because […]

Powerful Indians Making Aggressive Calls For Vaccines: Poonawalla
Vaccine Nationalism Threatens Target Of 2B Doses: Adar Poonawalla

New Delhi: Adar Poonawalla, CEO, Serum Institute of India (SII) has said that vaccine nationalism in countries, including the US and India is likely to derail efforts to deliver 2 billion doses to poorer and middle-income nations. In an interview with a global news wire, Poonawalla said countries are holding tight to their supplies and […]

Lottery for water
Lottery For Water In Odisha Town: Winner Gets A Bucketful

Chhatrapur (Ganjam): Around 50 families at the Station Road in the district headquarters town have resorted to a bizarre innovation for getting a bucketful of drinking water from a lone stand-post in their locality. An instant lottery system is played out every day to decide who gets the quota first. Reason: water comes for only […]

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BJP Releases List For Puducherry Polls

New Delhi: The BJP has released names of candidates for the nine assembly constituencies in Puducherry. In a statement issued late Tuesday, the BJP said that the party’s Central Election Committee has decided the following names for the ensuing Puducherry legislative assembly elections. The saffron party has fielded V. Saminathan (Lawspet), A. Namassivayam (Mannadipet), J. […]

Bank staff loot
Bank Staff Robbed Off Rs 21 Lakh In Odisha

Sonepur: Armed miscreants on Wednesday decamped with cash of Rs 21 lakh from a bank staff near Baghalpur chhak in the district. As per sources, as many as six unidentified miscreants reached the spot on three bikes and snatched the cash bag from the contractual bank staff by keeping him at gunpoint while he was […]

Covid-19 cases in Odisha
Odisha Logs 82 New COVID-19 Cases, Tally Surges To 338405

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload on Wednesday mounted to 3,38,405 after 82 more people tested positive for the infection, a health department official said. The new cases were detected in 20 of the state’s 30 districts, with 48 reported from different quarantine centers and the remaining 34 local contact cases. Mayurbhanj district recorded the highest of […]

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IPS Kuldiep Appointed CRPF DG, Ganapathy To Head NSG

New Delhi: Senior IPS officers Kuldiep Singh and M.A. Ganapathy have been appointed as Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the National Security Guard (NSG), respectively. Taking reference from the February 11 proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

Provisions For OBC Quota In Local Bodies Can't Breach 50% Limit: SC
RBI Nod Before Foreign National Transacting In Real Estate Mandatory: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that the condition predicated in Section 31 of the 1973 Act of obtaining “previous” general or special permission of the RBI for transfer or disposal of immovable property situated in India by sale or mortgage by a person, who is not a citizen of India, is mandatory. “Until […]

NSG
Odisha: NSG Makes Recce Of Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri

Puri: A team from the National Security Guard (NSG) on Wednesday carried out a reconnaissance of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri to take stock of the facilities and security build up at the world-famous shrine. The exercise is a part of the elite commando unit’s security inspection at major pilgrimages and other sensitive places […]

Pipili Bypoll
Pipili Bypoll: Odisha CEO Announces Guidelines

Bhubaneswar: The Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha, Sushil Kumar Lohani on Wednesday made a slew of announcements for the upcoming  byelection to the Pipili Assembly constituency in the State slated to be held on April 17. Addressing a press conference, Lohani said the number of booths have been increased this year from 271 to 348 […]

Accident
IAF Group Captain Dies In MiG-21 Accident

New Delhi: A Group Captain of the Indian Air Force was killed in an accident involving a MiG-21 Bison aircraft at an airbase in central India on Wednesday, the IAF said. The accident took place when the aircraft was taking off for a combat training mission, the IAF said on Twitter. It said Group Captain […]

PM Modi reviews Covid situation
PM Modi Asks CMs To Show No Leniency Against Emerging Second Wave Of Covid-19

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a comprehensive discussion with the Chief Ministers of all States/UTs on Wednesday to assess the Covid-19 situation in the country. The PM asked the Chief Ministers to show no leniency in the fight against preventing the outbreak of an emerging second wave of nCoV-2 infection cases. We will […]

Deadlock In Odisha Assembly: Speaker Calls For All-Party Meeting Once Again
No End To Impasse In Odisha Assembly As Govt, Opposition Lock Horns

Bhubaneswar: Stalemate continues in Odisha Assembly for fifth straight day due to heavy pandemonium created by both Opposition and treasury bench members. Soon after the House assembled for the day, Opposition BJP and ruling BJD members stormed into the well and created heavy noise. BJP members alleged mandi mismanagement while BJD MLAs shouted, demanding apology […]

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Odisha: COVID-19 Vaccination Of Puri Srimandir Servitors Starts From Today

Puri: Following a month-long rapid COVID-19 test vaccination of servitors of the Puri Shrimandir began on Wednesday. Around 3000 servitor will undergo the vaccination in the presence of the Puri district collector SamarthVema as has been decided by the district administrations. As per reports, the servitors will be inoculated at the Pratihari Niyog Meeting room […]

'One Nation, One Standard' To Be Priority: Piyush Goyal
Railway Has Taken Series Of Measures To Curb E-Ticketing Malpractices: Piyush Goyal

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In order to curb e-ticketing malpractices, a number of preventive and punitive measures have been taken by the Indian Railways, informed Union Minister Piyush Goyal. In a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the Railway Minister said that the new initiative aims at making the IRCTC reservation website foolproof. […]

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