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Odisha, Madhya Pradesh Top Performers In Digitising Land Records: NCAER

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh, is the best performing state in in terms of digitising land records, followed by Odisha, according to the NCAER Land Records and Services Index. Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu are the other states in the top five. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) on Thursday released India’s first land […]

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'Poverty'-Stricken Couple ‘Sells’ Baby For Rs 10,000 In Smart City Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: No matter how much the Odisha government boasts of its welfare schemes, more and more incidents stemming out of poverty & lack of development continue to surface. In one such case which depicts the plight of poverty, a couple allegedly sold their 19-day-old boy child for Rs 10,000. It is certainly a shocker as […]

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Bizarre! Car Driver Fined For Not Wearing Helmet In Odisha

Sambalpur: At a time when Odisha Transport Department is gearing up for a massive crackdown on traffic violations after the end of the relaxation period from March 1, instances of lapses in charging penalties under the provisions of the amended Motor Vehicles Act still remains a major concern. To prove this, a car owner was […]

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Shweta Tiwari Proves 40 Is New 20, See Pics

TV actress Shweta Tiwari is making headlines for her remarkable transformation. The actress has shed oodles of weight and is oozing out hotness these days with her pictures on social…

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Coronavirus Continues To Impact Markets; Sensex Down 143 Pts

Mumbai: Panic selling continued to impact the domestic equity markets on the back of a sporadic sell-off in global indices due to the spread of coronavirus cases around the world. Additionally, both the domestic and global equity markets got impacted by weak expiry of monthly futures and options (F&O). Besides, caution prevailed ahead of the […]

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OPPO launches A31 in India at starting price of Rs 11,490

New Delhi: Expanding its budget portfolio in the country, Chinese handset maker OPPO on Thursday launched its OPPO A31 for Rs 11,490 for the 4GB+64GB variant and Rs 13,990 for the 6GB+128GB variant. “OPPO A31 will bolster our efforts to provide consumers the best smartphone experience at a compelling price. The success of the A […]

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IB Operative Brutally Stabbed To Death: Post Mortem Report

New Delhi: Intelligence Bureau (IB) operative Ankit Sharma was brutally stabbed to death during the violence in northeast Delhi, the post mortem examination has revealed. The autopsy report states: “Multiple abrasion.. deep cut.. by sharp edge objects.” The panel of doctors, who carried out post mortem, have clearly stated that he was brutally and repeatedly […]

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Case Filed Against Kapil Mishra In Muzaffarpur Court, Hearing Post Holi

Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A case was filed on Thursday against BJP leader Kapil Mishra in a Muzaffarpur court in Bihar for allegedly making inflammatory speeches that led to riots and arson in Delhi which claimed 38 lives and left over 200 dead. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar posted the matter for hearing on March 12, two […]

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Delhi Violence: AAP Suspends Its Councillor Accused Of Involvement In Killing Of IB Man

New Delhi: The AAP has suspended its councillor Tahir Hussain, who is accused of being involved in the death of an IB staffer, from the primary membership of the party till police probe is completed, AAP sources said on Thursday. Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma was on Wednesday found dead in a drain in […]

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Astronomers discover new moon temporarily orbiting Earth

New York: Astronomers have discovered that a car-sized second natural satellite, commonly called a mini-moon, is temporarily orbiting Earth for the past three years. “Earth has a new temporarily captured object/possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude object,” […]

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Police file criminal cases against WhatsApp, Twitter, TikTok in India

Hyderabad: Hyderabad police have registered a criminal case against micro-blogging platform Twitter, Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Chinese short-video making app TikTok on charges of facilitating the spread of hatred and anti-national content on their platforms in the country. The Cyber Crime Police Station registered the case following the direction from a city court on a petition […]

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CRPF Troopers Donate Blood For Riot-Hit At GTB Hospital

New Delhi: Around three dozen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel donated blood at the GTB Hospital, here on Tuesday, to help aid the hospital in meeting the demand arising from the rush of those hurt in violence, officials said. A group of 50 CRPF personnel were sent to the hospital. Of them, 34 donated […]

COVID-19 At Decisive Point: WHO Chief

Geneva: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the world is at a “decisive point” to tackle the coronavirus outbreak as new cases outside China have outnumbered the new cases reported in the Asian country. “We are at a decisive point,” Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) was quoted as saying by Xinhua news […]

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New Covid-19 Cases In Odisha Hit All-Time High With 4,445 Infections In A Day

Bhubaneswar: The one-day surge in Covid-19 cases in Odisha registered a big jump on Monday when a total of 4,445 persons tested positive for the infection while four patients succumbed…

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Odisha Offers Japan An Exclusive Industrial Cluster & Township Near Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: With Japan government expressing interest to invest in Odisha’s steel sector, the Centre and state government on Thursday offered an exclusive Japanese Industrial Cluster & Township near here. Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday discussed prospects of Japanese investment for the development of an integrated steel cluster […]

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