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Rajasthan, September 9: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Emergency Landing Facilities (ELIs) will be developed at 19 other places, including Kharagpur-Balasore Road in West Bengal and Kharagpur-Keonjhar Road in Odisha, to strengthen country’s security. Inaugurating the ELI on National Highway 925A in Rajasthan along with Defence Minister […]
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Sambalpur, September 9: Residents of Balibandha, Ramji Mandir and Ghunaghutipada on Thursday staged ‘Jal Satyagrah’ in Mahanadi river at Balibandha Ghat protesting displacement for carrying out the Samaleswari Temple Area Management and Local Economy Initiatives (SAMALEI) scheme by the State Government. Earlier, the residents of these areas, including the inhabitants of Ghunghutipara, a 400-year-old slum […]
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Delhi, September 9: In a landmark achievement, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 71 crore milestone on Thursday. Now, total vaccination coverage stood at 71,52,54,153, said an official release. According to a Ministry of Health statement, 73,80,510 vaccine doses have been administered till 7 PM today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 8: Chilika MLA Prasant Kumar Jagdev, who exhibited his pugnacious qualities yet again on Wednesday, was suspended from the BJD. Jagdev, well known for courting controversies for his highhandedness, this time finds himself in a soup after he thrashed a senior Nagar BJP leader in full public glare at Balugaon area in Khurda […]
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Puri, September 8: Devotees will now be allowed Darshan of sibling deities – Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra – at Shree Jagannath Temple here on Saturdays. Two hour extension on daily darshan timing till 9 PM has also been announced keeping in view the improvement in COVID-19 situation in the State. A decision to […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 8: Para shuttler Pramod Bhagat will receive a cash award of Rs 6 crore from the Odisha Government for winning gold at recently concluded Tokyo Paralympics-2020. He has also been offered a Group-A level Government job. “Pramod Bhagat, para-badminton Gold Medal winner at Tokyo Paralympics is eligible for the cash reward of Rs […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 8: Ahead of crucial Assembly elections, senior BJP leader and Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been entrusted a big responsibility of party in-charge (Prabhari) of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Pradhan, who hails from Odisha, has efficiently handled the BJP campaign as election in-charge in the last Assembly […]
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New Delhi, September 7: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund will be the leader of the new Afghanistan government, the Taliban announced on Tuesday. Taliban’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader of the new government while Sirajuddin Haqqani, the son of the founder of the Haqqani Network, […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 8: With the administration of 78,47,625 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 70.75 crore (70,75,43,018) as per provisional reports till 7 AM of Wednesday. This has been achieved through 72, 81,305 sessions. The recovery of 39,114 patients in the last 24 hours has […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 7: The Odisha police on Monday evening arrested former Visakhapatnam West Zone MLA and YSRCP leader Malla Vijaya Prasad over his alleged involvement in the multi-crore chit fund scam. Sleuths of the Economic Offence Wing of Odisha of Crime Branch with the help of Visakhapatnam police conducted a raid at Prasad’s house and […]
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