Odisha

The Odisha and West Bengal governments have started evacuating people and decided to close educational institutions in vulnerable areas, as cyclone Dana is set to cross the coasts in the early hours of October 25 with a wind speed of…
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The Odisha government suspended internet services in Bhadrak district for 48 hours till September 30, following violent communal clashes linked to social media postings, news agency ANI reported, citing the official order. In the official…
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A state government employee working on deputation in Odisha Raj Bhavan has accused the son of governor Raghubar Das of assaulting him during President Droupadi Murmu's visit to Puri last week. Baikunthanath Pradhan, an assistant section…
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The annual Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra will begin in Odisha’s Puri today. This year, due to specific celestial arrangements, the religious event will go on for two days. President Droupadi Murmu is expected to witness the Rath Yatra in…
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For the last leg of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are going all out to ensure that the party bags a substantial number of the 57 seats where elections will be held on June 1.…
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued an orange alert (heatwave) for Odisha and West Bengal for the next two days, while a yellow alert was issued for Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu for the next five…
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With the onset of monsoon, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall in several regions of India including Odisha, Jharkhand, Assam, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Delhi-NCR, Maharashtra, for the next two-three days. After a…
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A “mistaken” signal likely led to the Coromandel Express entering the line on which a goods train was parked a few metres ahead, eventually resulting in a three-train accident in Odisha’s Balasore that has killed 290 people and injured 900,…
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At least 238 people were killed and 650 injured in a horrific three-train collision in Odisha, officials said Saturday, the country's deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said a high-level…
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ASI Gopal Das, the policeman who shot and critically wounded Odisha Health Minister Naba Das was mentally not in the right condition, his wife Jayanti Das was quoted as saying after the shooting incident. Das is accused of having shot at…
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