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Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department receives bomb threat to blow up Taj Mahal, turns out to be hoax

By Odisha News Online 142
Uttar Pradesh, DEC 3 :  Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department on Tuesday received a bomb threat via email threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal. However the threat turned out to be hoax, the police confirmed. Assisant Commissioner of Police Sayed Areeb Ahmad said bomb disposal squad and dog squad were pressed into service and nothing […]Continue Reading
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5 medical students killed after car’s head-on collision with bus in Kerala

By Odisha News Online 163
KERALA, DEC 3 : Five first-year medical students were killed after their car collided head-on with a state transport bus in Kerala’s Alapuzzha district on Monday night. The victims, identified as Devanandan and Muhammad Ibrahim from Lakshadweep, and Ayush Shaji, Sreedeep Valsan, and Muhammed Jabbar, were students at the TD Medical College in Alappuzha. The […]Continue Reading
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Will Shrikant Shinde be Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister? What father Eknath said

By Odisha News Online 86
NEW DELHI, DEC 1 : Eknath Shinde, caretaker Chief Minister of Maharashtra, on Sunday addressed speculation surrounding his son Shrikant Shinde being considered for the Deputy Chief Minister’s post, saying discussions were ongoing, and no decisions had been finalised. Speaking at the press conference, Shinde said, “Discussions are still going on, and many people speak […]Continue Reading
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Cyclone Fengal: 500 mm ‘historic’ rains hammer Puducherry, TN’s Villupuram

By Odisha News Online 85
CHENNAI, DEC 1 : The cyclonic storm ‘Fengal’, which made landfall on Saturday night, delivered historic rains over Villupuram and Puducherry, where it made landfall post Saturday midnight. Automatic weather stations in Mailam (Villupuram) and Puducherry have recorded 504 mm and 490 mm of rainfall respectively till 7.15 am on Sunday. This is higher than […]Continue Reading
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Maharashtra’s new government to be formed on December 5, with Fadnavis likely to return as CM

By Odisha News Online 71
MUMBAI, NOV 30 : Mahayuti alliance’s new government in Maharashtra will be formed on December 5 with Devendra Fadnavis emerging as the frontrunner to become the next chief minister again, a senior BJP leader said on Saturday. In the November 20 Maharashtra assembly polls, the Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led […]Continue Reading
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NHRC issues notice to Telangana government over death of Odisha woman hired for surrogacy

By Odisha News Online 145
BHUBANESWAR, NOV 29 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to the Telangana government regarding the death of a 25-year-old woman from Odisha, who had been hired for surrogacy. The woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances after reportedly falling from the ninth floor of a housing complex in the […]Continue Reading
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ED raids Raj Kundra, others in pornographic content linked money laundering case

By Odisha News Online 158
MUMBAI, NOV 29 : The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided the premises of businessman Raj Kundra, the husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, and some others as part of a money laundering case linked to the alleged distribution of pornographic content, official sources said. Around 15 locations in Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh are being searched, the […]Continue Reading