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Satya Niketan building collapse: Phones ring from rubble for help as students remain trapped

By Odisha News Online Sep 7, 2026 9

NEW DELHI, SEP 7 : It appears that no lessons were learned from the May 30 Saidulajab building collapse that claimed six lives, as a similar incident occurred in Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon. Both the sites are located merely 10 kilometres apart. Locals claimed that collection of water over days of rain in the […]Continue Reading

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PM Modi urges teachers to raise drug awareness, help students cut screen time

By Odisha News Online Sep 5, 2026 28

NEW DELHI, SEP 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with 82 teachers selected for the National Teachers’ Awards at his residence on Friday and urged them to look beyond classroom teaching, stay alert to drug abuse among students and help reduce children’s excessive screen time. During the interaction, teachers shared innovative teaching methods and […]Continue Reading

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Retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra named first full-time CEO of Ayodhya Ram temple Trust

By Odisha News Online Sep 2, 2026 30

UTTAR PRADESH, SEP 2 : The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Wednesday appointed retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra as the first full-time chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ram temple, nearly two months after beginning an extensive search for a professional administrator to oversee the institution. Mishra, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria […]Continue Reading

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US military completes latest strikes on Iran; Tehran vows retaliation after wedding home hit, killing five

By Odisha News Online Sep 2, 2026 38

WASHINGTON, SEP 2 : The US military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. One US strike hit a home hosting a wedding, killing five people […]Continue Reading

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PM Modi hails 7.8% growth amid global wars; urges people not to buy gold or go abroad

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2026 34

NEW DELHI, AUG 1 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the countrymen on India registering 7.8 per cent economic growth, saying the achievement had filled the nation with happiness. The Prime Minister attributed the robust growth to the collective efforts of the people. “I congratulate the countrymen. For their determination, for their hard work. It […]Continue Reading

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Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming Himalayas

By Odisha News Online Aug 31, 2026 22

NEPAL, AUG 31 : Workers shoveled thick mud from a flood-ravaged power station in central Nepal, trying to revive a key node that supplies electricity to more than 20,000 people. But as they cleared debris from equipment buried by last week’s catastrophic floods, there was hope the plant would not simply be rebuilt in the […]Continue Reading

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SC declines plea to stop CJP’s September 5 march, says all sides must act within law

By Odisha News Online Aug 31, 2026 29

NEW DELHI, AUG 31 : The Supreme Court on Monday declined to pass any order prohibiting the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) proposed protest march in Delhi on September 5, saying it expected the organisers as well as the authorities to act peacefully and in accordance with the law. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya […]Continue Reading

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How a Nepali teacher’s quick thinking saved 1,643 children from monster floods

By Odisha News Online Aug 30, 2026 41

NEPAL,AUG 30 : “He said the village was gone: taken by the river. He told me to run.” The warning came at 9:20 am on Wednesday from a friend to Rajendra Dawadi, principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal’s Trishuli Valley. He had 1,643 children in and around the three-storey school as a devastating […]Continue Reading

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Make India drug-free: PM Modi appeals to citizens

By Odisha News Online Aug 30, 2026 29

NEW DELHI, AUG 30 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to citizens to join hands to free India from the menace of drug abuse, and build a stronger future for the youth. In his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Modi noted that the ‘Drug-Free Youth for a Developed India’ campaign is gaining […]Continue Reading

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Lake burst in Tibet threatens fresh deluge in flood-hit Nepal after 475 deaths

By Odisha News Online Aug 28, 2026 35

NEPAL, AUG 28 : A desperate race to find survivors after Nepal’s devastating flash floods has hit another roadblock, with a newly formed lake near the Nepal-Tibet border beginning to overflow and threatening to unleash a second deadly surge. At least 475 people have died and nearly 1,500 remain missing on the Nepal and Tibet […]Continue Reading