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IND vs PAK preview: India firm favourites as Dubai miracle only hope for Pakistan

By Odisha News Online Feb 23, 2025 202

NEW DELHI, FEB 23 : “India-Pakistan has a long history. It’s an exciting contest when these two teams play. Everyone enjoys watching it. If so many people are happy to watch the match, then who are we to say that it is underhyped or overhyped?” India vice-captain Shubman Gill said when asked if the mother […]Continue Reading

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Former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das appointed Principal Secretary to PM

By Odisha News Online Feb 22, 2025 108

NEW DELHI,FEB 22 : Former RBI governor Shaktikanta Das has been appointed Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. “The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Shaktikanta Das, IAS (Retired) as Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister with effect from the date he assumes the office,” said a central government circular. Das Continue Reading

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Deeply troubling: Government after Trump claims US election interference in India

By Odisha News Online Feb 21, 2025 131

NEW DELHI,FEB 21 : The Centre on Friday raised serious concerns over recent remarks by US President Donald Trump, who alleged that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) allocated a USD 21 million fund to India with the intent of “influencing its electoral process”. Addressing a weekly media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs […]Continue Reading

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Railway Ministry orders platform X to remove videos of New Delhi railway station stampede

By Odisha News Online Feb 21, 2025 104

NEW DELHI,FEB 21 : The Railway Ministry has directed platform X to remove 285 social media links featuring videos of casualties from the tragic stampede at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15, reports said. The action stems from new authority granted on December 24, when the Railways ministry empowered its executive director of information […]Continue Reading

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BJP’s Rekha Gupta sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister; six ministers take oath

By Odisha News Online Feb 20, 2025 126

NEW DELHI, FEB 20 : First-time MLA Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Delhi’s new chief minister on Thursday, along with her Council of Ministers, at a ceremony at Ramlila Maidan, marking the BJP’s return after 26 years. Besides Gupta, six newly elected MLAs—Parvesh Verma, Ashish Sood, Pankaj Singh, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, Kapil Mishra, and […]Continue Reading

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Reflects PM’s vision: Rekha Gupta ahead of taking oath as Delhi Chief Minister

By Odisha News Online Feb 20, 2025 123

NEW DELHI, FEB 20 : Rekha Gupta was chosen as the next Delhi Chief Minister by the BJP legislature party meeting on Wednesday. A former president of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), the 50-year-old Gupta won the Shalimar Bagh seat in the 2025 assembly elections by a margin of 29,595 votes. Parvesh Verma, who […]Continue Reading

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Karnataka Lokayukta’s clean chit to Siddaramaiah, his wife in Muda case

By Odisha News Online Feb 19, 2025 103

KARNATAKA, FEB 19 : The Karnataka Lokayukta gave a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and two others in the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) site allocation case, with the anti-corruption watchdog set to submit a B-report citing lack of evidenceThe investigation concluded that the allegations were civil in nature and did not […]Continue Reading

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Sangam water fit for drinking: Yogi Adityanath rejects faecal bacteria report

By Odisha News Online Feb 19, 2025 103

UTTAR PRADESH, FEB 19 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the water quality at Prayagraj during the ongoing Maha Kumbh was fit to take a dip and perform aachman (drinking holy water) and slammed the opposition for spreading propaganda that it was unfit for bathing. The remark by Adityanath comes amid a row […]Continue Reading

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President gives nod to prosecute minister Satyendar Jain in money laundering case

By Odisha News Online Feb 18, 2025 92

NEW DELHI,FEB 18 : President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday sanctioned the prosecution aginst former minister Satyendar Jain in a case investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. The case falls under the provisions of the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA), sources said. It is to be noted that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) sent […]Continue Reading

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Mahakumbh: High faecal bacteria levels in Prayagraj river water, fails bathing standards, says Pollution Control Board

By Odisha News Online Feb 18, 2025 229

LUCKNOW, FEB 18 : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) officials to appear virtually before the Tribunal for failing to submit the ‘action taken report (ATR)’ on improving the water quality in Prayagraj for Mahakumbh-2025. Notably, the NGT principal bench had directed both the Central Pollution Control Board […]Continue Reading