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Calcutta High Court scraps all OBC certificates issued in Bengal since 2010

By Odisha News Online May 22, 2024 739

West Bengal, May 22 :  In a major verdict, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal since 2010. A division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakrabirty and Rajasekhar Mantha pronounced the verdict, while delivering a judgement on a PIL challenging the process of granting OBC certificates. […]Continue Reading

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BJP expels actor-politician Pawan Singh for contesting against NDA candidate

By Odisha News Online May 22, 2024 573

NEW DELHI, MAY 22 : The BJP on Wednesday expelled Bhojpuri actor-turned-politician Pawan Singh for contesting as an independent candidate from the Karakat Lok Sabha seat of Bihar against National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Upendra Kushwaha. Singh filed his nomination on May 9, ending weeks of speculation around his candidature from Karakat. In a letter […]Continue Reading

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Boat capsizes in Ujani dam backwaters in Pune, six feared dead

By Odisha News Online May 22, 2024 858

PUNE, MAY 22: Six persons, including two children, drowned after their boat capsized in the Ujani dam backwaters in Maharashtra’s Pune district, officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Tuesday evening following strong winds and rains, they said. The victims included three men, a woman and two children, Indapur tehsildar Shrikant Patil said. […]Continue Reading

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Jharkhand teen attempts 100-foot jump into water for Instagram reel, dies

By Odisha News Online May 22, 2024 889

Jharkhand, May 22 : An 18-year-old man in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand drowned after he jumped into deep water from a height to make an Instagram reel, police said on Tuesday. The man, Tausif, jumped into a quarry lake from a height of about 100 feet on Monday evening. His friends, who were bathing in […]Continue Reading

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Poll analyst Prashant Kishor predicts 300 seats for BJP: ‘No anger against PM’

By Odisha News Online May 21, 2024 563

NEW DELHI, MAY 21 : Political analyst Prashant Kishor on Tuesday predicted that the BJP is likely to get around 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, adding that there was no widespread anger against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, Prashan Kishor said that it was impossible for the BJP […]Continue Reading

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Modi’s campaigners are political tourists who can’t even name Odisha’s capital: VK Pandian

By Odisha News Online May 21, 2024 725

PURI, MAY 21: In an unconcealed jibe at the prime minister, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s right-hand man has dismissed the BJP’s star campaigners in Odisha as “political tourists” who can’t even identify the state capital. VK Pandian is also confident Patnaik will be back in office for a sixth straight term and has even declared […]Continue Reading

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BJP serves show cause notice to MP Jayant Sinha: ‘You didn’t even vote’

By Odisha News Online May 21, 2024 624

NEW DELHI, MAY 21: The BJP has issued a show cause notice against former Union Minister Jayant Sinha for not “taking interest” in organisational work and campaigning ever since the party declared Manish Jaiswal as its Lok Sabha candidate from Hazaribagh. Sinha, son of former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, also did not cast his […]Continue Reading

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Father of Pune teen, who killed 2 techies with Porsche, arrested from Aurangabad

By Odisha News Online May 21, 2024 644

Pune,May 21 :  The Pune Police have arrested the father of a 17-year-old boy, who crashed his speeding Porsche into a bike and killed two people. Vishal Agrawal was arrested from Maharashtra’s Aurangabad based on a case registered against him on Monday (May 20). A real estate developer, Vishal Agrawal, was on the run. The […]Continue Reading

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Pune teen must be tried as adult, says top cop amid outrage over bail

By Odisha News Online May 20, 2024 639

PUNE, MAY 20 :  The 17-year-old son of a real estate developer, who killed two people by running them over with his sports car, should be tried as an adult, Pune’s Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar told India Today TV. The commissioner’s statement comes amid outrage over the bail granted to the teen, who ran […]Continue Reading

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18 killed as mini goods vehicle plunges into valley in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham

By Odisha News Online May 20, 2024 710

Chhattisgarh,May 20: Seventeen women and a man were killed and four others injured when a mini goods vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a valley in Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district on Monday, police said. The accident occurred around 1.45 pm on Banjari Ghat near Bahpani village under Kukdur police station limits, an official said. The […]Continue Reading