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Supreme Court says SBI has not disclosed numbers on electoral bonds, issues notice to bank

By Odisha News Online Mar 15, 2024 570

NEW DELHI,15 : The Supreme Court on Friday took strong exception to the State Bank of India (SBI) for failing to publish the numbers (unique alpha-numeric details) on all the electoral bonds received by political parties by March 16, after noting that its March 11 judgment clearly stated and asked it to do so. The […]Continue Reading

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‘Lottery king’, mining giants, Airtel among top electoral bond buyers

By Odisha News Online Mar 15, 2024 465

NEW DELHI, MAR 15: The Election Commission of India released comprehensive data on electoral bonds on Thursday, revealing the top contributors to political parties through the scheme from 2019 to 2024. At the top of the list is Future Gaming and Hotel Services Pvt Ltd, a prominent lottery company headed by Santiago Martin, with contributions […]Continue Reading

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Mamata Banerjee’s health condition stable; doctors keeping close watch

By Odisha News Online Mar 15, 2024 580

KOLKATA, MAR 15: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s health condition is “stable”, a senior official of the state administration said on Friday. The 69-year-old Banerjee, who suffered a major injury on her forehead and nose during a fall inside her Kalighat residence in South Kolkata on Thursday evening, also “slept well”, he said. Continue Reading

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‘Depicted nudity and sexual acts’: Centre blocks 18 OTT platforms

By Odisha News Online Mar 14, 2024 570

NEW DELHI, MAR 15 :The government on Thursday blocked 18 OTT platforms for obscene and pornographic content despite multiple warnings. Nineteen websites, 10 apps (7 on Google Play Store, 3 on Apple App Store), and 57 social media accounts associated with these platforms have also been disabled, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) said […]Continue Reading

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Ex-bureaucrats Sukhbir Sandhu, Gyanesh Kumar named election commissioners

By Odisha News Online Mar 14, 2024 601

NEW DELHI, MAR 14: Former bureaucrats Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar have been named as the new election commissioners by a panel chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, committee member and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Thursday. Addressing reporters at his residence soon after the meeting ended, Chowdhury said six names came […]Continue Reading

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Kovind-led panel on ‘one nation, one election’ submits report to President Droupadi Murmu

By Odisha News Online Mar 14, 2024 553

NEW DELHI,MAR 14: A high-level committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday submitted its report on the feasibility of holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies across the country. The panel submitted the report, comprising 18,626 pages, to President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, a statement said. The […]Continue Reading

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Proud moment: Supreme Court cook’s daughter to pursue law in US

By Odisha News Online Mar 14, 2024 511

NEW DELHI,MAR 14: Twenty-six-year-old Pragya, the daughter of a Supreme Court cook, on Wednesday, received many accolades not only from the legal fraternity but also from the head of the Institution of the top court of India, the Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, who complimented her for securing a US Scholarship to study […]Continue Reading

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‘CAA will never be taken back’: Amit Shah days after implementation

By Odisha News Online Mar 14, 2024 480

NEW DELHI, MAR 14 : Days after the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the act will never be taken back. Shah also said the states cannot block the CAA and that only Centre can allow citizenship. “CAA will never be taken back. It is our sovereign decision to […]Continue Reading

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Fire breaks out at dhaba in Greater Noida, no casualties reported

By Odisha News Online Mar 13, 2024 699

UTTAR PRADESH, MAR 13 : A major fire broke out at a roadside eatery in the Bisrakh area of Greater Noida West, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. The blaze that erupted at Shere Punjab Dhaba has spread to the neighbouring shops in Gaur City. Thick black smoke filled the sky as the flames engulfed the restaurant, […]Continue Reading

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‘Join us if you are being insulted’: Uddhav Thackeray to Nitin Gadkari

By Odisha News Online Mar 13, 2024 462

MAHARASTRA, MAR 13 :  Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday once again asked Union minister Nitin Gadkari to leave the BJP if he was being “insulted”, saying that the opposition in Maharashtra would ensure his victory in the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking at a rally at Pusad in eastern Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district, Thackeray […]Continue Reading