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93% of Rs 2,000 notes returned since May when it was withdrawn, says RBI

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 562

NEWDELHI,SEPT 1: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday that the total value of Rs 2,000 banknotes that had been returned stood at Rs 3.32 lakh crore as of August 31, 2023. “According to the data received from the banks, the total value of Rs 2,000 banknotes received back from circulation is Rs […]Continue Reading

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INDIA’s big Mumbai decisions: Seat-sharing at earliest, 14-member coordination team

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 619

Mumbai, Sept 1: The opposition bloc INDIA, which held its third meeting in Mumbai, announced a central coordination committee consisting of 14 members from its constituent parties. The alliance also passed a resolution to jointly contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections and said that seat-sharing talks between the member parties would begin “immediately”. Continue Reading

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Children from invalid marriages entitled to parents’ property: Supreme Court

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 631

NEW DELHI,SEPT 1 : The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that children born out of invalid marriages are entitled to a share in the property of their parents under Hindu laws. The verdict came on a plea, pending since 2011, on the legal issue of whether non-marital children were entitled to a share in the […]Continue Reading

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Aditya L1: Study of solar quakes must as they affect geomagnetic field, says IIA scientist

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 579

BENGALURU,SEPT 1 : Ahead of India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission, a top scientist said the monitoring of the Sun on a 24-hour basis is a must to study solar quakes which can alter the geomagnetic fields of Earth. The Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun is slated to be launched at 11.50 a.m. from the Sriharikota […]Continue Reading

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1995 double murder case: Former MP Prabhunath Singh gets life imprisonment

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 846

NEW DELHI,SEPT 1: The Supreme Court on Friday sentenced former Lok Sabha MP from Bihar Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment in a 1995 double murder case. On August 18, a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul convicted Singh while overturning the orders of the trial court and the Patna […]Continue Reading

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Man shot dead inside Union Minister’s Lucknow home, son’s pistol found from spot

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 791

Uttar Pradesh,Sept 1 :  A young man was shot dead at Union Minister Kaushal Kishore’s residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow on Friday. A licensed pistol under the name of the minister’s son was recovered from the spot. The victim, Vikas Srivastava, was a friend of Kaushal Kishore’s son, police said. The body has been sent […]Continue Reading

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Ex-President Kovind-headed committee to explore possibility of ‘one-nation, one-election’

By Odisha News Online Sep 1, 2023 442

NEW DELHI,SEPT 1: The government has constituted a committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of “one nation, one election”, sources said on Friday. The move comes a day after the government called a special session of Parliament between September 18 and 22, the agenda for which is under wraps. […]Continue Reading

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After Putin, China’s Xi Jinping likely to skip G20 summit in Delhi: Report

By Odisha News Online Aug 31, 2023 457

NEW DELHI,AUG 31 : Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to skip a summit of G20 leaders in India next week, sources familiar with the matter in India and China told Reuters. Two Indian officials, one diplomat based in China and one official working for the government of another G20 country said Premier Li Qiang […]Continue Reading

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Special Parliament session called from September 18 to 22

By Odisha News Online Aug 31, 2023 506

NEW DELHI,AUG 31 : A special session of Parliament is being called from September 18 to 22, having 5 sittings, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday. “Amid Amrit Kaal looking forward to have fruitful discussions and debate in Parliament,” he said. However, the government has not revealed the agenda for the […]Continue Reading

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Imran Khan arrested again after being released on bail

By Odisha News Online Aug 29, 2023 539

Pakistan,Aug 29 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday, hours after the Islamabad High Court released him on bail in the Toshakhana case.He will stay in judicial custody and will be produced in court on Wednesday, August 30.He is arrested in the cipher case, under the Official Secrets Act. Imran Khan […]Continue Reading