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7/11 Mumbai train blasts: HC acquits all 12 accused; says prosecution ‘utterly failed’ to prove case

By Odisha News Online Jul 21, 2025 414

MUMBAI, JUL 21 : The Bombay High Court on Monday quashed the conviction of 12 persons in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case and acquitted them, noting the prosecution has “utterly failed” to prove the case against them. The judgment comes 19 years after the terror attack that shook the city’s Western Railway network, resulting […]Continue Reading

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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’ Al Waleed bin Khaled dies after 20 years in coma

By Odisha News Online Jul 20, 2025 430

NEW DELHI, JUL 20 : Prince Al Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, widely known as the “Sleeping Prince,” has died nearly 20 years after slipping into a coma following a car accident in London in 2005. He was 36. Born in April 1990, Prince Al Waleed was the eldest son of Prince Khaled […]Continue Reading

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Fake currency worth Rs 9 crore recovered in West Bengal’s Dhamakhali

By Odisha News Online Jul 19, 2025 378

KOLKATA, JUL 19: Fake notes worth Rs nine crore have been recovered from Dhamakhali ferry ghat under Sandeshkhali police station in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Two persons, namely Sirajuddin Mollah and Debabrata Chakraborty have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said on Saturday. The two arrested persons had checked into […]Continue Reading

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Gangster shot dead inside Patna hospital: 5 held near Kolkata in cross-state crackdown

By Odisha News Online Jul 19, 2025 683

PATANA, JUL 19 : In a major breakthrough in the high-profile murder of gangster Chandan Kumar alias Chandan Mishra inside a Patna hospital, five persons were arrested from New Town near Kolkata on Saturday morning, reported news agency PTI. The arrests followed joint raids by the Patna Police and the West Bengal STF, which tracked […]Continue Reading

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Trump claims ‘five jets were shot down’ in India-Pak standoff; renews claim of halting conflict

By Odisha News Online Jul 19, 2025 345

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, JUL 19 : In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said “five jets were shot down” during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two […]Continue Reading

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Masood Azhar seen in POK, 1,000 km away from Bahawalpur bastion: Intel

By Odisha News Online Jul 18, 2025 277

New Ddelhi,Jul 18 :  Fresh intelligence inputs seen by India Today suggest that India’s most wanted terrorist, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, has been spotted in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, more than 1,000 km away from his Bahawalpur stronghold. Azhar was recently seen in Skardu, specifically around the Sadpara Road locality. The Continue Reading

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India welcomes US’s terror tag for Pak group behind Pahalgam attack

By Odisha News Online Jul 18, 2025 323

NEW DELHI, JUL 18 : The government on Friday welcomed the US administration’s decision to designate the Pakistan-based outfit, The Resistance Front, which was behind the Pahalgam terror attack, as a terrorist group. The Centre noted that the move underscores the strong counter-terrorism cooperation between India and the United States. “India has consistently Continue Reading

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Akbar brutal but tolerant, Babur ruthless: New NCERT textbook’s description of Mughal era

By Odisha News Online Jul 16, 2025 307

NEW DELHI, JUL 16 : Akbar’s regime was a blend of “brutality” and “tolerance”, Babur a “ruthless conqueror” while Aurangzeb was a “military ruler” who reimposed taxes on non-muslims, says the NCERT’s new Class 8 textbook while describing the reign of Mughal emperors. The book, “Exploring Society: India and Continue Reading

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‘He has lifted India’s aspirations to new heights’: Shukla’s return from space sparks nationwide celebration

By Odisha News Online Jul 15, 2025 474

NEW DELHI\LUCKNOW, JUL 15 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has not just touched space, but also “lifted India’s aspirations to new heights,” after the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth following a 20-day space sojourn. Singh, a Lok Sabha member from […]Continue Reading

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Influential Sunni cleric Kanthapuram steps in to save Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen

By Odisha News Online Jul 14, 2025 347

KOZHIKODE, JUL 14 : Influential Sunni Muslim cleric Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar has stepped in and is making “all possible efforts” to save an Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen, as her scheduled execution draws near, informed sources said here on Monday. They said the 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr […]Continue Reading