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Punjab man arrested for transmitting Army movements using live highway CCTV feed to Pakistan handlers

By Odisha News Online May 22, 2026 47

CHANDIGARH, MAY 22 : A resident of Pathankot in Punjab has been arrested by the Punjab Police on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers by allegedly transmitting live CCTV footage from the Pathankot-Jammu highway corridor. Police suspect the live surveillance feed was being used to track sensitive troop and convoy movement along National Highway-44 connecting […]Continue Reading

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Modi making reels in Italy, while our youth tormented by paper leaks: Rahul Gandhi

By Odisha News Online May 21, 2026 59

NEW DELHI, MAY 21: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG paper leak, saying he had neither accepted responsibility nor removed Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from the post. In a post on X in Hindi, he said the Congress will not stop till Pradhan resigns and a robust […]Continue Reading

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Meet the cockroach who’s launched India’s newest political party

By Odisha News Online May 20, 2026 47

NEW DELHI, MAY 20 : A week ago, Abhijeet Dipke was applying for jobs in Boston. Then a remark by the Chief Justice of India comparing young Indians on social media to “cockroaches” and “parasites” sparked outrage online. Within three days, Abhijeet had launched the Cockroach Janata Party, a movement that exploded across social media, […]Continue Reading

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Hospitals, Jan Aushadhi outlets to function despite chemists’ protest today

By Odisha News Online May 20, 2026 43

NEW DELHI, MAY 20 : All major pharmacy chains, hospital-based medical stores, Jan Aushadhi Kendras and AMRIT pharmacy outlets across India are expected to remain operational on May 20 despite a nationwide shutdown call given by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) over concerns related to e-pharmacies, sources said on Tuesday. According […]Continue Reading

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Economic shock will not hit Adani, Ambani, Modi but youth and small traders: Rahul Gandhi in Raebareli

By Odisha News Online May 19, 2026 48

NEW DELHI, MAY 19 : Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said “very, very tough times are coming”. He claimed that an “economic shock” is coming and it will not hit “Adani, Ambani, or Modi,” but the youth, labourers, and small traders. Gandhi said a major economic shock not seen for many years is […]Continue Reading

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Targeting commercial ships,impeding navigation in Strait of Hormuz unacceptable: India’s UN envoy

By Odisha News Online May 17, 2026 42

NEW DELHI, MAY 17 : India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Parvathaneni Harish outlined India’s approach towards tackling the ongoing energy and fertiliser crisis amid the conflict in West Asia, stressing the need for a combination of short-term and long-term measures backed by international cooperation. Harish said he participated in the Continue Reading

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Fire breaks out on Rajdhani Express in MP’s Ratlam, all passengers rescued

By Odisha News Online May 17, 2026 39

NEW DELHI, MAY 17 : A fire broke out in an AC coach of the Thiruvananthapuram–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district early Sunday, railway officials said. However all the passengers were rescued, the officials added. The blaze erupted at around 5.15 am in the B-1 coach of train number 12431, which was […]Continue Reading

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NTA appoints two joint directors, two joint secretaries amid NEET-UG paper leak row

By Odisha News Online May 16, 2026 43

NEW DELHI, MAY 16 : In the aftermath of the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026, held on May 3, the government on Saturday appointed two Joint Directors and two Joint Secretaries to the National Testing Agency (NTA) with immediate effect. The move is expected to strengthen the agency, which is dominated by outsourced employees. Notably, the […]Continue Reading

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Totally baseless, did not criticise youth: CJI on ‘jobless cockroaches’ remark

By Odisha News Online May 16, 2026 44

NEW DELHI,MAY 16 : Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Saturday issued a clarification over his controversial “cockroaches” remark, saying a section of the media had misquoted his oral observations and falsely projected them as criticism of the youth of the country. “I am pained to read how a section of the media […]Continue Reading

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CBI arrests NTA biology expert; second paper-setting panel member detained in NEET paper leak probe

By Odisha News Online May 16, 2026 41

PUNE/MUMBAI, MAY 16 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a biology lecturer, Manisha Gurunath Mandhare a Pune resident, who was part of the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) paper-setting process for NEET-UG 2026. According to officials, Mandhare was arrested after questioning at the CBI headquarters in Delhi in connection with the ongoing paper […]Continue Reading