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Goa nightclub fire: Luthra brothers brought back from Thailand, to be produced in Delhi court today

By Odisha News Online Dec 16, 2025 162

NEW DELHI, DEC 16 : Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa’s Arpora, where a devastating fire claimed the lives of 25 people, landed in India on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. The brothers were accompanied by a team of officials from central agencies, while the Goa […]Continue Reading

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Govt to introduce four Bills, including VB–G Ram G Bill, in Lok Sabha today

By Odisha News Online Dec 15, 2025 140

NEW DELHI, DEC 15 : The Union government is set to introduce four key Bills in the Lok Sabha on Monday, including legislation on higher education reforms, rural employment, nuclear energy, and the repeal of outdated laws. Although the Bills were not part of Monday’s agenda, they were added later through a supplementary list of […]Continue Reading

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12 killed in shooting during Jewish event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach; police call it ‘terrorist’ attack

By Odisha News Online Dec 14, 2025 234

AUSTRALIAN, DEC 14 : At least 12 people were killed and several others injured on Sunday after two gunmen opened fire at a Jewish Hanukkah event at the famous Bondi Beach in Sydney. Australian media reported that 29 people were wounded, including a child and two officers. A massive emergency response was underway, with injured […]Continue Reading

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At least two people were killed, and eight others were critically injured in a shooting at Brown

By Odisha News Online Dec 14, 2025 202

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 : University’s engineering building on Saturday, Providence’s mayor said, as police continued searching for a suspect on the Ivy League campus during final exams. The shooting took place on the second day of exams and prompted a large police response, with officers combing campus buildings more than two hours after the […]Continue Reading

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Delhi chokes under dense smog as AQI remains ‘severe’ even with GRAP-IV in force

By Odisha News Online Dec 14, 2025 185

NEW DELHI, DEC 14 : The national capital woke up to dense smog on Sunday morning, with the average Air Quality Index (AQI) nearing 500, placing it in the ‘severe’ category despite the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV being in force across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). Thick haze was reported in areas […]Continue Reading

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Kolkata Messi event: Chief organiser arrested as Mamata orders high-level probe into alleged mismanagement

By Odisha News Online Dec 13, 2025 175

KOLKATA,DEC 13 : After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered a high-level probe into the alleged mismanagement that led to chaos during the much-awaited visit of football legend Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, police on Saturday arrested the chief organiser of the event. Satadru Datta, promoter and chief organiser of […]Continue Reading

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Cabinet approves ₹11,718-crore budget for first-ever digital census 2027

By Odisha News Online Dec 12, 2025 164

NEW DELHI, DEC 12 : Moving towards conducting the National Census 2027, the NDA government on Friday approved a proposal at its Union Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to carry out the Census of India 2027 at a cost of ₹11,718 crore. Billed as the world’s largest statistical exercise, the Census of […]Continue Reading

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Shashi Tharoor skips third key Congress meeting in a row, triggering fresh unease in party

By Odisha News Online Dec 12, 2025 144

NEW DELHI, DEC 12 : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was again absent from a meeting of the party’s Lok Sabha MPs chaired by Rahul Gandhi on Friday, extending a pattern of non-attendance that has drawn internal attention in recent weeks. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, already under scrutiny for remarks viewed by some colleagues as favourable to […]Continue Reading

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Former Union minister Shivraj Patil passes away at 90

By Odisha News Online Dec 12, 2025 190

MAHARASTRA, DEC 12 : Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil passed away at his home town Latur in Maharashtra on Friday morning. Patil, 90, passed away at his residence ‘Devghar’ after a brief illness, family sources said. He is survived by his son Shailesh Patil, daughter-in-law Archana, who is a BJP […]Continue Reading

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Fireworks banned at nightbclubs, hotels, other tourist establishments in North Goa

By Odisha News Online Dec 11, 2025 145

GOA,DEC 11 : Days after a devastating nightclub fire in North Goa claimed 25 lives, the district administration has imposed a blanket ban on fireworks and pyrotechnics inside all tourist establishments. The order, issued on Wednesday evening, comes in the wake of the December 6 incident at the ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub in Arpora, […]Continue Reading