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Security forces uncover terrorist hideout in Poonch, recover IEDs and wireless sets                                                                                                                                                    

By Odisha News Online May 5, 2025 38

MENDHAR/JAMMU, MAY 5 : Security forces unearthed a terrorist hideout in a forest area in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of five improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and two wireless sets, officials said on Monday. All the ready-to-use IEDs, weighing between half-a-kg and five kg, were destroyed in a controlled explosion […]Continue Reading

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India, Sri Lanka sign 1st defence deal, six other pacts during PM Modi’s visit

By Odisha News Online Apr 5, 2025 238

NEW DELHI, APR 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a ceremonial guard of honour in Sri Lanka on Saturday as he kicked off his first visit to the island nation in his third term. Both countries have signed seven Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) in defence, energy, digital infrastructure, health and trade sectors amid concerns […]Continue Reading

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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh resigns

By Odisha News Online Feb 9, 2025 325

GUWAHATI, FEB 9 : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday, shortly after returning from New Delhi, where he had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Singh’s resignation comes amid growing dissent within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Manipur, with several legislators demanding a change […]Continue Reading

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31 Naxals, two cops killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

By Odisha News Online Feb 9, 2025 192

RAIPUR, FEB 9 : Around 31 Naxal militants from the banned CPI (Maoist) were killed in an encounter with security forces on Sunday in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, about 400 km south of Raipur, police said. Two security personnel were killed and two others were injured in the face-off, they said. Both were airlifted by chopper […]Continue Reading

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PM Modi will do ‘what is right’ on illegal immigrants, likely to visit US in February: Trump

By Odisha News Online Jan 28, 2025 223

WASHINGTON, JAN 28: US President Donald Trump has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do “what is right” on illegal immigrants, underlining that discussions are going on with India. President Trump made these remarks on Monday while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back to Joint Base Andrews from Florida. […]Continue Reading

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Centre scraps ‘no-detention policy’ for classes 5 and 8 students who fail to clear year-end exams

By Odisha News Online Dec 23, 2024 237

NEW DELHI, DEC 23 : The Centre has scrapped the ‘no-detention policy’ for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials. Following the amendment to the Right to Education Act (RTE) in 2019, at least 16 states and two […]Continue Reading

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India, Kuwait now strategic partners,,

By Odisha News Online Dec 23, 2024 152

NEW DELHI, DEC 23 : India and Kuwait on Sunday decided to elevate their bilateral relationship to a ‘strategic partnership’, under which both countries will explore ways to enhance cooperation in several sectors including education, information technology, pharmaceuticals, fintech, infrastructure, and security. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in the Gulf nation Continue Reading

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Delhi air quality drops to ‘severe’, odd-even an option as GRAP-IV curbs return

By Odisha News Online Dec 17, 2024 169

NEW DELHI, DEC 17 : After a brief respite from bad air, Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) slipped to the ‘severe’ category yet again with a reading above 400 as authorities imposed GRAP-IV restrictions in a bid to curb worsening pollution levels. Of the city’s 37 monitoring stations, 26 of them had AQI readings beyond […]Continue Reading

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Terrorists will not be able to take advantage of legal complexities of new criminal laws: PM Modi

By Odisha News Online Dec 3, 2024 186

CHANDIGARH, DEC 3 : Chandigarh has become the first Union Territory in the country where the three new criminal laws Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam have been 100 per cent implemented. Prime Minister Narendra Modi here today dedicated to the nation the successful implementation of the three new criminal […]Continue Reading

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Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department receives bomb threat to blow up Taj Mahal, turns out to be hoax

By Odisha News Online Dec 3, 2024 205

Uttar Pradesh, DEC 3 :  Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department on Tuesday received a bomb threat via email threatening to blow up the Taj Mahal. However the threat turned out to be hoax, the police confirmed. Assisant Commissioner of Police Sayed Areeb Ahmad said bomb disposal squad and dog squad were pressed into service and nothing […]Continue Reading