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ED files first chargesheet in Delhi Jal Board money-laundering case

By Odisha News Online Mar 30, 2024 497

NEW DELHI, MAR 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its first chargesheet in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), official sources said on Saturday. The prosecution complaint was filed by the federal agency before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi […]Continue Reading

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President confers Bharat Ratna on former PMs Narasimha Rao, Charan Singh, two others posthumously

By Odisha News Online Mar 30, 2024 573

NEW DELHI, MAR 30: President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday conferred Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on former Prime Ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and two-time former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, posthumously at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The awards to […]Continue Reading

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Kejriwal’s wife launches WhatsApp campaign to garner support for AAP leader

By Odisha News Online Mar 29, 2024 589

NEW DELHI, MAR 29: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita launched a WhatsApp campaign on Friday, urging people to support her husband, who is in the ED’s custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering case. In a digital media briefing, Sunita Kejriwal said her husband has challenged the “most corrupt and dictatorial forces” in the Continue Reading

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NEET aspirant hangs self in Kota, second suicide in a week

By Odisha News Online Mar 28, 2024 471

KOTA,MAR 28: A 19-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly hanged herself at her PG room here, the seventh suicide by a coaching student in the city since the beginning of this year, police said on Thursday. A day earlier, another NEET aspirant Mohammad Urooj (20) was found dead at his PG accommodation in Vigyan Nagar. NEET aspirant […]Continue Reading

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Photo of Assam politician sleeping on pile of cash stirs row, BJP ally clarifies

By Odisha News Online Mar 27, 2024 459

ASSAM, MAR 27 : A photo showing an Assamese politician, Benjamin Basumatary, sleeping on a pile of notes has stirred a controversy. Basumatary is a suspended member of United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), BJP’s ally in Assam. The viral photo shows Basumatary, with his chest bare, lying on a bed, with Rs 500 notes strewn […]Continue Reading

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‘Varun Gandhi welcome to join us’: Congress’s offer after BJP snub

By Odisha News Online Mar 26, 2024 574

NEW DELHI, MAR 26 : After the BJP dropped Varun Gandhi, sitting MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit, from its Lok Sabha candidates’ list, Congress made an offer to him. Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said that Varun Gandhi is “most welcome” to join the grand old party. Speaking to reporters, Adhir Chowdhury […]Continue Reading

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Ex-MLA Mukhtar Ansari hospitalised

By Odisha News Online Mar 26, 2024 592

LUCKNOW, MAR 26: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district early Tuesday after he complained of abdominal pain. According to a medical bulletin issued by the Banda Medical College, Mukhtar’s condition is stable “Mukhtar Ansari was admitted there at 3.55 am with complaint of pain in the Continue Reading

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PhD student from India dies after being run over by truck in London

By Odisha News Online Mar 25, 2024 699

LONDON, MAR 25: An Indian student died after being run over by a truck while cycling back to her apartment in London last week, according to a social media post by Niti Aayog former CEO Amitabh Kant. The 33-year-old Cheistha Kochhar was a PhD student at the London School of Economics, her father retired Lieutenant […]Continue Reading

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One arrested after Muslim family harassed in UP’s Bijnor by Holi revellers

By Odisha News Online Mar 24, 2024 572

UTTAR PRADESH, MAR 24 : A person was arrested and three were detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor on Sunday for harassing a Muslim family by forcibly applying colours on them. The police action came after a viral video showed some men forcefully applying colours and throwing water at a Muslim family who were passing through […]Continue Reading

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IIT-Guwahati student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

By Odisha News Online Mar 24, 2024 656

GUWAHATI, MAR 24: An IIT-Guwahati student, who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was on his way to join the terror group, was detained, police said. The student was nabbed in Hajo area near Guwahati on Saturday evening. His apprehension comes four days after ISIS India head Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and […]Continue Reading