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Cops file FIR on pellet gun victim’s complaint after Rahul Gandhi’s dharna

By Odisha News Online Aug 21, 2026 83

NEW DELHI, AUG 21 : The Delhi Police on Friday registered a first information report (FIR) in the case of 19-year-old Sahil Lochab, who allegedly suffered pellet injuries during the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) protest, hours after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi staged a sit-in outside the Parliament Street Police Station. However, no individual […]Continue Reading

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Rahul Gandhi shares Sonia Gandhi’s memoir on Rajiv Gandhi’s birth anniversary

By Odisha News Online Aug 20, 2026 101

NEW DELHI, AUG 20 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday shared the cover of his mother Sonia Gandhi’s forthcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, on social media on the 82nd birth anniversary of his late father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. In a personal message, Rahul reflected on his parents’ life together […]Continue Reading

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Modi govt’s Gen Z outreach: One minister to visit one university every day

By Odisha News Online Aug 19, 2026 90

NEW DELHI, AUG 19 : In a major outreach to Gen Z, the Modi government is planning to send one Union minister to one university every day to engage with the youth, discuss their concerns and better understand their perspectives on issues facing the country. The initiative comes in the backdrop of student protests on […]Continue Reading

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Ram Madhav, Smriti Irani make a comeback in Nitin Nabin’s big BJP reset

By Odisha News Online Aug 17, 2026 111

NEW DELHI, AUG 17 : Union minister Piyush Goyal, former Union minister Smriti Irani, RSS national executive member Ram Madhav and former chief ministers Biplab Kumar Deb and Tirath Singh Rawat were among the prominent leaders named as BJP national office-bearers on Monday as party president Nitin Nabin unveiled his core team. The announcement came […]Continue Reading

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PM Modi pays tribute to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on death anniversary

By Odisha News Online Aug 16, 2026 119

NEW DELHI, AUG 16 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary and said he was as extraordinary statesman blessed with remarkable vision and dedicated his life to the service of the nation. Vajpayee, the first BJP leader to become prime minister, was […]Continue Reading

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Opposition says PM Modi’s ‘dimaagi Naxal’ remark stigmatises dissent, questions women’s quota pitch

By Odisha News Online Aug 15, 2026 104

NEW DELHI,AUG 15 :  Opposition parties on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using his Independence Day address to stigmatise dissent through his ‘dimaagi Naxal’ remark and questioned his call for 33 per cent reservation for women in legislatures, saying the quota law was not implemented in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Senior BJP […]Continue Reading

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Lok Sabha clears bill to amend Mines and Minerals Development Law without debate

By Odisha News Online Aug 12, 2026 127

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 : The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, without a debate. The legislation proposes changes to the regulatory framework for mines and minerals and restricts states from imposing additional taxes on mineral rights. The Centre, through the Bill, also seeks to take […]Continue Reading

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‘Shortcut will cut you short’: PM Modi urges youth to read autobiographies

By Odisha News Online Aug 12, 2026 127

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged young people to read autobiographies and learn from the struggles of others, saying that in the “era of reels”, they should remember that “shortcut will cut you short”. Speaking at the launch of former president Ram Nath Kovind’s autobiography “Triumph of the Indian […]Continue Reading

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PM Modi shares new Instagram video; urges citizens to celebrate Independence Day with honour, pride

By Odisha News Online Aug 11, 2026 104

NEW DELHI, AUG 11 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on citizens to mark Independence Day with honour, pride and glory and take a pledge to build a developed India. In an Instagram post, Modi also shared a video of NDA MPs and Union ministers waving the tricolour and raising slogans of “Vande […]Continue Reading

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Fake IAS officer claims he’s Ajit Doval’s undercover agent, arrested, Tesla seized

By Odisha News Online Aug 10, 2026 110

NEW DELHI, AUG 10 : A man who posed as an IAS officer, claimed to be National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s undercover agent and travelled across Bihar in a Tesla bearing a ‘Government of India’ board has been arrested in Khagaria, police said on Monday. The accused, identified as Manish Gupta, was arrested from his […]Continue Reading