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BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday said that reduction of height of the Ghazipur landfill has been his priority from day one, and claimed that in three years the massive dump will be "decimated totally".

Instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Wednesday said it banned 37.16 lakh accounts in India in November, about 60 per cent more than the accounts it barred in the preceding month.

Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer, will be released on health grounds, the Nepal Supreme Court ordered today. The Indian-origin killer was responsible for a string of murders across Asia in the 1970s.

In a feat that gave a new lease of life to four patients suffering from end-stage kidney failure, the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) Hospital in Hyderabad performed four kidney transplants within a span of 24 hours.

The Union Defence Ministry rejected Wednesday Odisha’s tableau for Republic Day celebrations. This is the third year in succession that Odisha’s tableau has been rejected.

The Odisha government is taking all precautionary measures keeping in mind the threat of the BF.7 variant of Covid-19. Health Secretary of the Odisha government, Shalini Pandit said in a letter Wednesday that surveillance has to be increased to tackle the new variant.

Shah Rukh Khan has become the only Indian to be named in the list of ‘50 Greatest Actors of All Time’, released by Empire magazine.

In one of the biggest seizure of disproportionate assets, Vigilance officials have recovered `1,60,44,500 suspected ill-gotten money from the possession of Gaya Santara, Deputy Manager, IDCOL, Ampa Valli Limestone Mines, Simagoda, Koraput Wednesday. The Vigilance sleuths also traced 1kg 83 gm gold and 6kg 750 gm silver at his Bhubaneswar residence and `4.19 crore as bank deposits.

As many as 103 super speciality hospitals outside Odisha have been brought under the purview of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), an official said Wednesday.

The State Civil Supplies Corporation has not paid market fee worth `18.18 crore to the Regulated Market Committee (RMC) in Bhadrak for the last three years

The Delhi Police Wednesday destroyed over 2,800 kgs of drugs worth Rs 1,513.05 crore seized under a campaign in the last eight years, officials said

Bihar has lesser numbers of liquor deaths as compared to other states but the NHRC came to Chapra for the investigation. Why it would not go to other states? I can't understand what they would find in Chapra. We are already investigating the incident, said NitishKumar .

The Indian Railways is all set to launch the Sri Jagannath Yatra tourist train that will begin its maiden journey from Delhi on January 25. This train will be launched under the Railways’ Bharat Gaurav initiative, sources said. The train will cover prominent heritage and pilgrimage destinations of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, and Jharkhand.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has often astonished the world with his trips to the battlefield but his visit to Washington to press for military aid has delivered the biggest surprise of the 10 months since Russia invaded his country.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the owner of Overa group, Jaysukh Patel, in connection with the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat, demanding a reply.

Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said the state government will ask schools in the state to install CCTV cameras as a way to prevent sexual assaults on girl students.

A person may learn as many languages out of his or her own volition but it is the language policy of the state government that no language would be accepted if it was imposed, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said in Chennai on Wednesday.

Two months after his retirement as a judge of the Supreme Court, the Centre has appointed Justice Hemant Gupta as Chairperson of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre.

A Mumbai court on Wednesday rejected independent MP Navneet Rana's review application against the denial of discharge in a case where she is accused of fraudulently obtaining her caste certificate.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said West Bengal is a state where people are not divided on the basis of their religious identity.

ଖେଲୋ ଇଣ୍ଡିଆ ଯୋଜନା ଅନ୍ତର୍ଗତ ଦେଶରେ ୨୯୮ କ୍ରୀଡା ଭିତ୍ତିଭୂମି ପ୍ରକଳ୍ପକୁ  ମିଳିଲା ମଞ୍ଜୁରି l ଏନେଇ କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀଦେଲେ ସୂଚନା  l

ଦ୍ଵିତୀୟ ଟେଷ୍ଟରୁ ବାଦ୍ ପଡିଲେ ରୋହିତ ଶର୍ମାଙ୍କ ସହିତ ନବଦୀପ ସାଇନି, ଘୋଷଣା କଲା ବିସିସିଆାଇ l ଆସନ୍ତାକାଲି ଢାକାରେ ଦ୍ଵିତୀୟ ଟେଷ୍ଟ ଖେଳାଯିବ। ରୋହିତଙ୍କ ଅନୁପସ୍ଥିତିରେ କେଏଲ ରାହୁଲ ଟେଷ୍ଟ ଦଳର ନେତୃତ୍ଵ ନେବେ l

-ଆର୍ଜେଣ୍ଟିନା ପହଞ୍ଚିଲା ମେସିଙ୍କ ବିଶ୍ଵ ଚାମ୍ପିଅନ ଦଳ, ଧୁମଧାମ୍‌ରେ ସ୍ଵାଗତ କଲେ ଦେଶବାସୀ, ରାସ୍ତାରେ ହେଲା ପ୍ରଶଂସକଙ୍କ ଅସମ୍ଭାଳ ଭିଡ l

ପାକିସ୍ତାନରେ ଇତିହାସ ରଚିଲା ଇଂଲଣ୍ଡ, ୩-୦ରେ ଜିତିଲା ଟେଷ୍ଟ ସିରିଜ୍‌ l

Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion.

India’s Sargam Koushal was named Mrs. World 2022, beating contestants from 63 countries to bring the title back to India after 21 years. Mrs. Polynesia was named the first runnerup, followed by Mrs. Canada as the second runner-up.

Stealth guided missile destroyer Mormugao, the second of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, was commissioned into the Indian Navy Sunday.

A nationwide change will take place in the higher education system, especially in undergraduate courses as language will cease to be a barrier in BA, B Com and B Sc courses. Students will now be able to graduate in their mother tongue.

In view of the same, preparations have begun to make the course books available in languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil and Telugu among others .

 As the City is preparing to host the Hockey World Cup with all fanfare and pomp, multiple cultural events are being organised on the sidelines to further amplify the excitement. One such event is the Bhubaneswar Festival of Storytelling, (BhuFeSto)- 2023, which in its second edition is going to be held from January 14 to 17.

The First National Human Rights Moot Court Competition was organised by Xavier Law School, XIM University, from December 16 to 18. The competition was organised in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and in association with Abhinav Mishra, Solicitors and Chambers Law Firm. Imperial investors and beverage partners Hybrint Food and Retail and Nescafe sponsored the competition.

The Congress has called a meeting of all its general secretaries, state in-charges, state chiefs and Legislative party leaders December 23 to prepare for the ‘haath jodo abhiyaan’ and the plenary session of the party slated to be held in February.

A teenage girl was allegedly raped by eight men at a village in Palghar district of Maharashtra, following which the police have arrested all the accused, an official said Sunday.

The political temperature in Madhya Pradesh is expected to rise over the probe into the Professional Examination Board (Vyapam) scam which is expected to affect many BJP leaders and former ministers. The Vyapam scam has been in the limelight for the last decade with the death of more than 50 people linked to it and more than 2,000 being jailed.

The gross direct tax collections have grown 26 per cent to over Rs 13.63 lakh crore so far this fiscal, aided by TDS deductions and healthy corporate advance tax mop-up, as per an official statement.

About 59 per cent of Indians surveyed said they do not have any Chinese app on their phone while 29 per cent still have one or more, according to data compiled by social community engagement platform LocalCircles. The survey received over 40,000 responses from consumers located in 319 districts

Microfinance loans in the country grew by nearly 11 per cent to Rs 71,916 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal, industry data showed. Microfinance loans worth Rs 64,899 crore were disbursed during the same period a year ago.

Microfinance loans in the country grew by nearly 11 per cent to Rs 71,916 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal, industry data showed. Microfinance loans worth Rs 64,899 crore were disbursed during the same period a year ago.

 Popular Ollywood music director Goodly Rath and singer Pummy Mishra joined Congress. Both the artistes joined the Congress during a programme in presence of Odisha Congress in-charge A. Chellakumar and OPCC President Sarat Pattanayak at Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has revoked the suspension of members of Sambalpur Bar Association who were allegedly involved in vandalism on the premises of the district court on December 12. However, the 54 lawyers, whose practice licenses were suspended for 18 months, remain suspended.

Ashok Pradhan, ASI of Baranga police station, was found hanging inside his house at Padasahi village near Nandankanan under mysterious circumstances.

The sale of offline tickets for FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup-2023 is all set to begin on December 19.

Maoists killed a young businessman today afternoon at a place near Bondapipili village under Kotagarh block in Kandhamal district suspecting him to be a police informer.The deceased, who was shot at by ultras, has been identified as 43-year-old Ramesh Nayak.

Odia movie ‘Pratikshya’, running successfully in theatres since its release on Dec 2, has been selected for screening at this year’s Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) on December 20.