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Topic: Odisha

One half of Odisha’s IAS power couple & face of BJD’s Mission Shakti, Sujata Karthikeyan takes VRS

Trouble started for her just ahead of assembly polls last year, when ECI ordered her transfer from Mission Shakti after BJP delegation sought the same for 'misuse of public office'.

Bajrang Dal men protest outside KIIT campus amid heavy security, burn founder Achyuta Samanta’s effigy

Tensions have been high in the campus since the death of a third-year BTech computer science student Prakriti Lamsa, who allegedly died by suicide.

Students say KIIT Bhubaneswar singling out protesters in aftermath of Nepalese batchmate’s death

20-yr-old Nepalese student died allegedly by suicide at KIIT Bhubaneswar last week. Her death led to protests and claims that university did not take her complaints of harassment seriously.

FIR registered against Rahul Gandhi in Jharsuguda police station for ‘anti-national’ comments

Rahul Gandhi made the statement on 15 January, 2025, during the inauguration of the Congress Party's new headquarters at Kotla Road in Delhi.

14 Naxals killed in encounter along Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, says home minister

The joint operation by CRPF, SoG Odisha and Chhattisgarh Police was carried out late Monday & early Tuesday morning.

12 Naxalites including two women & one CoBRA jawan killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband

Two incidents occurred Monday when a joint operation led by DRG, CRPF, SOG & CoBRA acted on intelligence information. The forces also recovered a large cache of firearms, ammunition and IEDs, including a self-loading rifle.

Why BJP has embraced the legacy of Odisha’s first Congress CM, Harekrushna Mahtab

Mahtab, a freedom fighter, social reformer & Gandhian, is considered an architect of modern Odisha who helped shape Odia asmita (pride). His son, Bhartruhari Mahtab, is now a BJP MP.

Odisha researcher gangrape: How cop in guise of social worker, footage of ‘700 CCTVs’ led to 3 arrests

A shopkeeper, a beggar and an autorickshaw driver have been charged with the 10 October gangrape of the Odisha researcher, who had been living on the streets of Delhi.  

Cyclone Dana hits Odisha: 3.6 lakh evacuated strong winds uproot trees, block roads in Bhadrak

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Odisha is currently experiencing strong winds at a speed of 100-110 Kmph gusting to 120 kmph.

3 lakh people to be evacuated by Wednesday evening from coastal Odisha as cyclone Dana nears

Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi stated that those who have been evacuated are receiving dry and cooked food and that all other arrangements have been made in the cyclone shelters.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.