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Topic: Odisha

Odisha, West Bengal Brace for severe storm, NCMC chairs preparedness meet

IMD predicts cyclonic storm to make landfall on 24 October.

Videos leaked to muddy waters in Odisha ‘custodial assault’ case. Woman’s father calls it smear campaign

Days after lawyer went public with her allegations, several clips, purportedly of that night, went viral. Some were taken at the police station, another shows her drinking at a pub.

Odisha CM orders judicial probe into Army officer’s ‘custodial torture’, sexual assault on fiancee

The state government also requested the Orissa High Court to supervise the investigation being carried out by the Crime Branch of the Odisha Police.

Did Captain & fiancée ‘attack’ cops or were they ‘manhandled’? Army to take up case with Odisha authorities

While police are quoted as saying that officer & fiancée created fracas & injured four police personnel, Army’s situational reports and his statement present a different picture.

To curb spiralling air pollution, three Indian Tier-2 cities to take a leaf out of London’s playbook

Polluting vehicles are restricted or regulated in low emission zones. Earlier, Delhi, Agra have taken piecemeal measures to address air quality issues by regulating vehicular flow.

Traces of Biju Patnaik, BJD scrubbed off — key Odisha schemes rebranded by Majhi’s govt in 1st budget

The move has drawn criticism from the Opposition. Former CM & BJD chief Naveen Patnaik said BJP ‘renamed more than 40 schemes of my government as their own’.

Jagannath temple Ratna Bhandar a monument to the legacy of those conquered throughout history

The ornaments found in the Jagannath Temple remind us how little we know of India’s treasures. It was the gold sink of the world for two thousand years, until one day, we lost it all.

Rath yatra begins grand journey back to Jagannath from Gundicha temple, flanked by devotees, dancers

After being kept at Gundicha for 8 days, deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra have begun their 2-day journey back to Jagannath amid heavy security deployment.

Puri Jagannath temple’s Ratna Bhandar opened after 46 years. Lock broken, no snakes guarding jewels

Tempers ran high outside the temple as visitations were stopped. While some priests welcomed the opening of the inner treasury, others said 'it was not a good sign'.

‘Kicked, punched, threatened to murder’ — Raj Bhavan staffer alleges assault by Odisha Governor’s son

Baikuntha Pradhan, ASO at Raj Bhawan in Puri, has alleged that Governor Raghubar Das’s son & aides assaulted him on night of 7 July for not being able to arrange a luxury car.

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.