AAP encurages people to raise against drug paddling
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday emphasised to encourage the ones who raise their voice against drug paddling in Punjab. “Any individual or group of people who raise their voice against the drug paddling in State need to be appreciated and encouraged,” said AAP’s State unit co-president and Sunam MlA Aman...
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Hry women report mysterious chopping of braids
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Maoist literature at Ghatshila Sub-jail
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CM lays stones for two 33 KV sub-stations in Karnal
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HP promoting organic farming in a big way
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Rains lash several parts of Punjab and Haryana
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BJP's executive body meeting held in city, hails Modi's leadership
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M'nadi Bachao Andolan in Delhi from Aug 8
Welcoming the National Green Tribunal (NGT)’s direction to the Chhattisgarh Government not to initiate construction works of 31 projects over the Mahanadi, the Agami Odisha and the Odisha Nadi Suraksha Sammukhya have decided to intensify stir under the Mahanadi Bachao Andolan to protect the interest of Odisha vis-à-vis Mahanadi water...
'Mahanadi row may turn a Cauvery-like crisis'
Ramon Magsaysay Award and Stockholm Water Prize winner Dr Rajendra Singh joined a workshop on "Water literacy and Mahanadi Safety Drive" here on Saturday. Speaking on Mahanadi water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, Singh advocated for the creation of a dedicated water-body organisation so that a dialogue can be fostered between...
M'bhanj leaders, civil society demand better railway link
The people of this tribals-dominated, backward district of Mayurbhanj, of late, seem to be showing greater awareness on railway. They feel neglected on this front, and, thus, demand faster development of railway network in the district. Even though it was more than a 100 years ago that the erstwhile princely State of...
Infant branded with hot iron in K'jhar
In yet another act of superstition, an infant was branded in Keonjhar district on Saturday. The parents branded their 25-day-old infant with hot iron rod to cure the baby’s stomach ailments at Khabra village under Harichandanpur block. The incidence came to the fore on Sunday morning after the baby was admitted to...
Tension at Kujang CHC as newborn dies
Tension prevailed in the Kujang Community Health Centre (CHC) campus on Saturday after a newborn baby died allegedly due to delay in shifting to Cuttack Shishu Bhawan. Reports said a pregnant woman, Parthapriya Rout of Baradia village, had been admitted in the CHC for delivery. She gave birth to a female...
'PC' practice thrives in Tureikeal block office
The illegal practice of taking percentage (PC) is going on in Balangir district’s Tureikela block office openly, alleged Congress leader and former Kantabanji MlA Santosh Singh Saluja on Sunday. Tureikela block Chairperson Anu Bhue has already written to Panchayati Raj Minister Pradeep Maharathy and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking action against...
PMAY houses sanctioned by fraud in Subarnapur
Reports of irregularities have come to the fore in the implementation of housing scheme for rural poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in Dunguripali block. While the Centre has introduced the scheme to provide housing for all poor people by 2022, there are allegations that numerous undeserving persons have availed...
