Bukhari failed in Class-XII but learnt 6 languages
Arrested Kashmir youth Sayed Ishaan Bukhari had failed to clear Class-XII examinations. However, he learnt six languages, Hindi, Urdu, English, Bengali, Odia and Marathi, in the later phase of life. He managed to enamour girls and married seven of them. Such startling facts have come to light after the Special Task...
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Bullseye to promote goalball for Odia blind players
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‘Puri a knowledge hub since time immemorial’
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‘Sustainable coastal, marine tourism practices’ talk at BU
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1 dead, 5 critical as picnic van hits truck
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BJP slams Kamiya Jani’s entry to Puri temple I don’t and have never eaten beef: Kamiya
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Paradip truck owners’ strike from Dec 26
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Sushant Dhalamant shifted to SCB from VIMSAR
22 December 2023 | PNS
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‘OBSCENE DANCE’ AT JATRA IN BALESWAR SPARKS ROW (Pix) Baleswar: Tension ran high during a Jatra show at Kurunthia village under the Kamarda police limits in Baleswar district over an alleged obscene dance performance by a woman dancer on the stage. Some viewers of the show stood up and objected to...
Teachers’ vacancies continue to plague State varsities
Students and researchers in Odisha are facing a lot of problems as regular teachers are not being appointed in universities controlled by the State Government due to a judicial wrangle. With no clarity as to when the disputes between the Union Government-controlled University Grants Commission (UGC) and the State Government...
No dent in social injustices against SCs, STs
The issues of the untouchable, caste-based discrimination and atrocities against them have been extensively debated in our socio-political movement during freedom struggle and later in the Constituent Assembly while framing the Constitution for modern democratic India. The Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights headed by Vallabvai Patel moved a resolution to...
‘Alumni Cell’ launched in colleges across State
A dozen of “Alumni Cells” have been created in different colleges across the State and more are to be created in coming days. The cell ensures timely execution of alumni meets, directly assists and helps out ‘Mo College’ coordinators to carry out different alumni events while making sure to strengthen...
‘Odias struggle for own culture in neighbouring States’
The Thinkers’ Club’s 92nd webinar was held here to discuss the plight of the fellow Odias, who are in Telangana, Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal. The meeting was presided over by club president Barada Prasanna Das. The population of the State is estimated at 4.8 crore and nearly half of this (Odias)...
Cops nab 6-member ATM looter gang
Police on Thursday arrested a six-member inter-State ATM looter gang in Balangir district. The gang had allegedly looted around Rs 7 lakh by cutting an SBI ATM machine with the help of a gas-cutter at Saramuhan under the Patnagarh police station on December 16. Special teams of Balangir police conducted raids at...
Couple held over Rs 40-cr car deal fraud
The Commissionerate police here have detained a couple from Aska in Ganjam district for duping over 100 people of Rs 40 crore after promising them to give new cars. The accused were identified as Akshay Gouda and his wife Usharani G who were running a used car showroom named Maa Pattakhanda...
