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CALLS GROW TO FIGHT DEFORESTATION Asia flood death toll surpasses 1,500
Deaths from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
State will get its rights over Mahanadi waters soon: CM
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday said Odisha will soon get its rights over Mahanadi River waters through a legal and amicable solution to the dispute with neighbouring Chhattisgarh.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Sambalpur: Kin cry murder after girl's mysterious death
A day after the body of a 15-year-old girl was recovered from a drain in Shantinagar under Ainthapali police limits here, her kin Thursday alleged that she had been murdered.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Chaos as 550 IndiGo flights cancelled
The country's largest airline IndiGo Thursday cancelled more than 550 domestic and international flights, and services were delayed at various airports as operational disruptions continued for the third straight day, impacting travel plans of hundreds of passengers.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Nod to key infra projects for boosting disaster resilience
₹391.43 crore utilised so far for flood and cyclone relief in 2025-26
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Elephant attacks claim two lives
Two persons of Joradanga village under the Chhendipada forest range in Angul district were killed in separate elephant attacks Thursday, triggering tension in the area.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Deadly accidents on NH-16 claim lives of two women in a day
Two young women lost their lives in separate road accidents along the busy National Highway-16 Thursday, triggering public outrage, protests, and renewed calls for stronger road-safety measures.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
70 platoons police force for India-South Africa T20
The Odisha Police has put in place elaborate security arrangements for the India-South Africa T20 International cricket match scheduled at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack December 9.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
GELS 2025: Puri to host India's 'Energy COP'
The government of Odisha is set to host the inaugural Global Energy Leaders' Summit (GELS) 2025 in Puri from today. It will continue till Dec 7. Theme, \"Powering India: Sufficiency, Balance, Innovation,\" the Summit will bring together leading national and international voices to shape India's long-term energy roadmap.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Sexual harassment: Guest lecturer held
A guest lecturer of state government-run Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya here was arrested Thursday on the charge of sexually harassing a girl student.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
MARKETS SNAP LOSING STREAK
BSE SENSEX DECEMBER 4, 2025
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Groundwater policy linked to tripled smog hours in Delhi: Study
The 2009 Groundwater Conservation Policy in Punjab and Haryana delayed paddy sowing, shortening the harvest and planting cycle and forcing farmers to burn crop residue in early to mid November instead of late October
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Malaika slams gender stereotypes
Actor Malaika Arora recently addressed the constant scrutiny of her personal life, calling out the societal double standards that women face.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Agri Secy reviews millet procurement, distribution
A meeting on preparation, distribution and procurement of millets under department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment Shree Anna Abhiyan was held under the chairmanship of department's Principal Secretary Arabinda Kumar Padhee here recently.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Class IV boy chained to bed in govt hostel
A nine-yearold tribal student was found chained to his bed in a staterun school hostel in Balasore district, triggering public resentiment after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
18,822 Indian nationals deported by US since 2009; 3,258 in 2025
Responding to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said state governments and the National Investigation Agency have also investigated cases of human trafficking, in which Punjab has the maximum number of cases
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Land acquisition for 2 new ports underway
The land acquisition exercise for the development of two non-major ports is currently underway in Odisha, Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena told the Assembly in a written reply Thursday.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Kalikesh begins NRAI era
Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo began his first full four-year term as president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) after he was elected unopposed during its general body meeting here.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Unorthodox staffing strategy backfires at IndiGo: Pilots’ body
WITH THE ONSET OF THE BUSY WINTER FOG SEASON -- WHICH NATURALLY DEMANDS HIGHER PILOT AVAILABILITY -- INDIGO STILL EXPANDED ITS WINTER SCHEDULE \"WITHOUT RECRUITING OR TRAINING ADDITIONAL PILOTS\", RAISING SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
₹1 CRORE FOR DHANU JATRA
The state government Thursday sanctioned ₹1 crore for Bargarh's Dhanu Jatra, during which the town transforms into an open-air theatre with the life of Lord Krishna being enacted over 11 days.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
BJD, Congress ruckus causes adjournments
The Odisha Assembly Thursday saw repeated adjournments after BJD and Congress members protested alleged \"objectionable\" remark on Mahatma Gandhi by BJP MLA Santosh Khatua.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
'India has achieved fastest 5G rollout'
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti Thursday said that India has achieved the fastest rollout of 5G services globally, supported by over 1.23 billion telecom subscribers and nearly 99 per cent 4G coverage.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Zohran Mamdani, Louvre most mispronounced words of 2025
From the election of Zohran Mamdani to the intrigue surrounding the jewel heist at the Louvre, keeping up with this year’s news also left some Americans struggling with pronunciations.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
The uncounted & the uncared for
ACROSS INDIA, MENTAL SUFFERING IS OFTEN WRONGLY PERCEIVED AS A PERSONAL FAILING, A SPIRITUAL DEFICIENCY OR A CHARACTER WEAKNESS, RATHER THAN A MEDICAL CONDITION
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Of 600 assistant professor post vacancies, only 151 make the cut
Activists and Congress leaders raised questions about how aspirants who have cleared UGC-NET, JRF and other top competitive exams failed to secure even the minimum 35 per cent marks required to qualify in the subject knowledge test, results of which came out Tuesday
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Putin gets red carpet welcome
PM Modi warmly welcomes Putin at Delhi airport; hosts private dinner, reflecting time-tested friendship
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
LIGHTNING CLAIMED 92 LIVES THIS YR: MIN
Lightning strikes have claimed the lives of 92 people in Odisha this year, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the Assembly Thursday.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Billionaires inherit record levels of wealth
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published Thursday.
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
GAME OF THRONES
The rotational chief ministership idea collapsed in Rajasthan in acrimony and rebellion, it was sabotaged at the last stretch in Chhattisgarh, why would it work in Karnataka?
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December 05, 2025
Orissa POST
Kushwaha youngest player to earn FIDE rating at age 3
India has found its youngest chess record-holder. Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, just three years, seven months and 20 days old, has become the youngest player in world chess history to earn an official FIDE rating.
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