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'Power struggle' picks pace in UP as minister takes swipe at Yogi govt

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

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July 30, 2025

A new kind of 'power struggle' is palpable in Lucknow, as Energy Minister AK Sharma has unexpectedly criticised his own government, raising serious questions over the decision to privatise Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal power companies.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

Taking to his official social media handle X, Sharma stressed that such major decisions are not made unilaterally by the minister, but with full approval of the state's task force led by the Chief Secretary. The minister, in a statement, also claimed that the decision over the privatisation of DISCOMs was made at the highest level of state government.

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The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

Kerala Catholic Church's first nun beatified

IN a long-awaited moment for the sisters of the Congregation of the Teresian Carmelites and the residents of Ochanthuruth village in Kerala's Ernakulam, thousands of faithful gathered on Saturday at the Vallarpadam Basilica to witness the beatification of Mother Eliswa, the first nun of the Catholic Church in Kerala.

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1 min

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

Her Story, Her Power

It happens from cricket fields to every field of life. Without struggle there can be no awakening. Faith, perseverance, and surrender to a higher force turn pain into power. I have lived this truth through the rise, the fall, and the rise again.

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2 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

HC upholds transgenders' rights to change genders and get names changed

IN a landmark judgement, the Allahabad High Court has upheld the right of a transgender person to change their gender and name, as it directed the Education Department to issue fresh educational mark sheet and certificates to a biologically female petitioner, who had undergone a surgery to transition to a man.

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1 min

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

Gujarat's ₹10K crore agri relief package ignites political storm

Relief formula 'flawed': BKS state general secretary RK Patel slammed the relief model, questioned how the same relief could apply to both 25% and 100% crop losses

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1 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

Staying Locked-in

The Great Lock-in is shaping up to be this season's most contagious trend

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2 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

The Stillness of Kings

Chittoor Kottaram is a single-key palace where royal devotion and timeless calm still linger

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2 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

The Great Wall of India

A new collection of wallpapers takes inspiration from the cityscape of Varanasi

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1 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

Portrait of an Ordinary Man

This deceptively simple novel explores how much of love, or life, is ever skin-deep

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3 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

Finding Your Way in the Labyrinth

Many think meditation is tough, but this walking technique can quietly reconnect you to your inner self

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2 mins

November 09, 2025

The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar

SHOOTING STAR WHO LIT UP SCREENS & LIVES

NE of the best times I have had at the movies was watching a newly-restored print of Ritwik Ghatak's 1958 film Ajantrik (known variously in English as The Mechanical Man or The Pathetic Fallacy) at the 2019 Pingyao International Film Festival in China.

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2 mins

November 09, 2025

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