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Minor gangraped near Dhauli; 2 held
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by five youths near Lingipur under Dhauli police limits here, officials said Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
WPI stays in negative despite food price rise
Wholesale price inflation stayed in the negative for the second consecutive month in November at (-) 0.32 per cent, even though there was an uptick in prices of food articles like pulses and vegetables on a month-on-month basis, government data showed Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Internet fully restored as Malkangiri sees normalcy
Normalcy returned to Malkangiri district Monday, nearly a week after around 200 houses were damaged in violent clashes and arson in a village, with the district administration fully restoring internet services, a senior official said.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Delhi’s alarming air pollution
The national capital on Sunday woke up to a thick layer of smog, with air quality lingering in the 'severe' category.’
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Nitin Nabin takes charge as BJP's national chief
The newly-appointed national working president of the BJP, Nitin Nabin, took charge of his new responsibility Monday, with top leaders saying his organisational skills will provide a new direction to the party’s journey of public service and nation-building.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Anti-dowry laws suffer from ineffectiveness, misuse: SC
Stressing that “concentrated effort” of all was needed to deal with the issue, a bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh passed several directions, including asking the high courts to ascertain the number of pending cases dealing with sections 304-B and 498-A of IPC -- from the earliest to the latest - ~ for expeditious disposal
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Nitish Kumar pulls down woman’s hijab at event
A newly recruited AYUSH doctor in Bihar was taken aback Monday when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pulled the hijab (veil) off her face, while she was receiving her letter of appointment.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
HK court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial
Hong Kong's High Court found tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai guilty Monday of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces in the city’s highest-profile trial under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
SC miffed over ‘spl pujas’ for affluent
The Supreme Court Monday expressed unhappiness over the practice of allowing people to do 'special pujas' in temples after paying money, disrupting the “resting time” of deity, as it sought a response from authorities on a plea challenging changes in 'darshan' timings and temple practices at the famous Bankey Bihari Ji Temple at Vrindavan.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Workshop on women’s digital financial literacy at BJB College
A two-day Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)-sponsored workshop on “Empowering Women through Digital Financial Literacy & Digital Payment Transformation” began at BJB Autonomous College Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
22 migrant workers rescued
Police rescued 22 migrant workers from the Lathor bus stand in Bolangir district Monday and arrested a labour agent in connection with their illegal trafficking.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Moquim expelled from Congress
Senior Odisha Congress leader and former MLA Mohammed Moquim was expelled from the party after he challenged its state leadership, an OPCC leader said Monday.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Delhi govt directs schools to shift from hybrid to online
POLLUTION WOES
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Jail Diary
It is not a bad idea, it appears, if top notch politicians get incarcerated, at least for some days, so as to understand what prisons, or those that are now euphemistically called correctional homes, actually mean for an inmate.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Man arrested for extortion
Bharatpur Police Monday arrested a 31-year-old man for demanding extortion money, abusing and assaulting a couple running a snacks outlet at Tarini Market near Studio Chhak.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Bomb hoax hits 11 schools in Jalandhar
A bomb threat sent into panic several schools here Monday, with authorities evacuating the students and launching anti-sabotage actions.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
INDOCRYPT 2025 Experts deliberate on cryptography, information security
The four-day international conference INDOCRYPT was inaugurated Monday at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) here, marking the beginning of an important global dialogue on cryptography and information security research and innovation.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Gold zooms ₹4K to fresh lifetime high
The yellow metal reflected the global strength with a sharp gain as it continues to rise in 2025
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Oz strengthens gun laws
A mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney killed at least 15 people and wounded 40
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
NIA charges 6, two terror groups in Pahalgaam attack
The NIA Monday filed a comprehensive chargesheet against six people and two terrorist organisations, Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and its shadow outfit TRF, in connection with the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a local pony operator.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
SC issues slew of directions to streamline criminal trials
In a bid to streamline criminal trials, the Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to trial courts Monday to enhance the legibility of verdicts in criminal matters.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Cong slams govt over MGNREGA Bill
The Opposition party alleged that the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, “attacks the soul” of rights-based guarantee by replacing it with a scheme “stacked against” the states and workers and defies the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Messi winds up GOAT India Tour
The football icon’s three-day, four-city tour expectedly triggered fan frenzy everywhere he went
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Bill for single education regulator introduced in LS
A Bill to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education was introduced in the Lok Sabha Monday with the government expressing willingness to refer it to a joint committee.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Iran hosts regional talks on Afghan
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Railway heritage explored on Chakratirtha Road
During their 16th heritage trail Sunday afternoon, members of Puri Heritage Walks (PHW) came across a restored engine from the Nuapada-Gunupur line of the erstwhile Parlakimedi Light Railway (PLR), displayed on the lawn of the Chanakya BNR Hotel along the historic Chakratirtha Road.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Govt, CanKids ink pact for paediatric cancer care
In a major move to enhance paediatric cancer care, the Health and Family Welfare department Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CanKids KidsCan, a leading cancer care organisation.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
Naveen condemns violence in Dharmasala, demands action
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Odisha Assembly Naveen Patnaik Monday condemned the alleged attack on supporters of former MLA and senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Pranab Kumar Balabantaray in the Dharmasala area of Jajpur district Sunday, demanding stringent action against the culprits behind the violence.
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
WAR ON UNIVERSITIES
It is no accident that aspiring autocrats target higher education, both to prevent such institutions from becoming sites of resistance and to ensure their own long-term influence over educational content and public culture
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December 16, 2025
Orissa POST
TUSKER FOUND DEAD IN ANGUL
A tusker was found dead at Baliapashi in Manikjodi panchayat under the Pokunda forest section of Angul forest division Monday morning.
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