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With India’s two tallest leaders set to share the stage, Odisha is in line for a host of development projects

The CPI(M) leader says Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan who had talked at length about resource mobilisation in his podcasts do not have any such measures spelled out in the Budget

Himanta Biswa Sarma says the government’s fee-waiver scheme is ensuring seamless continuity in education

Total number of cases rises to 196

“It is important to recall that for the past 24 years, my government ensured that pensions were distributed regularly on the 15th of every month, observed as ‘Jan Seva Diwas,” says Naveen Patnaik

An Indian captain, Ajay Pant, has been arrested in the UK and charged with breaching sanctions after his Russian oil tanker was intercepted in the English Channel. The vessel, en route to India from Russia, was found to be stateless. Pant's family in Uttarakhand has appealed to the Indian government for his safe return, while authorities confirm consular access has been granted.

According to the Budget, necessary legal amendments will be made to make more land available for tourism in the plantation sector

A Pakistani national, Asad Khan, apprehended last week after crossing the Line of Control in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, has been safely repatriated. Khan, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was detained near Samari village on June 12. The Indian Army stated he was treated with dignity and compassion, with his handover at the Aman Setu peace bridge highlighting professional military conduct and humanitarian values.

“As a national party, Congress must be bold not only in confronting BJP but also in dealing with the opportunistic allies”

Revised Budget backtracks from welfare policies followed by the previous Left Democratic Front government, he says

Chief Minister says only Union government had the right to withdraw from the PM SHRI agreement after giving a notice of one month. There was no provision in the agreement to keep the scheme implementation in abeyance either

The opposition said the incidents were part of a nefarious design by feudal forces, supported by the BJP, to suppress and humiliate the Dalit community

He claimed nearly two lakh people have left the State under compulsion as there is no way to earn in the State

Minister for Public Works Aadhav Arjuna appealed to parties to drop the term Thazhthapatta makkal (downtrodden people) and consider using a more neutral term — Scheduled Castes