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Driver dead, over 30 injured after bus overturns in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Nov 8 (UNI) The driver of a passenger bus died and more than 30 passengers injured, eight of them seriously, when the bus hit a roadside tree and overturned at Soroda Chhak near Daspalla under Nuagaon Police station in Nayagarh district on Friday.
Sources said the bus, carrying 40 passeners, was on its way from Raikia to Bhubaneswar when the accident occurred.
Local people, Police, and Fire Brigade personnel rescued the injured and rushed them to District headquarters hospital in Nayagarha.
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Ranchi, Nov 10 (UNI) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday heard a contempt petition filed over the delay in holding municipal elections in the state and sought clarification from the State Election Commission (SEC) about tentative dates for conducting the polls.

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Nine fishermen arrested for illegally fishing in Gahirmatha sanctuary

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Liquor prices to rise in Bengal from December 1

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Partha Chatterjee likely to walk free as witness deposition nears completion

10 Nov 2025 | 1:10 PM

Kolkata, Nov 10 (UNI) Former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee is likely to be released from judicial custody soon, with the deposition of the eighth and final witness in the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) three School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment cases expected to conclude today.

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