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Breaking the backbone of Mafia? Or breaking its own poll promise? - I ask the new
@BJP4Odisha
govt in
#Odisha
.
@bjd_odisha
@INCOdisha
*ମୁଁ ରୁବେନ କହୁଛି*
*ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରନ୍ତୁ*
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Swimsuit, St Xavier's, and A Shameful Affair. Strength to the teacher who writes in
@IndianExpress
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@TwitterIndia
has denied my request for a blue tick. According to them, I do not qualify. Do I really need their certificate whether I am genuine? Am intrigued though by the Republic of
@Twitter
.
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My parents are very proud,
@arunbothra
tells
@Outlookindia
after helping to get camel milk for autistic child. Actually, he made everyone proud.
@CMO_Odisha
@IPS_Association
#Odisha
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Apan Mane Khushi Ta ??? This for my Odia friends.
@Naveen_Odisha
#Odisha
@CMO_Odisha
#HockeyIndiaTeam
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.
@Naveen_Odisha
played hockey as a goalkeeper during his Doon School days. Under him,
#Odisha
as the official sponsor of
#IndianHockeyTeam
, has reignited the passion in the sport. Give credit where it is due, I write.
@Outlookindia
#ChakDeIndia
@Olympics
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The seven-year itch? Latest
@Outlookindia
evaluates ModiGovt
@7
, featuring articles by some of the best known voices: Pratap Bhanu Mehta
@pbmehta
, Shashi Tharoor
@ShashiTharoor
,
@MahuaMoitra
, Manoj K Jha
@manojkjhadu
, Vijay Chauthaiwale
@vijai63
. Out on the stands soon.
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Remember, people celebrated the
#Hyderabad
encounter killings
and fed policemen Ladoos. Shame as much on the public as the police.
@thewire_in
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Ashwini Vaishnaw, the newly minted
@RailMinIndia
minister, played a stellar role as a young
#Odisha
district collector during killer 1999 Super Cyclone. Vaishnaw's work had found mention in my book on the cyclone: Orissa Tragedy: A Cyclone's Year of Calamity.
@AshwiniVaishnaw
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Pandian 'unpopularity' sinking popularity of Naveen Patnaik in
#Odisha
???
@Naveen_Odisha
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Denied blue tick by
@TwitterIndia
, I write on what the denial meant apart from denting my vanity a bit.
@Outlookindia
@Twitter
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A domestic discord story with political ramifications. Anubhav
@AnubhavMohanty_
defeated
@PandaJay
and is a
@Naveen_Odisha
favourite. What will the
#odisha
CM do to protect his pro- women image?
@Outlookindia
@geminianguddu
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Motormouth Sambit Patra
@sambitswaraj
gives front page advertisement in
#Odisha
paper, apologising for what he said the other day. But is it good enough to atone his sin?
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₹340 crore donation for Cancer research and treatment in
#Odisha
.
@Mindtree_Ltd
Co-founder
@skilledinodisha
and wife set example that will be difficult to replicate. Take a bow Mr and Mrs Subroto Bagchi.
@Outlookindia
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To put the record straight, Dara Singh, the convicted killer of Graham Staines, in his only official interview denied being member of any party. He though told me when I met him in jail that he liked Bal Thackeray. Link of the
@IndiaToday
interview:
Most people may have forgotten, but new Union minister Sarangi was Odisha coordinator of the Bajrang Dal when Graham Staines and his two kids were burned alive two decades ago
(cc
@Rubenbanerjee
)
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A true
#Muslim
voice or a vote-cutter; a mole or a messiah - who is the real Asaduddin Owaisi
@asadowaisi
? Latest
@Outlookindia
with lots more, including a feature on the phenomenon of Deputy Chief Ministers.
#AndhraPradeshhas
5 of them,
#Bihar
2.
@aimim_national
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1. Did the then-director of IAS Academy ask
#Pandian
to go and work in
#Odisha
becoz an 'honest person has become the CM'? NO. Unlikely.
I spoke to the former LBSNNA director BS Basana.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
. Here goes a detailed thread:
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For more clarity,
@Naveen_Odisha
charged
@Iyervval
with incitement to violence among other things for one-year-old tweets. Point is the tweets did not trigger any violence for one year. And one of the four tweets got only 7 likes. That's why I say this is gross abuse of power.
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Question in Kannur University entrance test. Must say I arrived finally. Lol
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Today incidentally is World Theatre Day. Am not saying anything...just drawing attention.
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Naveen lost his cool with Pandian at a recent meeting and reminded that no one was indispensable, says Coomi Kapoor in today's
@IndianExpress
.
@Naveen_Odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Pandian quits politics. The inevitable has happened. He had no choice.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Ha ha. The book which Naveen Patnaik bought from
#Bhubaneswar
book store today amid camera glare was already gifted to him in 2021.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
@Naveen_Odisha
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Thrilled to be joining as the editor of
@Outlookindia
. Great brand, rich legacy, enthusiastic team. Looking forward...
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Unbelievable that you passed a sweeping judgement without reading the entire cover package on Where Are The Jobs. The minister's interview was just a part of the entire package, essentially the government response to joblessness. Good you no more write for
@Outlookindia
.
Unbelievable that this Outlook magazine was used to be edited by a legendary editor and my favorite Vinod Mehta.
Unbelievable that sometime back I used to even write for it regularly.
Outlook has sadly become a BJP propaganda piece these days.
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Imagine what would have happened in Delhi if
#Odisha
had not given
@BJP4India
20 MPs. Credit goes to Mr VK Pandian.
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Whatever happening is so gross that I am close to tweeting the tweets of
@Iyervval
and challenging
@Naveen_Odisha
to arrest me. May be we should all tweet them together. Of course Avijit's tweets were in bad taste and terrible. But the power-drunk calls for a collective challenge
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First denied and then given a Blue Tick by
@TwitterIndia
, cannot resist sharing what a friend wrote:
"Haha...so you felled the mighty
@Twitter
- something the Govt of India has been struggling to do".
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Having Mahaprasad with social media influencer
@CurlyTalesIndia
underscores the Hunger for Publicity. The motive was anything but divine. And the subsequent controversy self-inflicted.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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How an
#Odia
actor has become a symbol of humanity, helping those stranded during the
#COVID19
pandemic.
@sabyaactor
#Odisha
@Outlookindia
@geminianguddu
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Since every one is talking about the year gone by, here is one of the strongest magazine covers from last year. So very proud of it and the team that produced it. Sadly, not many survived.
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#Odisha
at the very bottom in Employment Condition Index, according to India Employment Report 2024 by
@ilo
.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
@CMO_Odisha
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Of course it was a witch hunt. And we in the media should be ashamed of it. Some contemplation in order one year after the death of
#SushanthSinghRajput
.
@Outlookindia
#OLPoll
| Sushant Singh Rajput case hits a dead end.
Wasn’t Outlook right in saying the case had been reduced to a media trial right from the start?
#MediaTrial
#SushantSinghRajput
#SSR
@Tweet2Rhea
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Latest Video:
#Puri
Bada Danda, the road famous for the famous Jagannath chariots.
#CycloneFani
#Fani
#Odisha
@Outlookindia
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You don't decide overnight to take voluntary retirement. You plan it for long. If that be the case, the helicopter tours across
#Odisha
happened b4 mind was made up. Govt spent crores so someone could build own image. Public money for personal PR to help political career. Got it?
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Price of chicken has shot up to Rs 300 per kg in
#Odisha
. Guess why?
All political parties are financing feasts to woo voters. In Odia, they call it Bhoji. It is truly feast season. And chicken sellers are making a killing, besides killing more chicken.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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₹15 lac deposited by mistake in farmer's account. Farmer thinks Modi has sent the money as he had promised b4 becoming PM. Withdraws part and builds a house. Now bank wants entire money back. What a story!
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Great. But wonder why the CJI in a not too distant case deny bail to someone else, saying " you would be safer in jail". The man spent 42 days in an
#Odisha
jail for crude jokes. However bad, they were jokes afterall.
#PrashantKanojia
@Naveen_Odisha
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Discovered this in an old photo album: me as a TV reporter interviewing
@Naveen_Odisha
. I guess it was after the current
#Odisha
chief minister had won his first Lok Sabha seat fm Aska in 1997. I did report for Doordarshan a couple of times those days. It was all cordial then.
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Why Naveen Patnaik likes VK Pandian so much?
Well, I now got a clue.
Mr Wajahat Habibullah, ex-director of IAS Academy and Naveen's Doon school friend, shared very interesting details with me, including how Pandian came to
#Odisha
.
Here is a thread.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
1/n
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My first editorial as
@Outlookindia
editor. Honesty & integrity will define our journalism, I write.
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I find lot of people arguing that
@Naveen_Odisha
is not responsible for
@Iyervval
's continued stay in jail. They say it is the courts which ordered him to be in jail. But what is being ignored is that it was the
#Odisha
govt that slapped the charges against him in the first place
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My Take: Did the praise for
#Odisha
and
@Naveen_Odisha
over
#CycloneFani
come too early ? Rescue worked, but relief and restoration have come a cropper.
#CycloneFaniUpdates
#FaniUpdates
@PandaJay
@dpradhanbjp
@Outlookindia
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Four former captains, 60 internationals from
#Odisha
, but none found place on stage during
#hockeyworldcup2018
inauguration. So heart beating for
#Hockey
or something else ?
@Naveen_Odisha
@sports_odisha
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Pandian photo noticeably missing from
@bjd_odisha
campaign posters. Does this suggest a subtle change of strategy for the
#Odisha
ruling party ? An admission that the publicity drive to prop up Pandian as the second-most imp. leader after
@Naveen_Odisha
is only angering Odias?
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Removing the name of Biju Patnaik does not diminish the stature of the legendary
#Odisha
leader. But it does dent the standing of the ones who decided to remove his name.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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8.
#Odisha
Reality Check:
5T includes technology, right? Then, how is it only 8.1% Odisha Govt schools have Internet? (National Average 24.2%). Only Bihar & Mizoram below Odisha. (Rajya Sabha reply by MoS, Education in December 2023).
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
@INCOdisha
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Damage control? If not, why was Pandian allowed to run
@bjd_odisha
campaign single-handedly? Did Pandian's political rise have people's consent? Has
@Naveen_Odisha
finally woken up to the mood against Pandian?
@BJP4Odisha
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Newly elected
#Odisha
chief minister Mohan Majhi lost one of his closest aides in an accident the day he was elected. He spent most of the day at the postmortem centre and was late for his election.
@BJP4Odisha
@bjd_odisha
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Bharat Ratna for Biju Patnaik? His birthday is on March 5. If true, imagine the impact in impending
#Odisha
polls.
The annual quota of Bharat Ratnas is 3. But 5 have been conferred already in 2024. Heavens will not fall if a 6th is given.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4India
@Naveen_Odisha
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One good thing about the pandemic? It forced us indoors to watch some great OTT movies, many in
#Malayalam
.
#Joji
#CUSoon
#Aarkkariyam
#TheGreatIndianKitchen
. Latest
@Outlookindia
cover looks at the phenomenon of movies fm
#Kerala
wowing audiences in
#India
and abroad.
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Started my new innings as the editor of
@Outlookindia
. Great team, positive vibes. Future looks good.
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.
@ians_india
becoming a source of embarrassment. It has left us red-faced with erroneous reports - for which we pay as subscribers - several times in recent months.
Led by IANS, several media outlets fell for fake Twitter account of Sushant Singh Rajput's father demanding CBI probe into his son's death.
#AltNewsFactCheck
shows how IANS has a history of falling for fake accounts and satirical posts. |
@Pooja_Chaudhuri
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For those hungry and poor, it hardly matters whether meals have onion and garlic. The controversy over
@AkshayaPatra
mid-day meals is unnecessary.
@Outlookindia
#LetsTalkNutrition
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As reported in
@NewIndianXpress
today:
1. Naveen Patnaik
@Naveen_Odisha
wants
@BJP4India
not to entertain his aide Pandian anymore.
2. Pandian has promised BJP that he can help in splitting
@bjd_odisha
.
3. Pandian in touch with BJP Central minister.
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I write: "Pandian's runaway unpopularity dwarfed the enduring popularity for Patnaik... The Pandian phenomenon coupled with anti- incumbency accrued over the years sunk his political fortunes in Kalinga."
@BJP4Odisha
@bjd_odisha
@TheFederal_News
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Welcome move. There can be no democracy without a free media.
@IndEditorsGuild
@BJP4Odisha
@bjd_odisha
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Exactly a month to the day,
@Iyervval
has now been in jail. Nothwitstnding his foolishness and bad behavior,
@Naveen_Odisha
locking him up is gross abuse of power. Read
@Outlookindia
on the real backstory of his jailing. It's plain politics.
@AartiTikoo
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Pandian 'unpopularity' sinking popularity of Naveen Patnaik in
#Odisha
???
@Naveen_Odisha
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Will
#Odisha
police turn a blind eye and give ordinary fathers the similar privilege of mediating if their sons face criminal complaints? Just asking.
@CMO_Odisha
@dasraghubar
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Signs of popular support in
@AamAadmiParty
protests over
#Delhi
statehood ?
@PragyaSingh
reads the crowd reaction.
@Outlookindia
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On the birthday of Naveen Patnaik - a rare political phenomenon - a thread:
@Naveen_Odisha
would have ended up as
#Odisha
president of
@BJP4India
had he listened to some top aides and joined the BJP. Instead, he decided to float his own
@bjd_odisha
.
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Fit case for
@IndEditorsGuild
to take note. Some states have clearly escaped the kind of scrutiny that others such as Uttar Pradesh are normally subjected to.
@otvnews
@JagiPanda
Distressing, the way Odisha Govt is going after one media group & its journalists. This is a terrible case of persistent intimidation.
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Oh. So, Pandian is not guarded by 74 cops. But how many then actually guards him? 5, 50, 100, 150? Shouldn't the
#Odisha
govt of
@Naveen_Odisha
come clean?
@bjd_odisha
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So, Pandian has Z category security? Of course his security is paramount. But Z category since when? Who decided?
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Biju Janata Dal
@bjd_odisha
of Naveen Patnaik
@Naveen_Odisha
collected the highest amount of Electoral Bonds in terms of per capita (amount collected divided by population). Higher than BJP, Congress, TMC, etc.
BJD collected 4 times than what the BJP collected/person. 1/n
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My edit: "..the leaders also stood uncovered in our eyes. Rather than being tall and towering with wide protective chests, they turned out to be small and weak when the real test came."
@Outlookindia
#COVID19
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#Lakhimpur
is one more reason why one should do a cover story on
#YogiAdityanath
. Any doubts?
@myogiadityanath
#UttarPradesh
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#Odisha
highest in retail inflation in country, reports
@timesofindia
.
@CMO_Odisha
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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7.
#Odisha
Reality Check:
Odisha is second last in whole country in tap water connection to schools. Only 69.76% of Odisha schools have tap water. 26 states and UTs have more than 90% coverage. (Lok Sabha record, December, 2023).
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
@INCOdisha
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Take a bow
@Naveen_Odisha
. You are a phenomenon and am glad I wrote a book on you. Hoping to write a sequel.
@bjd_odisha
#OdishaElection2019Results
#OdishaAssemblyResults2019
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But sycophants come in all political colours. VK Pandian once said The Biggest identity of Odia race is Naveen Patnaik (not Lord Jagannath). A former
@bjd_odisha
MP Amar Patnaik said Lord Jagannath is currently
@Naveen_Odisha
. There are more such examples.
@BJP4Odisha
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Poshan Diary: I spearhead
@Outlookindia
's
#Poshan
initiative passionately, knowing well am not it's ideal ambassador. My personal habits disqualify me. But we all must back
#POSHANAbhiyaan
to banish malnutrition.
#PoshanMaah2019
@smritiirani
@MinistryWCD
@PCI_India_
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#Odisha
Reality Check:
Almost 20% teacher posts in Govt. High schools vacant, admitted School & Mass Education minister Sudam Marndi in assembly on Sept. 27, 2023. According to him, 7540 of 39066 sanctioned teacher posts are vacant.
Bad, no?
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Naveen Patnaik, my book, is going for reprint, two months after its launch. Feeling happy that the effort was worth it. Thank u everyone, including those who praised and those who trashed it.
@Naveen_Odisha
@BJP4Odisha
@PandaJay
@otvnews
@biswajitmohanty
@debabrata2008
@BBSRBuzz
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Finally...Odia translation of my book Naveen Patnaik set for launch. What delayed it is itself a story.
@Naveen_Odisha
@PandaJay
@otvnews
@debabrata2008
@biswajitmohanty
@BBSRBuzz
@juggernautbooks
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Z security for Pandian by
@odisha_police
. Pandian given Z security, besides
@dpradhanbjp
and
@PandaJay
. Three more given Y category security.
Point to note: only Pandian not contesting elections. The rest are contesting. Here is the copy of the order.
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
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Presenting to you the wildlife photographer Waheeda Rehman. Check out the stunning photos taken by the actress of yesteryears.
@Outlookindia
exclusive.
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9.
#Odisha
Reality Check:
The lack of transformation in Odisha schools is startling.
- 81.7% of Govt schools have no computer facility
- 48.2% of Govt secondary schools have no integrated science laboratory. (Source: UDISE).
@bjd_odisha
@BJP4Odisha
@INCIndia
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We changed our
@Outlookindia
cover at the last moment to pay our tribute to a tall leader.
#AtalBihariVajpayee
#AtalBihariVaajpayee
. Thanks team.
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Great investigative journalism. She deserves free
#Haldirams
bhujia.
Amazing restraint by the Haldiram staff. BTW, Sudarshan's ‘sherni’ should know that it's Arabic and not Urdu. Haldiram exports to muliple Muslim majority countries who buy Indian products without discrimination.
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A touching tribute to a fallen colleague.
@naseerganai
in
@Outlookindia
#ShujaatBukhari
The Shujaat Bukhari I Knew: Fearless, Calm, Altruistic And Tenacious
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#India
has already changed, or is changing for the worse. I write for
@trtworld
on how the alleged drug bust involving Shah Rukh Khan's son has brought to fore Indian anxieties.
@iamsrk
#AryankhanDrugsCase
Aryan Khan’s arrest is yet another instance of how India’s judiciary, tasked with upholding the rule of law, is increasingly floundering in the face of the changed circumstances
Opinion |
@Rubenbanerjee
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If
@IndiaToday
exit poll numbers for
#Odisha
assembly hold true, Naveen Patnaik will unlikely return as the CM. His
@bjd_odisha
will break likely, that too very soon. And we can all forget abt Pandian.
@BJP4Odisha
@Naveen_Odisha
If
@IndiaToday
exit poll numbers for
#Odisha
assembly hold true, Naveen Patnaik will unlikely return as the CM. His
@bjd_odisha
will break likely, that too very soon. And we can all forget abt Pandian.
@BJP4Odisha
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My Take:
@Naveen_Odisha
's decision to drop charges against
@Iyervval
is a course correction by the
#Odisha
CM.
@Outlookindia
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