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’18 lakh vulnerable pensioners left in the lurch’: Naveen slams Odisha govt for three-month delay in pension

Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.

Mahakumbh fame girl reportedly pregnant

Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the marriage of a Prayagraj Mahakumbh fame blue-eyed girl from Madhya Pradesh to a Muslim man, Farmaan Khan, in Kerala, the latter has reportedly told a Madhya Pradesh Police team that she is about a month pregnant and unable to record her statement, as doctors have advised complete bed rest.