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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.

Sukanta warns party workers of TMC ‘trap’

BJP leader and Union Minister Mr Sukanta Mazumdar attended a party conference in Baidyabati on Saturday. He warned district BJP leaders and workers not to fall into the “provocation trap” allegedly laid by the TMC and said damaging public property and violence cannot be justified as political protest.

8 arrested for dealing in fake number plates

City police arrested eight persons on Saturday allegedly involved in operating a racket producing fake vehicle number plates, after making a breakthrough in the case with the arrest of a man who was reportedly riding a scooter with a fake number plate at Kasba on Thursday.