Thu Jan 23 18:56:29 UTC 2025: ## National News Roundup: Pension Halt, Mysterious Illness, Naxal Encounter, and Sports Updates
**Jharkhand:** A Naxal encounter in Bermo’s Uparghat region left two Naxalites dead and two police personnel injured.
**Jammu:** A mysterious illness has claimed 17 lives in a Jammu village, prompting authorities to declare a containment zone.
**Bihar:** The former DPO of MDM, Kanhaiya, has had his 100% pension revoked. The reasons for the revocation were not specified in the provided text.
**Odisha:** Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University’s cricket team has been announced for an upcoming East Zone cricket tournament in KITT University, Bhubaneswar, starting February 22nd. The team was selected based on performances in an inter-college tournament. A full roster of players, including reserves, was released.
This news report compiles several independent news items from Prabhat Khabar’s automated news feed. Further details on each story may be available through the original source.
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