Nayagarh: The Nayagarh superintendent of police (SP) on Sunday suspended five personnel, including a havildar on the charges of dereliction of duty. The action on errant officials has been taken after an undertrial prisoner (UTP)...

Kandhamal/Malkangiri: Sordid condition of healthcare and infrastructure in rural pockets of the State has come to fore once again. A woman delivered a baby girl while being carried in a sling in Tajungia panchayat under...

Cuttack: The first dengue death of 2019 was reported from the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on Tuesday after a 60-year-old patient from Kendrapara died while undergoing treatment. The deceased has been identified...

Bhubaneswar: At a time when multiple incidents of crimes were reported in Bhubaneswar recently, another case of chain snatching incident has been reported from Mancheswar area, raising serious security concern. According to reports, three bike-borne...

Cuttack: Panic gripped residents of Kandarpur area in Odisha’s Cuttack district after a crocodile was spotted in Mahanadi river today. As per reports, some locals spotted the reptile in the river after floodwater was released...

Bhubaneswar: A team of Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel rescued an eight-year-old boy from Howrah-Chennai Mail on Sunday. According to sources, head constable SK Das and constables KC Pradhan & D Nath of RPF, noticed...

Puri/Ganjam: Over the years, Odisha has witnessed drastic change in shorelines in several parts of the State due to tidal waves. Be it the case of Kendrapara’s Satabhaya or Ersama in Jagatsinghpur district, rising sea...

Gajapati: The Plus-III Science and Commerce students of SKCG  Autonomous College in Paralakhemundi on Monday staged a demonstration against the college authorities, demanding re-evaluation of 1st and 3rd semester examination papers. The students also allegedly...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday arrested five members of a robbery gang, who used a rental car to commit crime. Police seized five motorcycles and a rental car from their possession. According to sources,...

New Delhi: Veteran boxer Mary Kom on Wednesday indicated that the system of boxers having to go through trials ahead of big tournaments needs to be relooked at. Earlier, it had emerged that the Boxing...

Sundergarh: A six-member team led by Sundergarh CDMO on Tuesday conducted a raid at a private clinic and seized various medical equipments in Biramitrapur area of the district. Later, the local police arrested a woman...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest, till August 26, to former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)....

Meerut: In a shocking development, seven persons accused of killing a police inspector in cow slaughter violence in Bulandshahr last year, were given a hero’s welcome by their supporters when they came out on bail....

New Delhi: The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to rename the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as the Arun Jaitley Stadium after the former DDCA President and BCCI Vice-President. The ceremony to rename...

New Delhi: The Editors Guild on Tuesday hit out at the Press Council of India’s move to intervene in a case in the Supreme Court over the curbs on communication in Jammu and Kashmir, saying...

New Delhi: Expressing its dismay at the nature of journalism being practised in the country, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed news portal ‘The Wire’ and its team to withdraw their appeal challenging the Gujarat...

New Delhi: Startling revelations in the Swami Chinmayanand sexual abuse case has given a new twist to the story, which has taken Uttar Pradesh by storm. The Shahjahanpur girl who released a video on August...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Wednesday clamped the wheels of many vehicles, which were parked in no parking zones and obstructing public roads. The Twin City police has started serious crackdown on parking violations in...

Sambalpur: Notorious criminal Musim Akhtar, accused in as many as 15 different cases of crimes has been caught after an encounter with police in the wee hours today. According to sources, a special squad of...

Puri: No sooner than the Puri district administration started the mass eviction drive today, inmates and Mahant (chief) of the Bada Akhada Mutt criticised the demolition process citing the administration of victimising them. Though already...