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The guidelines and timelines for the much-awaited second phase admissions into degree colleges are out. The Odisha government on Monday issued the guidelines for the Plus-III first year 2020-21 session.  

The Commissionerate Police on Monday busted a factory engaged in the manufacturing of spurious ghee. A team of Badambadi Police and health officials of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) busted the unit after conducting a raid.

Just a few hours of wait for the devotees of Lord Jagannath as the Puri Srimandir is scheduled to reopen on December 23, after nine long months. To ensure the safety and other essential precautionary measures, the Puri district administration came up with a Standard Operating Procedure today. The district collector held discussions with all the officials on the standard operating procedures to be followed during and after reopening.

The Opposition BJP and Congress intensified their protests across the State seeking justice for the family of Nayagarh minor girl, Pari, who was kidnapped and brutally murdered.

A couple from Dhenkanal has been staging fast-unto-death protest for the last five days in front of the district Collector’s office. Braving the cold, this couple has been staging dharna over illegal construction by the government on their land. The couple is protesting against the forceful construction of a college building and boundary wall by the government on their registered private land.  

The Monday morning of Sripati Behera, a fisherman of Tutusinga village under Sadar block of Boudh district was filled with triumph and adventure after he caught a gigantic fish. The fish reportedly weighing over 25 kilograms was caught from the Mahanadi River.  

The Nayagarh minor girl was murdered and then sexually abused. Chilling details have surfaced in the Jadupur minor girl rape case. In a press meet today, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) chief, Arun Bothra revealed some chilling details that emerged in the course of the investigation.  

The accused in the Nayagarh minor girl rape and murder case watched pornographic videos the whole night before the crime. Giving shocking details about the rape and murder case, Special Investigation Team Chief Arun Bothra said that the accused used to watch pornographic content on his sister’s mobile and he had watched such videos all through the previous night of the crime. Police also found some pornographic content on the mobile phone which was kept in a password-protected folder.

  There seems to be no let up in the twists and turns in the Nayagarh minor girl murder case. Soon after some chilling details about the crime and key accused Saroj Sethi were revealed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), the victim’s father questioned the findings.

The ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’ has a new address and makeover now. Owner of the famous Baba Ka Dhaba, Kanta Prasad has opened a brand-new restaurant in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi. Prasad’s new restaurant goes by the same name, ‘Baba Ka Dhaba’, and is just a few minutes away from his old street-side eatery.

This may seem to be some big shipment of high-end mobile phones. But they are from the collection found in possession of Asit Kumar Nayak, a senior clerk of the Roads and Buildings Division of the Odisha Public Works Department. Not only these phones, the Vigilance department recovered Rs 10, 62,605 cash, gold ornaments and other valuable household articles from Asit Kumar’s possession after a raid on charges of possessing disproportionate assets.

The Special Investigation Team probing the Nayagarh minor girl murder case has recovered the leggings of the victim which is claimed to be an important piece of evidence in the case. The pair of leggings was recovered yesterday from the pond nearby the victim’s house.

The wait is finally over! Srimandir gates were opened for devotees after nine long months. In the first phase, servitors and their family members are being allowed to have darshan of Lord Jagannath today.

In a bizarre incident, a Naga Sadhu entered the Srimandir, giving the police a torrid time. The sadhu somehow managed to give a slip to the security staff and entered the Srimandir. Though the temple opened today after a nine-month-long interval, it is still out of bounds for the general public.

With the world grappling with a new, more-contagious strain of Coronavirus, a passenger who arrived in Bhubaneswar from the United Kingdom on December 18, tested positive for COVID19 on Wednesday (December 23)