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Today is the auspicious Makar Sankranti. Devotees across Odisha were seen making a beeline at temples across the state to offer worship. At Puri Srimandir, there was a large turnout of devotees who visited the temple to have darshan of Lord Jagannath.

Two people have been sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for gang raping a minor girl in 2017 in Keonjhar Sadar Police limits area. The Additional District Judge (ADJ) of Keonjhar sentenced the accused to 20 years of imprisonment with Rs. 50,000 penalty. As per the verdict, if the convicts fail to pay the fine, additional penalty of Rs 5 lakh will be levied along with extension of the conviction period by one more year.  

This happened in Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar. This video purportedly shows a couple mercilessly thrashing another man. The man being thrashed is Vivek Dasbatia.

On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti, large number of devotees gathered at Bhimkund in Mayurbhanj District to take a holy dip and make offerings.

Tension ran high when a mob turned violent following the death of local youth and torched a police van at Alinagar square on Bhadrak-Chandbali National Highway.

Padma Shri D Prakash Rao, who passed away on Wednesday at SCB Medical College & Hospital in Cuttack, was cremated with full state honours today. Rao succumbed to a brain stroke at SCB Medical College where he was undergoing treatment for last 20 days.

Around 25 passengers escaped narrowly after a bus in which they were travelling overturned near Alutuma Bridge in Dhenkanal district today. One of the passengers sustained injuries and was admitted to a nearby hospital.

The mortal remains of social activist, Padma Shri D Prakash Rao were consigned to flames with full state honours at Kaliaboda crematorium in Cuttack today. Rao succumbed to a brain stroke at SCB Medical College yesterday where he was undergoing treatment for last 20 days. He had tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in the special Covid ward.

On a busy flyover in Bhubaneswar, a car went up in flames triggering panic among passersby. The incident happened on the CRP flyover in Bhubaneswar today. Three youths who were inside the vehicle had a narrow escape in the incident.

Rs 1.13 lakh penalty for a motorcyclist!? It’s hard to believe, when you can get a new motorcycle with that much money. But that is what happened in Rayagada district of Odisha. A motorcyclist was penalized Rs 1.13 lakh for a series of violations under the Motor Vehicles Act.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Indravati Irrigation project in Kalahandi today. Several cultural programmes were organised for the inauguration ceremony and CM Naveen seemed quite moved by the performance on stage.

In a shocking case, the Commissionerate Police has arrested a youth from Bhubaneswar for duping people looking for kidney donors. The youth allegedly duped lakhs of rupees from several people on the pretext of arranging kidney donors.

Ahead of the mass inoculation drive across the country, the Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department on Wednesday (January 13) issued guidelines for the COVID-19 vaccination to be carried out from January 16. The vaccination is set to be carried out in around 160 sessions in different districts and Municipal Corporations in Odisha.

Citing the development of Kalahandi distirct, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the district which once portrayed the image of hunger and poverty has now become the rice bowl of the state. The Chief Minister said this while addressing a mega event in the district on the sidelines of the Indravati Irrigation Project inauguration.

The nation celebrated 73rd Army Day today. To mark this occasion Indian Army contingents took out a parade at Delhi Cantt.