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B.1.617.2 is still dominant. Active cases were down 86 percent between May 23 -Aug1, when vaccination rate was up by 24 percent but restrictions intact in hotspots. Active caseload down 72 percent between Aug 1-Oct 31, when vaccination up 206 percent sans restrictions

From only 20.7 percent share in 2010, suicides triggered by family problems in Odisha stood at 81 per cent of total suicides in 2020

Clear signs of economic distress to fore in Odisha. Suicides by economically vulnerable sections now 50 percent of the total vis-a-vis 29 percent in 2015  

Even as the detailed order will be read by Judge NW Sambre tomorrow, the bail to all the accused in the Mumbai Cruise drug bust case underlines one important law maxim - 'Bail is the Rule'.

While SC judgement on Mahimananda Mishra Vs State of Orissa played a role in no bail to Aryan Khan, defense counsel today referred to the granting of the first bail to two Odisha youths

As per legal experts, the case diary, in this case, looks very neat. And the prime accused Gobinda Sahu had delivered evidence to the Odisha police, what he wanted

The sharp rise of BJP in 2019 compelled the BJD core team to wean Pradeep Majhi into their fold. But will the gamble pay off, because tribal voters in Nabarangpur are linked historically with the Gandhi family

State Women Commission hasn't come up with specific studies to curb the crime rate. Crimes against women could easily be nipped in the bud if police acted swiftly on first complaints. Their act of patronising powerful elements in the society bolsters the morale of law-breakers

Even as the key accused has made an extra-judicial confession, bumpy roads ahead for Odisha police. For securing  maximum punishment in a section 302 case, independent evidence proving cruel motive will be the clincher

Mamita Murder Case: NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma Urges Odisha CM To Dismiss Minister

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is known for securing resignations of as many as 10 ministers during his first tenure (2000-04). The repeated act of serious controversies in his fifth tenure hints at no metamorphosis of governance, despite the promised 5T governance

The slapping of conspiracy section on Aryan Khan, investigation still at unravelling state and the Whatsapp chats with Arbaz Merchant, where Aryan used narcotic lingo, and seizure of intermediate contraband from Merchant have gone against SRK's son

Despite a faster vaccination rate in Bhubaneswar, Khordha district lags behind the South Delhi district in the inoculation race. Infection rate in Cuttack is 0.01 percent, but fully vaccinated vis-a-vis the population is below 30 per cent.

NCB and DRI reports show Odisha and AP as the 2 top cannabis originating states in the country. Though Odisha police bust the trade with big seizures, it needs to tread the Tamil Nadu way and go for a major crackdown

A nip in the Odisha air will be witnessed as the morning surface temperature in the western, central and southern Odisha will drop to 20 deg C on Oct 21 from around 24 deg C on Sunday (Oct 17)