News from Odisha

Cuttack: A 25-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment on Thursday by a special court in Cuttack that convicted him of raping a girl. The special POCSO court also fined Rama Munda alias Rama Laguri Rs 10,000, besides directing him to provide a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the survivor’s family. Judge […]

Jajpur: A girl reportedly kidnapped from Dharmasala area of the district was rescued from Cuttack almost after 12 days. Acting on the statements made by the kidnapped girl in an audio clip with her mother, a team of cops from Dharmasala Police Station intercepted the vehicle in which the accused was reportedly taking the girl […]

Cuttack: In a case of alleged police excess, a policeman, posted at the Narasinghpur Police station in Cuttack district allegedly made a college-going minor girl undergo pregnancy test after detaining her for three nights at the police station. The Child Welfare Committee has accused the police of terminating the girl’s pregnancy. As per reports, a […]

Bolangir: Despite the tall claims of the government on enforcement of strict laws to curb trafficking of migrant labourers to and from Odisha, the illegal activities continue unabated in many parts of the State. As many as 21 migrant labourers including four women and 17 men were rescued from Kantabanji railway station while they were […]

New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.2 hit Alwar district in Rajasthan on Thursday, tremors of which were felt in Delhi-NCR, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences’ NCS, the epicentre of the quake was Alwar in Rajasthan. The earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred at 11.46 pm […]

Surat: A toddler from Gujarat gave the gift of life to as many as five children, including two from Russia and Ukraine, after he breathed his last. Hailed as the youngest cadaver donor, the 2.5-year-old boy saved five lives after  his parents donated his organs after he was declared brain dead following an accident. The […]

Washington: The total number of global covid-19 cases has surpassed 74.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.66 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 74,875,300 and 1,660,132, respectively, in its latest […]

Balasore: While on many occasions an alleged nexus between police and drug mafia has put the former in a fix in Odisha, the recent arrest of a Bangladeshi resident staying at Balasore jail barrack under the custody of police, who was found in possession of the contraband item has once again hinted at police-mafia deep links. […]

Bolangir: One person sustained severe burn injuries while property worth over Rs 5 lakh was reduced to ashes following a major fire that broke out in a fruit market in the town on Thursday night. On receiving information, a firefighting team rushed to the spot and doused the flames. However, the exact cause behind the […]

Mumbai: The controversial reality show Bigg Boss may thrive on explicit language, nasty spats and below-the-belt antics but the makers have traditionally maintained the one thing that will not be tolerated in the house is physical altercation. However, in almost every season there has been a housemate who has lost control after provocation and ended […]

Jajpur: The statement of the 21-year-old woman from Dharmasala in Jajpur district who was ‘rescued’ in Cuttack on Thursday night after she was allegedly ‘kidnapped’ by a youth on December 5, will be recorded before a magistrate today. Sources in the Jajpur police said the victim will first be taken for medical examination following which […]

Neha Kakkar took her fans by surprise as she shared a picture of her cradling her bump along with her husband Rohanpreet Singh. As soon as she uploaded this picture, fans have gone gaga and wondering if this is real or just a part of her next song promotion. Neha captioned the picture ‘Khayal Rakhya […]

New Delhi: With 22,890 new coronavirus infections and 338 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 99.79 lakh on Friday, while the death toll reached 1,44,789, Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Friday. In the past 11 months, 95,20,827 people have recovered, of whom 31,087 recovered in the last 24 hours, […]

Kareena Kapoor has let the secret out! Yes, after a number of media speculations and reports about Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal making their relationship official, Bebo finally confirmed their engagement. This happened during the latest episode of ‘What Women Want’ where Varun was the celebrity guest. In Kareena’s radio show, while she was asking […]

New Delhi: Twitter India on Friday said that its new verification policy will be implemented from January 20 and the company will begin automatically removing the verified badge from inactive and incomplete accounts. Under the new policy, Twitter may also remove verification from accounts that are found to be in severe or repeated violation of […]