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Bhadrak: A woman was allegedly stoned to death by a youth at Talachitha village in Dhamnagar of Bhadrak district late last night. The deceased has been identified as Bhaktilata Beuria. As per reports, the accused, identified as Babua Mohanty of the same village reached the woman’s house and attacked her with a stone. When daughter of […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP and the ruling BJD today indulged in mudslinging after photos of Tito’s aide Bapu Parida taken with few BJD leaders surfaced. Photos of Bapu with senior leaders of BJD and government officials including police have been doing rounds in political circle of the State triggering rumours about his proximity with the ruling party. […]

Angul: From students crossing canals by risking lives to get to their schools to people carrying patients on cots are regular scenes of many villages under the Pallahara block in the district. Though Odisha government recently announced a package of Rs 6.70 crore for the block under its ‘Ama Gaon Ama Vikash Yojana’, locals here […]

Bhubaneswar: In a major reshuffle in senior police cadres, the Odisha government today appointed Satyajit Mohanty as the new commissioner of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissionerate. A 1988 batch- IPS officer, Mohanty, who is now serving as the Additional DGP (Provisioning) will now replace YB Khurania as the new police commissioner of Twin City. Outgoing commissioner, Khurania, […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: Duped depositors of chit fund companies today protested Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera in Surat during his visit to Gujarat. Demanding immediate refund of money, the protestors held placards and banners and shouted slogans against Behera, who was in Surat to attend a meeting at the Chambers of Commerce at Nanpura. Under the […]

Bhubaneswar: After much hue and cry over the acute waterlogging on NH-16, a joint eviction squad led by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday evicted the unauthorised constructions in front of Iskcon temple here. Palpable tension prevailed at the spot as several servitors and followers of ISKCON opposed eviction of a ‘Samadhi Peeth’ and sought […]

Malkangiri: With the ultras observing Martyrs’ Week from today, security has been stepped up in Naxal-affected Malkangiri and other areas to avoid any untoward incident till August 3. As a precautionary measure, government bus services were also stopped today in Malkangiri in view of the Martyrs’ Week (locally called as the Shahid Saptah). “Security has […]

Bhubaneswar: The Heritage Cabinet, in its first meeting today approved the proposal to set up the Odia Language University in Puri district. The proposed university will come up at Satyabadi in Puri district, informed chief secretary AP Padhi after the meeting. The high-level meeting of the Heritage Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also […]

Pipili: Panic gripped locals near Birapurushottampur station today after an open suitcase with wires popping out was spotted near railway tracks. As per reports, a few locals spotted the suitcase near the tracks around 11 am. Suspecting that the suitcase might contain explosives, they informed the Railway Protection Force (RPF) about the matter.  While a […]

Bhubaneswar: After Hotel Presidency and ISKCON temple, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has now reined in the DAV Public School Unit-8, for dumping construction and demolition waste on public road. In a show-cause notice issued to the authorities, the civic body accused the school of dumping garbage and plastic that washes down into the drain causing […]

Puri: Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Thursday stressed on the need for economic well being of servitors of the Puri Srimandir to ensure behavioural change and more disciplined service. Stating that the 12th century shrine should not be considered as a factory or Gandhi’s memorial, he said tradition of the temple should be safeguarded and […]

Bhubaneswar: Controversy surfaced over naming of Jharsuguda airport after Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha denied receiving any proposal in the form of a resolution from the State government while Odisha CM had written a letter to the Centre urging to name the new airport after freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai. In […]

Bhubaneswar: Kanha, the five-year-old boy from Ganjam district suffering from a rare skin syndrome underwent  his first recuperative surgery at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital today. A team of 12 doctors including the Head of the Department (HOD) of Plastic Surgery, Superintendent and Dean of the MKCG conducted the preliminary laser and skin grafting […]

Bhubaneswar: After the Geographical Indication (GI) tag was given to ‘Banglar Rosogolla’ last year, the Odisha government had said that it would continue its battle to get the GI tag for the iconic sweet. However, the matter seems to have been put on the back burner since. As per reports, the GI Registry officials, in […]

Bhubaneswar: Two high school students met a watery grave while taking bath in Kuakhai river near a bridge in Bhubaneswar today. Fire Service personnel who managed to fish out the boys rushed them to the Capital hospital here where doctors declared them brought dead. According to reports, the two Class IX students of Govt Boys’ […]