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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded the removal of IPS officer Arun Bothra as the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which is investigating the sensational abduction and murder case of a five-year-old Nayagarh girl whose skeletal remains were found days after kidnapping in July this year. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police on Friday booked gangster Raja Acharya under the stringent National Security Act (NSA). Acharya, a notorious criminal had spread a reign of terror in the Twin Cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Police Commissioner Sudhansu Sarangi today directed to book the gangster under the NSA on charges of extortion, creating terror and […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Christmas celebrations, several parts of Odisha will witness severe cold wave condition, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. As per the latest forecast issued by IMD’s regional centre in Bhubaneswar, the minimum temperature (night temperature) in Odisha is expected to fall by 3 to 5 degree Celsius in the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Friday sought to term the accusations made by a youth that he had been offered Rs. 5 lakh by SIT chief Arun Bothra to own up the alleged kidnapping, rape and murder of 5-year-old Nayagarh girl ‘Pari’, as ‘baseless’. The police clarification came a day after Saroj Sethi, a resident […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the reopening of the Lingaraj temple on December 27, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for devotees and servitors to keep COVID-19 at bay. As per the official decision, the gates of the Lingaraj temple would be initially thrown open for the sevayats and their families […]

Bhubaneswar: Getting a learner’s or a driving licence will be user friendly but stricter for people of Odisha, the State Transport Authority (STA) said on Friday. The STA is taking a slew of new measures to make the entire process user friendly so that people do not face much hassles in obtaining a learner’s or […]

Bhubaneswar: Raising serious questions over law and order situation in the State, a student was allegedly sprayed with sedative and robbed of by three unidentified miscreants in the Capital City on Saturday evening. The victim has been identified as Piyush Kumar Patra. According to reports, the miscreants approached Piyush, who is a +3 student, in […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways on Saturday issued a clarification on media reports that provision of issuing waitlisted tickets will be discontinued. In a statement, the Indian Railways stated that, “Efforts are being made to increase the capacity to make berths available on demand. This would reduce the possibility of passengers getting waitlisted. There is no […]

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha police intensifying its measures against drunken driving and other violations under MV Act, four persons in Sambalpur have been prosecuted for driving vehicles under the influence of alcohol. As per reports, the drunken drivers were penalised in a joint enforcement conducted by the RTO and police in the past two days as […]

Bhubaneswar:  Thirteen year old Ripu Pradhan (name changed) was born in an extremely poor family in Gajapati district. His father, Laxman Pradhan, who has a hand to mouth existence, got fleeced by agents of a placement agency. A deal was sealed. While his tender-aged son will earn Rs 5000 per month, Laxman was given direct […]

New Delhi: The Government has proposed to free both power producers and consumers from continuing with contracted obligation once the tenure of a power purchase agreement expires. The move is expected to provide flexibility to both procurers (mainly Discoms) and generators (power projects) to look for meaning contracts post expiry of a PPA, one where […]

Cuttack: After Varsha Priyadarshini filed a fresh complaint with the Purighat Police Station here on Saturday alleging that attempts are being made to defame her by making some videos viral, the Ollywood actress’ husband and MP Anubhav Mohanty has written to Odisha DGP Abhay over a viral audio clip and urged for an investigation while […]

Bargarh: The farmers across Bargarh district, known as Odisha’s rice bowl, have been repeatedly complaining about irregularities in the paddy procurement process, but strangely the district administration has just lent a deaf ear to their plight. Token system has been made compulsory for the farmers at the time of entry in the Mandis. But it […]

Cuttack: Police on Saturday evening arrested a minor boy in connection with the sexual abuse and abortion of a college-going minor girl of Narasinghpur area in the district. Reports said, police have kept the minor boy at the office of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) and interrogating him in connection with the case. He will […]

Bhubaneswar: Biting cold conditions prevailed in Odisha with 10 places recording minimum temperature (night temperature) below 10 degree Celsius on Sunday. Phulbani recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 5.5 degree Celsius. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), several parts of the country including Odisha will experience severe cold wave conditions for the next couple […]