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Though Niranjan has been absolved of the charges, his family has been shattered over the years. His wife and six-year-old son stayed away from him. The costs of the legal battle have left the family in financial difficulties. 

Referred to as the ‘Tall Man’, Biju Patnaik or Bijoynanda Patnaik was born in Cuttack on 5th March 1916 to an aristocratic family. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom struggle during Khadi Tour, Biju Patnaik always had an inclination towards working for people. Due to his fearless and straightforward approach in life, he played many roles and excelled in each of it.

The accused was seething with anger to take revenge over the past incident. In the evening, he reached Bharati’s house and stabbed her multiple times, leaving the victim dead. 

His father Santosh Patra is a priest at the Ganesh temple in Raju Sahi. Following in the footsteps of his father for some years, Asutosh has managed to acquire skills in divine worship, rituals, and mantra chanting. A class-6 student, he also performs well academically.

Puri Srimandir management is once again in the news after alleged entry of some non-Hindus into the shrine on Sunday. At least four non-Hindus and that too from neighbouring Bangladesh entered Srimandir in Puri.

As per reports, fires have been witnessed in 92 places across the jungles of Odisha till now. Fires are reported from at least 1000 points. However, approximately 96 percent of the fires have been doused.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Puri, Sushil Mishra said, “We received complaints that some people of other religion entered the temple. We have detained the people who entered the temple. We are verifying their documents and looking into the matter.  One of the detainees is a Hindu.”

Sai Kiran, deputy director of Similipal Sanctuary (North) said, ”Keeping the possible forest fires in view, we have started preparations to check such incidents from November and December, 2023. A district action plan has been drawn up with the help of officials of the line departments to determine their roles in fire fighting in forests.”

“It is the struggle of a weak, tortured and humiliated woman. A powerful former minister brought me to the street. I appeal to women and girls of Buguda, Polasara and Kabisuryanagar areas not to vote for a ‘depraved, immoral and tyrant’ leader in the upcoming elections,” she lamented.

Arpita’s family suspected foul play and held the school authorities responsible for her death. They filed a complaint at Kasia Marine Police Station alleging that she might have been killed.

Putting an end to all speculation, Odisha BJP Chief Manmohan Samal told media persons that the party will not enter into any alliance in the State. He mentioned this after returning from the election management committee meeting in Delhi.

As per reports, the missing engineer has been identified as Bishnu Singh. His brother Satendra Pratap Singh said that the last time Bishnu spoke to the family member over the phone was after reaching the Bhubaneswar Railway station on Friday. He was supposed to return home on a Delhi flight on Friday. 

A local court in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Friday sentenced a 22-year-old youth and his father to undergo 25 and 20 years rigorous imprisonment, respectively, for sexually assaulting a minor girl.

The tourist has been identified as Anthony Van Arkel. Rendered penniless by the theft, he has been staying at the Niladri Nilay shelter since then.

The aide has been identified as Amir Ali. He was arrested from the Sector-3 area of Rourkela, informed Rourkela SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra. The SP said that a Central team arrested Amir Ali on Wednesday night from Rourkela.