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Bhadrak Collector's Lok Adalat
Holding newborn in arms, woman seeks justice for 'murdered' husband at Collector's Lok Adalat

The complainant, Pratima Malik alleged that her in-laws have killed her husband Tapan and even the police are not doing anything in this matter.

  • Thursday, 21 December 2023
Cholera in Rourkela: Unofficial reports suggest death toll much higher
Cholera in Rourkela: Unofficial reports suggest death toll much higher

A woman in Rourkela alleged that the water being released by Watco is completely contaminated and the company is apathetic towards the issue and playing with the lives of the people. Muddy and dirty water is coming through the pipes.

  • Wednesday, 20 December 2023
17 prominent litterateurs honoured with 'Sarbabhasa Sahityakar Samman' 
17 prominent litterateurs honoured with 'Sarbabhasa Sahityakar Samman' 

Among the literary figures feted on the occasion were Odia litterateur Baishnab Charan Mohanty, Bengali litterateur Dr Bidisha Sinha and Urdu litterateur from Uttar Pradesh, Nushrat Mehndi. Besides, litterateurs from Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra were honoured.  

  • Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Boat Stuck In Chilika
Boat with 60 passengers, 40 bikes gets stuck mid-Chilika

As per reports, the boat developed a technical snag just 1 kilometre away from Janhikuda after leaving the jetty at 1pm.

  • Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Cholera Outbreak In Rourkela
Rourkela cholera outbreak: Top Odisha health officials to take stock of situation today

Speaking to reporters, Mishra said, “Sufficient amount of halogen tablets and ORS pouches are being supplied to the affected areas. I along with the Health Secretary will visit Rourkela today to take stock of the situation there.”

  • Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Odisha Amala Sangha Meeting
Odisha ministerial staff' put en masse cease work stir from today on hold

The association threatened to launch the strike demanding a raise in their current grade of Rs 1900 to Rs 4200.

  • Wednesday, 20 December 2023
5T chairman VK Pandian addressing a youth programme in Baripada
Students urge VK Pandian to allow student union elections in Odisha 

The 5T chairman attended two programmes. He was addressing a Yuva Odisha programme organised on the premises of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University. Students from almost all the colleges in the district were brought in buses to the meeting venue.  

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Post-Bukhari arrest, Jajpur's Milatnagar under police lens
Post-Bukhari arrest, Jajpur's Milatnagar under police lens

Why the alleged ‘terror suspect’ chose the area for residence and how he could manage to ward off the police glare for so long are questions that have cropped up now.  

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Odisha man burned to death, wife and paramour arrested
Odisha man burned to death, wife and paramour arrested

Police rescued a man who was critically burnt on Badhi ground in Choudwar on December 1st night, and was admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack where he died the next day.

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Kashmiri Fraudster Arrested In Odisha
Kashmiri fraudster arrest in Odisha: Central IB in Bhubaneswar, STF seeks ‘Love Jihad’ info from Lucknow Police

Earlier, it was said that Bukhari had married at least six to seven girls by identifying himself as an Army Doctor, an officer in PMO, and a close associate of some high-ranking NIA officials. It has been learnt that Bukhari had married one girl in Lucknow as part of Love Jihad.

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Heroin seized
Odisha STF seizes heroin worth Rs 1 crore in Keonjhar, 1 peddler arrested

Senior STF officials said, heroin weighing 1080 gm and other incriminating materials were recovered and seized from the possession of the accused. A case under section 21(c) of NDPS Act 1985 has been registered and further investigation in this connection is underway.

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
One Of The Fake Teachers Dismissed In Puri
Four school teachers who got jobs with fake certificates sacked in Puri

As per reports, a complaint was filed against these four teachers with the Police Crime Branch in 2022 alleging that they submitted fake certificates to get teacher jobs. The Crime Branch with the help of the District Education Officer (DEO) verified their certificates and found them to be fake.

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Broken Roof Of School Inaugurated In 2002
Odisha students forced to study in Mission Shakti office, thanks to a broken school building inaugurated 12 yrs back

At least 30 students from class 1 to 5 of the primary school are forced to leave their school building and study crammed in two small rooms of the Local Mission Shakti office after the walls developed cracks and cement plasters fell off from the roof endangering lives of the students.

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Smugglers With Leopard Skin
3 Wildlife Smugglers from Odisha arrested in West Bengal During Leopard Hide Deal

Though all the accused are from Odisha, they were nabbed by the Odisha Forest Department while making a deal to sell leopard skin in North 24 Parganas.

  • Tuesday, 19 December 2023
'35 tigers present in Similipal sanctuary'
35 Tigers Present in Similipal Sanctuary

As many as 35 Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT) are staying inside the Similipal Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district. The existence of these big cats was known from the camera traps during the ongoing tiger enumeration

  • Monday, 18 December 2023
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