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Woman kills mother-in-law for switching on light in Odisha’s Cuttack
Woman kills mother-in-law for switching on light in Odisha’s Cuttack

Police arrested a woman on the charges of killing her mother-in-law for switching on light in their house in Madhupur area under Baranga police limits in Cuttack district. 

  • Saturday, 09 December 2023
Drunk, reckless driving major cause of accident deaths
Drunk, reckless driving major cause of accident deaths in Odisha; experts pin blame on govt

Drunk and reckless driving are the major reasons behind the surge in road accident deaths in Odisha, as per the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

  • Saturday, 09 December 2023
'Who's Inspector Tiwari'? Rs 5L cash in polythene bag brings fresh twist to I-T raids, hints at cop
'Who's Inspector Tiwari'? Rs 5L cash in polythene bag brings fresh twist to I-T raids, hints at cop link

People are curious about the real identity of the person, wondering if the person is a pecuniary beneficiary from the liquor makers. Why this packet was specially kept for the mystery person and what the person was doing with the liquor makers?

  • Saturday, 09 December 2023
Odisha man beheads wife over suspected affair, surrenders with severed head
Odisha man beheads wife over suspected affair, surrenders with severed head

A man allegedly beheaded his wife on suspicion of infidelity and reached the police station with the severed head to surrender. 

  • Saturday, 09 December 2023
Rs 220 cr cocaine seizure in Paradip: Vietnamese interpreters roped in to make headway in probe
Rs 220 cr cocaine seizure in Paradip: Vietnamese interpreters roped in to make headway in probe

The Customs Department has roped in two Vietnamese language interpreters after the language barrier reportedly hampered the ongoing probe.

  • Saturday, 09 December 2023
25 Odia migrant labourers stuck in Karnataka brick kiln, seek govt help to return home
25 Odia migrant labourers stuck in Karnataka brick kiln, seek govt help to return home

As many as 25 migrant labourers from Odisha, who had gone to work in Karnataka and got stranded there, have requested the state government to rescue them. 

  • Saturday, 09 December 2023
Aging Population
Aging Odisha! Experts worry about rising young-old gap, bat for policies to tackle demographic challenges

The State is passing through a phase of rapid demographic transition. It is not only determined by the size of the population and growth rate, but by the composition and distribution of the population accompanied by changes in behaviours and aspirations of the people.

  • Friday, 08 December 2023
Man arrested for ‘raping’ minor girl in Odisha’s Dasapalla
Man arrested for ‘raping’ minor girl in Odisha’s Dasapalla

Biswanath, a daily wager, fell in love with the 14-year-old girl at a fair in Dasapalla. After having a relationship with the minor girl, he brought her home on the promise of marriage and kept her at home for ten months before driving her out. 

  • Thursday, 07 December 2023
Jawan attacked by miscreants in Odisha, succumbs
Jawan attacked by miscreants in Odisha, succumbs

An Indian Army jawan, who was attacked by a group of miscreants allegedly over previous enmity died while undergoing treatment.

  • Thursday, 07 December 2023
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
'Wearing denim won’t make a leader': Soumya Patnaik takes fresh dig at BJD over students’ union polls

Addressing the public at Shiali Bali Yatra in Jagatsinghpur’s Ersama block, the former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader took a veiled attack on the BJD. Patnaik said he was ousted from the party because he dared to say the truth.

  • Thursday, 07 December 2023
Odisha Police STF
Odisha STF arrests one more accused in inter-state mule bank account racket

The accused has been identified as Samim Islam from Gudhia village under Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

  • Thursday, 07 December 2023
Koraput MP Saptagiri Ulaka
MP Saptagiri Ulaka raises Sewa Papermill issue in Lok Sabha, demands payment of arrears & EPF to workers

Speaking in the zero hour, the Congress MP from Koraput alleged non-cooperation and harassment by the papermill management. He alleged the company is not complying with all the relevant labour laws withholding the salaries and retirement benefits, insurance money and PF money of the employees.

  • Thursday, 07 December 2023
Cash Seized During I-T Raid In Odisha
Big cash haul: I-T raids on liquor makers unearth Rs 150 cr in Odisha, crackdowns continue for Day 2

The massive I-T raids on multiple divisions of Boudh Distilleries Private Limited, a company manufacturing liquor, are underway for the second day on Thursday.

  • Thursday, 07 December 2023
Rs 220-cr cocaine seized at Paradip port produced at Kujang ADJ court
Rs 220-cr cocaine seized at Paradip port produced at Kujang ADJ court

Documents related to cocaine seizure were submitted to the court while the seized contraband has been kept in the court amid tight security.

  • Wednesday, 06 December 2023
Deceased Benudhar Mondal
Odisha youth performing father's last rites dies after tree branch falls on him

As per reports, Benudhar and his family had taken the body of his father Laxman to the funeral ground following his death due to illness. However, during the last rites, a big branch of a tree fell on Benudhar’s head owing to incessant rains from last night.

  • Wednesday, 06 December 2023
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