Tag: Odisha

Phulbani: A joint team of Kandhamal Police and Excise officials on Sunday destroyed illegal ganja cultivation on acres of lands in different forest areas of Dudduki panchayat under Sadar police limits in Kandhamal district. The police and excise sleuths were tipped off about illegal cultivation following which a joint team was set up to conduct […]

New Delhi: The Odisha government has released Rs 8 lakh compensation in connection with a food poisoning case in a government school in 2018 following the intervention of the National…

Malkangiri: Director General Police (DGP) Abhayon Sunday visited the new BSF camp set up at Gorasetu in Swabhiman Anchal in the district and expressed immense satisfaction after taking stock of the security scenario in the Maoist-hotbed area. Just after his visit to the new BSF camp, he held discussions with other top officials of police […]

Rourkela: Some unidentified miscreants allegedly abducted a young businessman, Pradip Kundu from Birmitrapur area here on Saturday evening. Kundu’s family members have alleged that he was kidnapped from National Highway 143 while he was returning home from his crusher unit at Bijabahal area and lodged a complaint with Birmitrapur police in this regard. Meanwhile, a […]

Bhubaneswar: In a good news for students belonging to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (SC/ST) communities, the Odisha Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Sunday has put a notification regarding slashing of scholarships on hold. The notification on revision of post-matric scholarships for meritorious students of SC/ST communities was issued by the Scheduled Casts and Scheduled […]

Angul: Former MLA of Athamallik Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo rubbished the reports of his involvement in the alleged rape case of a girl here and said that it is an attempt to defame him. A youth identified as Rajeeb Lochan Pradhan of Angapada village under Kishorenagar Police limits of the district, who was working as a […]

Dhenkanal: A senior officer of a contract organisation working under Rungta Mines at Jhadabandha here was critically injured in an attack by a group of local youths, police said Sunday. The injured official identified as Ajay Majumdar, the project manager of the organisation, has been admitted to hospital. The incident took place on Friday when […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid plunging of the mercury in Odisha, several parts of the State are set to experience rainfall for a period of two days from November 12. As per the latest bulletin issued by India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Centre in Bhubaneswar, light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely to occur at one or […]

Cuttack: From underground life detectors to victim locators, the ace disaster rescue organisation of the State, Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) has reinforced itself with induction of various sophisticated…

Bhubaneswar: With a possible second COVID-19 wave on the cards, people in Odisha are now on tenterhooks even though the daily positivity graph is registering a downward trend. Though there has been a considerable drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases in November compared to the past two months, the situation is still alarming […]

Jeypore: The Block Development Officer (BDO) of Laxmipur here in Koraput district has landed in trouble after an audio clip of him demanding money from the sarpanches allegedly on behalf of the Collector went viral. The BDO identified as Dillip Patnaik was allegedly demanding Rs 30,000 from sarpanches and executive officers, saying that that the […]

Puri: Many valuable items were recovered from the ancient Emar mutt in front of the 12th-century Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri after its possession was taken by the Commissioner of…

Puri: Continuing its drive against drugs peddling, Police on Sunday seized 273 grams of brown sugar and arrested four persons, including a woman while they were allegedly smuggling the contraband in a car from Bhubaneswar to Puri. The market value of the seized contraband is estimated to be around Rs 27 lakh, police sources said. […]

Balasore: Palpable tension gripped Khantapada area in Balasore after five vehicles reportedly engaged in illegal transportation of cattle were seized near Seragada tollgate on the National Highway-16 this morning. As per reports, four trucks and a pickup van smuggling over 100 cattle were en-route to Kolkata from Bhadrak when they were intercepted by police at […]

Puri: Four members of a family including two women were grievously injured following a feud between two families at Rebana Nuagaon village under Brahmagiri police limits in this district on Sunday. According to reports, a trivial feud between the two families escalated into heated arguments and subsequently turned violent when they started attacking each other […]