Tag: Odisha

Puri: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit of Odisha on Sunday renewed its demand for a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death of a 30-year-old man at Baseli Sahi police station in Puri district last month. Addressing a presser, BJP leader and Puri MLA Jayant Sarangi alleged that efforts are being made to cover […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have emerged as the deciding factor as far as the private investment inflow to states in the country is concerned. As of now, western states seems to have emerged as the big losers. Karnataka and Odisha have emerged as the big gainers in the inflow of private investments. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha unit of BJP has also decided to organise farmers’ awareness initiatives in the State in line with the party’s nationwide trail of conferences to promote the farm laws against which the peasants have been protesting for the eighteenth straight day. Informing about the decision, president of Odisha BJP Krushak Morcha, Pradeep Purohit […]

Boudh/Bhubaneswar: Thanks to the cleverness of a car driver, Purunakatak Police on Sunday arrested 8 robbers  and recovered a car they had allegedly lifted from Bhubaneswar on the pretext of hiring for marriage. The gang had cleverly hired an Innova car from Bhubaneswar on the pretext of using it for a wedding but due to […]

Bhubaneswar: The hope for return of Biju Patnaik’s iconic Dakota DC-3 aircraft is getting thinner with each passing day as the plane is dying a slow death outside Netaji Subash Bose International Airport in Kolkata even as Odisha government continues to chalk out plans to bring the epitome of the former Chief Minister’s heroism. The […]

Balasore: Sahadevkhunta Police on Sunday seized 42 grams of brown sugar from in front of Balasore jail during a raid and arrested a peddler. During the raid, 42 gram brown sugar worth Rs 4 lakh and Rs 20,000 in cash were seized from the accused. The arrested person was identified as Sheikh Babu Khan, who […]

Dhenkanal: In an inhumane incident, a man was severely thrashed by angry mob over suspicion of being a child lifter at Mina Bazar in the district on Sunday. Upon being informed, police rushed to the spot and rescued the victim from the clutches of the angry villagers. According to reports, the youth, name of whom […]

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of the State Cabinet is scheduled to be held Monday evening. The meeting, which will be held via video conferencing at around 5 PM, will be chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The CM would be attending the virtual meeting from his residence, Naveen Niwas, while ministers of all departments are likely […]

Balasore: The body of a minor girl, who had been reported missing since Friday, was found near a pond at Sundarkoili village under Baliapal police limits in the district on Monday morning. A complaint about the missing of the seven-year-old girl Bishnupriya alias Neuli was lodged by her family members at Baliapal Police Station yesterday […]

Dhenkanal: A soldier is a soldier, with or without uniform. Even years after hanging their boots following retirement from the Indian army, a group of seven ex-servicemen, led by veteran Sukant Kumar Parida continue to serve the motherland in a unique way. The group has now taken up the responsibility to train and prepare the […]

Bhubaneswar: A Panchayat Samiti member in Odisha’s Ganjam district was arrested on Sunday on the charge of raping and defrauding a woman in Maharashtra, police said. A Maharashtra Police team with the help of Hinjili police arrested A Sudam, who is member of Kanchudu Panchayat Samiti in Hinjili block, following a complaint by the woman […]

Bhubaneswar: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police on Monday arrested four persons in connection with the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, those rounded up include two security guards and an equal number of employees belonging to OTV against whom the minor girl’s mother had lodged a complaint. All […]

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 caseload in Odisha climbed to 3,24,089 on Monday after 332 people tested positive for the lethal virus, while four more fatalities in the last 24 hours pushed the death toll to 1,811. Of the fresh cases detected from 27 districts of the State, 189 were reported from different quarantine centres and the […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior leaders of the Opposition BJP and the Congress came together on Monday to condemn the arrest of two security personnel and an equal number of OTV employees by the State Crime Branch in connection with the case of the alleged gang rape of a minor girl in Bhubaneswar. Coming down heavily on the […]

Balasore: The Baliapal Police on Monday claimed to have unraveled the mystery behind the murder of seven-year-old girl Bishnupriya, nicknamed Neuli, by arresting one of her distant relatives and the latter’s sister-in law. The arrested accused were identified as Deepak Sahoo while the woman’s name is yet to be disclosed. Police said the duo killed […]