Tag: Social Media

In an unexpected turn of events, Baahubali star Prabhas was trolled on social media, recently. The Tollywood superstar was recently snapped in Mumbai and some of his pictures have emerged online in which Prabhas can be seen without makeup.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch today arrested a youth on charges of abusing a woman on social media. As per the complainant, a youth identified as Shovan Kumar had used objectionable language against a woman during chats on social media. The woman had lodged a complaint with the Crime Branch following which the youth was […]

Puri: Controversy surfaced once again after pictures of the secret ‘beshas’ of Lord Gopaljew and goddess Radha of Sakhi Gopinath Temple in Puri went viral on social media on ‘Anla Nabami.’ The picture was reportedly posted on Facebook by one Basudevguddu Swain. Similarly, a devotee from Surat, Tejas Selar uploaded a picture of the interior […]

Keonjhar: Police have arrested four people for allegedly forcing a young couple to get intimate, recording the act and uploading the video on social media. All the accused have been arrested under POCSO Act and IT Act while one of the accused is a juvenile. The victim is said to be a tribal girl while […]

Puri: Hours after pictures of the interior of the Puri Srimandir were uploaded today on social media by police sub inspector Dilip Panda, Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi has suspended him. As per reports, the pictures of the temple premises were found posted on a Facebook post today, thereby raising concerns over security measures at the 12th […]

Ace sand sculptor, Padma Shri awardee, activist Sudarsan Pattnaik made headlines recently with his dharna to get Banki Muahana, the point where the river meets Bay of Bengal, cleaned up. What started as a quiet hunger strike with a handful of supporters grew organically on social media with the news making it to the focus […]

Bhubaneswar: Singer Sona Mohapatra who has been one of the popular Odia singers of the present generation in the country, of late, has been in news, albeit for wrong reasons. This time the singer has drawn criticism for pronouncing a couple of words wrong from the epical Odia bhajan ‘Ahe Nila Saila’ by renowned Odia […]

Dhenkanal: A mentally-challenged youth was reportedly roughed up by locals on suspicion of being a child lifter at Kantapal village under Kankadahada police limits in Dhenkanal district on Monday. As per reports, the youth a resident of nearby Jhatikipasi village was loitering in Kantapal village on Monday at around 10 am. Finding his movements suspicious, […]

Balasore: The Balasore police Monday arrested one Sridhar Barik  for brutally assaulting his mother over some family dispute at Baitapada village under Basta police limits of the district. The incident came to the fore after video of the entire act went viral on social media. “Since I scolded my grand daughter-in-law over some trivial issue, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has unearthed a well-knit prostitution racket that was operating in a clandestine manner under the guise of a dance bar in Bhubaneswar. The racketeers were making extensive use of social media platforms including instant messaging applications like WhatsApp among others to operate. The Commissionerate Police has intensified investigation after nine persons […]

Balasore: After appealing on social media, a minor girl of Nilagiri area in Balasore   district who has eloped with her lover has knocked the doors of police and sought protection alleging threat to her life. The girl, who is a minor, met Balasore SP, B Jugal Kishore this morning at his office and urged him […]

Bhubaneswar: A total of 6,08,031 candidates appeared for the Social Science paper at 2,818 centres across the State on the last day of the annual High School Certificate (HSC) examinations today. Even after a three-tier security was put in place by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) to prevent malpractice, the examination this year was […]

Kamakhyanagar/Jagatsinghpur: After MIL, English, Mathematics and Science subjects, question paper of Social Science of Matriculation examination went viral on social media in Kamakhyanagar and Jagatsinghpur on the last day of the exam. As per reports, photographs of Social Science question paper were circulated on WhatsApp within one hour of the commencement of the exam. Barring […]

Bhubaneswar: Close on the heels of Matric Examination question papers going viral on social media and subsequent order of a Crime Branch probe into the matter, the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) today issued a directive tightening norms on entry of mobile phones into the centres during the Plus-II examinations scheduled to begin from […]

Puri: Months after photos of Srimandir interiors went viral on social media, the pictures of Lord Jagannath and his siblings were again found posted on a Facebook account.   A person identified as Sanket Mishra uploaded the pictures of the deities with a message “the real pic of Lord Jagannath at Puri temple. Made a […]