Tag: Social Media

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 […]

Rourkela: A youth in Rourkela has been arrested for defaming a woman by posting objectionable pictures and remarks using a fake Facebook account, police said. The accused has been identified as Sunil Patra. Senior police officials stated that Sunil was in a one-sided love affair with the girl and after she got married, the accused […]

Jajpur: Three persons have been arrested by Jajpur police today for posting ‘objectionable’ content against BJP leader Simantini Jena on social media. As per sources, one of the youth had clicked a photo of Jena sitting next to Badachana MLA Amar Prasad Satpathy, while attending the 11th day post-death ritual of a person at Siha […]

 Sambalpur: Police on Wednesday swung into action after a video of two girls, seen stripped naked and thrashed by two youths, went viral on social media in Sambalpur. Though the exact place where the act was recorded is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the incident occurred in some place in Sambalpur as […]

Bhubaneswar: Looking to leverage the reach and increase its presence on social media, the ruling-BJD organised a crash-course for its leaders and office bearers on using popular messaging app WhatsApp. A workshop was organised at CM and party president Naveen Patnaik’s residence where social media experts imparted necessary training to MLAs and office bearers of […]

Bhubaneswar:  After being duped by a conman, two girls in Bhubaneswar have now knocked the doors of Commissionerate Police seeking justice. According to reports, both the girls reportedly had met one  Subhankhar, a government servant, after knowing each other through a social networking website. Also Read: Bargarh molestation viral video: Police arrests 4 prime accused […]

Puri: Lapses in the existing security measures at Puri Srimandir have come to fore once again after some pictures taken by a devotee inside the temple’s inner precinct surfaced on social media. According to reports, one Jugal Kishore Vaishnav posted the pictures taken at a few locations inside the temple on his Facebook account. The […]

Bhubaneswar: With the rise in incidents of viral pictures and videos containing obscenity in the State, the Odisha police today issued advisory to all district SPs and the general public to check transmission of such items on various social media platforms. While inaugurating a cyber forensic lab on the premises of the State Forensic Laboratory […]

Puri: Justice BP Das Commission of Inquiry for Reforms in Srimandir on Tuesday sought report from the Law secretary, Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri Collector and SP after photos of repair works of Jagamohan, the hall facing the sanctum sanctorum of the 12th century shrine were found posted on social media. Justice BP Das […]

Bhubaneswar: Be it Baripada, Keonjhar or even Bhubaneswar, there has been a spurt in incidents of obscene videos being circulated on various social media platforms to defame girls. Three such incidents in the past one week have now become a matter of concern. Social activists have demanded stringent action against those circulating such videos on […]

Bhadrak: Nayakanidihi Police on Wednesday arrested an MBA student of a private college from a boys’ hostel here for allegedly harassing a girl and uploading her ‘obscene’ pictures on social media. The arrested has been identified as Dhananjay Mohanty from Sribaschapur village in Bhadrak. The matter came to light after Mohanty uploaded some personal pictures […]