Tag: Social Media

Bhubaneswar: Chhattisgarh police on Friday arrested Khuswant Nayak, son of a senior IAS officer on the charges of harassing and sending obscene messages to a girl student on social media. Khuswant, son of additional secretary of Odisha Home department, Meghanand Nayak was nabbed from his house at Tamando in Khurda district by the special team […]

Bhubaneswar: Adding more trouble for noted litterateur Haraprasad Das, teacher and writer Pallishree Patnaik has lodged a defamation case against the former for allegedly harassing her on social media. Patnaik filed the defamation suit at the Bhawanipatna SDJM court on Wednesday seeking Rs 50 lakh in damages. Her statement under Section 161 and 164 of […]

Bhubaneswar: Netizens worldwide are busy baring their heart out, be it frustration against bosses or exes or love and laughter for crushes or friends, thanks to Internet’s latest infatuation, the Sarahah app. Odias too can’t stop having their share of fun with the ‘honesty’ app that lets the user remain anonymous. Saudi developer Zain al-Abidin […]

Bhubaneswar: The man who was seen in a video that went viral on social media where two girls assaulted him alleging he was ‘unfaithful’ in a love affair, today moved the SDJM court here demanding justice and action against being humiliated in public. The Nuapada resident has alleged that the girls were threatening him and […]

Bhubaneswar: A girl hatched a plot to catch her disloyal boyfriend red-handed at the Buddha Park here in the city today. The girl alleged the man had many affairs outside their relationship. The video has become viral on social media and WhatsApp after a woman posted it on Facebook. The girl and the other girlfriend […]

Bhubaneswar: Following Ollywood actors on social media? Beware as you might fall victim to online funds collection racket. One such fake social media account has allegedly been opened in the name of actor Babusan where his followers are been asked to deposit money in a particular account. According to reports, funds are being collected in […]

Cuttack: Mangalabag police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly uploading obscene photos on social media and outraging modesty of a girl, a student of Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering (BOSE) in Cuttack. Earlier on June 1, the girl had lodged a complaint against the accused Bijay Kumar Moharana working as Zonal Business Manager of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik today asked Energy and Police departments to make extensive use of social media – Twitter & Facebook – to serve people better and address their grievances. As people in Odisha are grappling with power disruption amid severe heat wave conditions, Naveen asked the Energy department to resolve the complaints and […]

Bhubaneswar: In a move to prevent the recent Ransomware attack WannaCry, the Odisha Government has decided to take help of social media to create awareness. Other than this, advertisements will be released in print media so that people will be able to understand the advisory released by the State IT department easily. The decision was […]

Bhubaneswar: A show cause notice has been issued to an Asst Prof of the Utkal University for posting results of students and objectionable remarks against the varsity authorities on various social media platforms. The Post-Graduate (PG) council chairman of the university has issued the show-cause notice to Maheswar Satpathy, on Friday. As per reports, Satpathy […]

Kendrapara: A day after tension erupted in Kendrapara over circulation of some objectionable posts aimed at hurting sentiments of a particular community through social media on Wednesday,  Central Range IG Soumendra Priyadarshi reached the town today to take stock of the situation. The IG chaired a peace meeting in the presence of heads of different […]

Kendrapara: Once bitten twice shy, Odisha government after the Bhadrak unrest, today promptly clamped down internet services in Kendrapara after tension surfaced over an objectionable post on social media purportedly targeted towards a particular community. The office of the Chief Minister informed about the restraining orders on use of internet which came into effect from […]

Bhadrak: As the situation in violence-hit Bhadrak is returning to normalcy, curfew has been relaxed from morning 7 am till 5 pm today. The prohibitory orders had been relaxed from morning 7 am till 4 pm yesterday. Bus services which had resumed yesterday are also running normally today. Meanwhile, the Cyber Cell of the Crime […]

Bhadrak: The cyber cell of the state Crime Branch (CB) detained five persons in connection with the circulation of objectionable remarks in social media that led to communal riots in the town. All the five accused belong to Bhadrak and are being interrogated, said CB Special DG BK Sharma here today. A seven-member team of the CB had […]

Bhadrak: As normalcy is returning to the trouble-torn town gradually, the district administration has decided to extend duration of curfew relaxation by two more hours from 2 pm to 4 pm. The decision came after a review of the situation in the town, Collector Gyan Ranjan Das said. Earlier, curfew was relaxed for seven hours, […]