Balasore: Special Judge POCSO Ranjan Kumar Sutar Thursday convicted a rape accused and sentenced him to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment with a penalty of Rs 5,000. The court further ordered two more years of RI in case of default in paying the fine amount....
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will provide economy meals at nine important stations across its jurisdiction in the summer. ECoR sources here Thursday said economy meals are being provided to passengers at Khurda Road, Sambalpur, Titilagarh, Balangir, Kantabanji, Palasa, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, and Srikakulam Railway...
Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha has readied two specially-designed buses for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to tour the state during the campaign trail, party leaders said Thursday. Patnaik, who kicked off the party's campaign from his home turf Hinjili in Ganjam district Wednesday, is...
Koraput: The annual income of Congress's Koraput MP Saptagiri Ulaka, who is seeking re-election for a second consecutive term, shrank by around 62 per cent to Rs 9.60 lakh in the last financial year as against when he was first elected in 2019. Ulaka's annual...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha reeled under severe heatwave conditions Thursday with state capital Bhubaneswar recording 41 degrees Celsius at 11:30am, officials said. Balasore also recorded 41 degrees Celsius, while Jharsuguda was at 40.4 degrees and Hirakud sizzled at 40.2 degrees, they said. The Meteorological Centre at Bhubaneswar...
Bhubaneswar: At least two Maoists were killed early Thursday in a gun battle between red rebels and security forces in Odisha's Boudh district, police said. The exchange of fire between Maoists and personnel of Odisha's elite Special Operation Group (SOG) took place in Parhel reserve...
Rayagada: The Centresponsored ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ has gone for a toss in this district. This is because of the unavailability of medicines for tuberculosis patients in the last three months, sources informed Wednesday. This Central scheme is implemented through respective state governments....
Keonjhar: People in this district have been suffering due to the scorching temperatures that are hovering around the 43-degree Celsius mark. Now they are also realising the utility of mango trees that were once found in large numbers in almost all the villages of this...
Rourkela: An unused laparoscopy machine lying at the Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) here has prompted medical superintendent Dr Ganesh Das to look into the matter. He has ordered a probe as to why it has been lying unused for close to a year now despite...
Joda: Hardly two months have elapsed since its inauguration. However, the walls of the newly-built multi-purpose indoor stadium here in Keonjhar district have developed cracks. Plasters are falling off the walls as well as the beams and ceiling, sources informed Wednesday. The gymnasium has been...
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