Puri temple to be closed for 5 hours on Janmashtami
Puri: The Jagannath temple in Puri will be closed for five hours Friday for a special ritual on the occasion of Janmashtami when the Lord, assuming a maternal persona, will give birth to Sri Krishna. The temple authorities said in...
College student raped by boyfriend, his friends in Odisha’s Baleshwar
Baleshwar: A minor college student was allegedly raped by her boyfriend and his friends in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday when she went out with her boyfriend. She was taken to a secluded place...
Copper, aluminium wire theft gang busted, 16 held in Kendujhar
Kendujhar: Police Thursday busted an organised inter-district gang involved in theft of transformer copper coils, aluminium/copper wires and other electrical materials and arrested 16 accused persons in Odisha's Kendujhar district, an officer said. The gang was operating across Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj,...
Odisha STA issues over 60,000 e-challans for traffic norm violation in one day
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Transport Authority (STA) has issued over 60,000 e-challans in a single day for violations of various traffic norms, officials said Thursday. The STA in its official X handle said: "On the second day of the 'Zero...
BJD blames Odisha govt for flood hit people, alleges bias in relief distribution
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Thursday accused the BJP government of failing to tackle the flood in Jajpur district and also alleged discrimination in relief distribution among the affected villagers. However, the ruling BJP rejected the allegation and claimed that the...
Bar Council overstepped its powers in NALSAR case: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday held that the Bar Council of India (BCI) has no statutory power to regulate the conduct of law students, observing that it was for educational institutions to take action against students in accordance with their own regulatory norms. A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya...
Read moreDetailsMamata Banerjee threatens to stage protests in front of BJP leaders’ houses in Delhi
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee finally broke her silence on the purported attack on the Camac Street party office of Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee early in the morning, allegedly by BJP activists, and threatened to stage protests in front of the houses of BJP leaders in New Delhi. Mamata Banerjee came on Facebook Live at around 5 pm Thursday and accused the BJP of unleashing goons...
Read moreDetailsUkraine calls India ‘global superpower’, welcomes Modi’s war-end call
Kyiv: Calling India a "global superpower", Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha Thursday said that Kyiv welcomes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent call to move from an endless war to end of the war. Sybiha made the comments during his meeting with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, who is on the first-ever dedicated bilateral visit by an Indian EAM to Ukraine. “Honoured to welcome my Indian colleague S Jaishankar to Kyiv...
Read moreDetailsSC dismisses PIL for re-test of NEET-PG 2026 examination
New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL that sought to re-conduct the NEET-PG 2026 exam, as it pulled up and imposed a cost on the petitioner and the advocate for filing such a petition. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe said it will ask the Bar Council of India to take action against the lawyer for misuse of the process of law. "It appears this person has...
Read moreDetailsNEET-UG 2026: Delhi HC orders NTA to release results of candidates named as CBI witnesses
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare within 24 hours the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination results of two candidates whose results were withheld over allegations linked to the question paper leak, observing that they had not been named as accused in the CBI chargesheet. A single-judge Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh said that the candidates could not be treated as persons against whom criminal...
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Puri temple to be closed for 5 hours on Janmashtami
Puri: The Jagannath temple in Puri will be closed for five hours Friday for a special ritual on the occasion of Janmashtami when the Lord, assuming a maternal persona, will give birth to Sri Krishna. The temple authorities said in a statement Thursday that public darshan will remain suspended from 7 pm to 12 midnight September 4....
College student raped by boyfriend, his friends in Odisha’s Baleshwar
Baleshwar: A minor college student was allegedly raped by her boyfriend and his friends in Odisha's Baleshwar district, police said Thursday. The incident took place Wednesday when she went out with her boyfriend. She was taken to a secluded place where her boyfriend's friends were already there. The girl alleged that after she was sexually assaulted by...
Copper, aluminium wire theft gang busted, 16 held in Kendujhar
Kendujhar: Police Thursday busted an organised inter-district gang involved in theft of transformer copper coils, aluminium/copper wires and other electrical materials and arrested 16 accused persons in Odisha's Kendujhar district, an officer said. The gang was operating across Kendujhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Anugola, Dhenkanal and Kataka districts, and disposing of the stolen materials through different scrap dealers, the...
Odisha CS launches state e-Pavilion on MSME Global Mart portal
Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Anu Garg Thursday launched the Odisha State e-Pavilion on MSME Global Mart, a dedicated digital platform aimed at providing the state's Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) greater visibility and enhanced access to national and international markets. Garg launched it in the presence of Subhransu Sekhar Acharya, Chairman & Managing Director of the National...
Odisha STA issues over 60,000 e-challans for traffic norm violation in one day
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Transport Authority (STA) has issued over 60,000 e-challans in a single day for violations of various traffic norms, officials said Thursday. The STA in its official X handle said: "On the second day of the 'Zero Fatality Week' aimed at preventing road accidents, strict enforcement actions were taken against violators of road safety...
BJD blames Odisha govt for flood hit people, alleges bias in relief distribution
Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Thursday accused the BJP government of failing to tackle the flood in Jajpur district and also alleged discrimination in relief distribution among the affected villagers. However, the ruling BJP rejected the allegation and claimed that the people are being provided with the relief materials as per the norms of the relief code. The...
Home Dept file shows only three names eligible for UPSC
A PIL alleging that Odisha government violated Supreme Court directions in the Prakash Singh case is being heard by the apex court. Petitioner activist Jayant Das alleges that the State's proposal to the UPSC, sent on 14.05.2026, included eight ineligible names of Additional DG officers in Pay Matrix 15, though only three officers in DG rank in...
Ajay Devgn, Tiger Shroff respond to FDA over Elaichi ad; SRK’s response awaited
Mumbai: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a response from Hindi film actors Tiger Shroff, Ajay Devgn with regards to them promoting Vimal Elaichi. The response from Hindi film megastar Shah Rukh Khan is awaited in the matter. A probe is underway in the advertisement case related to Vimal Elaichi, alleging that the sale of...
Mamata Banerjee threatens to stage protests in front of BJP leaders’ houses in Delhi
Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee finally broke her silence on the purported attack on the Camac Street party office of Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee early in the morning, allegedly by BJP activists, and threatened to stage protests in front of the houses of BJP leaders in New Delhi. Mamata Banerjee came on...
‘Kalki 2898 AD’ makers warn against fake casting calls
Hyderabad: The makers of director Nag Ashwin's magnum opus Kalki 2898 AD, Thursday issued a statement, cautioning the public to be aware of fake casting calls and individuals who were falsely claiming to represent them. Well-known production house Vyjayanthi Movies, which is producing the immensely popular franchise featuring a number of top starts including Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan...
