Bhubaneswar: The unrestricted movement of stray cattle and bulls in busy areas and on roads across the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits has emerged as a major concern. Herds of cattle roaming on main roads, in market areas and even residential neighbourhoods are disrupting traffic...
By PRABHAT PANIGRAHI, OP Khordha: Despite clear instructions from the State Transport Authority (STA) to curb vehicles fitted with illegal DJ sound systems and hazardous lighting arrangements, they continue to operate openly in several districts of the state, raising concerns over enforcement. Highlighting the continued...
By AJIT KUMAR MOHANTY, OP Puri: In a major enforcement drive aimed at curbing crime and maintaining law and order, Puri Police conducted extensive night-time naka checking and vehicle inspections across various police station areas in the district. During the operation, police issued 138 traffic...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) has launched its Online Safety of Children in Odisha guidelines (2026- 2030) to protect children from cyberbullying, online grooming, sexual exploitation and other digital threats. The guidelines were unveiled during the commission’s 16th foundation day...
RABINARAYAN JENA, OP Bhubaneswar: In a significant legal development for the real estate sector, the Odisha Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (OREAT) has imposed a penalty of Rs 50 lakh on Pratyaksh Estate, the promoter of the ‘Riverdale’ plotting project near Trishulia in Kataka. The project...
Puri: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal Tuesday announced the development of an international cruise terminal in Puri at an estimated cost of Rs 1,500 crore. The Paradip Port Authority (PPA), in partnership with the Odisha government, will develop the proposed terminal, he said while chairing a...
Puri: The expansion of National Highway-316 connecting Puri with the state capital Bhubaneswar has begun, with the aim of making travel between the two cities faster, smoother and more convenient. As part of the initial phase, soil testing and technical surveys are currently underway to...
Pottangi: Tension continued to escalate along the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border in Kotia panchayat of Pottangi block in Koraput district over the Andhra Pradesh panchayat elections, with police personnel from the two states having a face-off Tuesday. Villagers in Neridibalsa op posed the deployment of Odisha...
Rayagada: A local court Tuesday sentenced nine individuals, including notorious criminal Hadaapa Shiva, to life imprisonment for abduction, unnatural sexual assault, and attempted murder. Additional District and Sessions Judge Alpana Swain convicted the accused—Hadaapa Shiva, G Bangaru, Shunthi Suraj, Shunthi Prakash, Majhi Raja, Majhi Joseph,...
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Presenting Odisha’s long-term clean-energy roadmap at Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo 2026 in New Delhi Tuesday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state aims to source 74 per cent of its installed power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2047 and...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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