Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has recorded 100 million tonne (MT) of freight loading in just 134 days, in the current financial year 2025–26, an official said This marks a significant improvement over the previous record of 148 days, achieved in 2024–25, an official...
Bhubaneswar: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will address a religious congregation in Cuttack Thursday afternoon. He will also meet Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati in Puri later in the day, sources said. Bhagwat, who arrived here Wednesday evening, spent the night at the Utkal Bipanna...
Sundargarh: A woman allegedly strangled her husband to death with the help of her paramour and an associate over an alleged illicit relationship at Hari Om Colony in Shankara area of this town Tuesday night, police said. The victim was identified as Dhruba Kerketta, 62,...
Mohana: A primary school teacher was arrested in Gajapati district recently for his alleged connections with Maoist activities, police said Wednesday. The suspect, Pratap Kumar Nayak, has been working as an ex-cadre assistant teacher at Nua Khajuripada Government Primary School under Adava police station since...
Ujalpur: A couple of days after pugmarks were found in a village near Ujalpur forest range of Sundargarh forest division, Forest department officials have installed trap cameras near the area to ascertain the presence of a tiger. Also Read: Trap cams in Ujalpur as locals...
Kendrapara: Police Wednesday arrested four more persons for their alleged involvement in the gangrape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Kendrapara district. With this, the total number of arrests in the case has risen to five. Police Tuesday arrested a 29-year-old close relative of the survivor,...
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court’s directive to permanently remove stray dogs from the streets of Delhi-NCR has sparked significant backlash in Odisha, with animal welfare activists and citizens questioning its feasibility and compassion. The bench, headed by Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan,...
Bhubaneswar: The joint platform of Central Trade Unions, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (United Farmers’ Front), and the Land Rights Movement organised a protest rally Wednesday from Master Canteen to Lower PMG here under the banner ‘Defend National Sovereignty – Stop Corporate Loot,’ condemning Trump’s aggressive tariff...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Wednesday slammed the state government for prioritising political optics over public welfare by approving Rs 30,000 crore to repaint all government buildings saffron. Addressing a press conference at Congress Bhawan here, senior spokespersons Manoranjan Dash, Rajani Kumar Mohanty,...
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence of a man to life imprisonment in a double murder case of 2019, saying that ‘it is well settled law that the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation of the convict is an important factor which...
The infidelity of the Nvidia co-founder, Jensen Huang, the AI tech giant company’s CEO, who recently admitted he had been...
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The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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