Puri: An 83-year-old servitor of the Jagannath temple in Puri was allegedly murdered Wednesday, police said. The body of Jagannath Dikshit (83), who was a 'supakar' (cook) at the temple, was found in a pool of blood at Rabeni Choura in Gudia Sahi, they said. Dikshit...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has suspended Dhiman Chakma, a 2021 batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre, following his arrest by the state's Vigilance Department on alleged corruption charges, according to an order issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. "Whereas, a Vigilance...
Bhubaneswar: The death toll in the diarrhoea outbreak in Odisha's Jajpur district rose to two on Wednesday, with officials confirming the death of another person. Over 250 people have been affected by the waterborne disease since Tuesday. District collector P Anvesha Reddy said that a...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha crime branch has seized 319 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 31 lakh and arrested a person involved in peddling drugs, police said Wednesday. Based on a tip-off, a team of the special task force (STF) of the crime branch conducted a...
Puri: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday visited Puri to witness the Debasnana Purnima rituals and was visibly moved after getting a divine glimpse of Lord Jagannath and his siblings on the Snana Mandap. Amid tight security, the chief minister reached Badadanda (Grand Road)...
Balasore: A Junior Mining Officer was critically injured after he was brutally assaulted by a local sand mafia head and his henchmen while inspecting a sand mining site on Budhabalanga riverbed near Kathasangada under Remuna tehsil in Balasore district Tuesday, police said. The victim officer,...
Nuapada: Three months after a 38-year-old man from Bolangir reportedly went missing during a trip with an acquaintance in February this year, the police Tuesday recovered his decomposed body hanging from a tree deep inside a jungle near Pati Dangar - close to Kerameli village,...
Balasore: A team of students from Fakir Mohan University (FMU) in Balasore have been selected for the final round at the 110-Hour national-level Hackathon on biodiversity conservation at Pune, organised by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) to celebrate its 110 years of scientific legacy....
Bhubaneswar: General Manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR) Parmeshwar Funkwal Tuesday conducted a detailed inspection of the Sonepur–Purunakatak railway section that has been completed as part of the Khurda Road–Balangir new project. Senior officers from ECoR headquarters, construction officials and those from Sambalpur Railway Division...
Bhubaneswar: At a time when rivers in the state are facing threats from pollution, illegal sand mining, and industrial exploitation, Mahanadi Banchao Andolan (MBA) has planned to organise a river protection conclave at Red Cross Bhawan here June 13. The event, under the leadership of...
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