Bhubaneswar/Balasore: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi spoke over the phone with the father of a woman hailing from the state who was gang-raped in West Bengal's Durgapur and assured him of all support from the state government. The woman hailing from Jaleswar in Odisha's...
Kolkata/Balasore: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken a suo motu cognisance of the gangrape of a second-year medical student from Odisha. The gagarape took place outside a private medical college at Durgapur in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal, Friday night, where...
Kolkata/Balasore: Three persons were arrested Sunday for their alleged involvement in the 'gang rape' of an Odisha student of a private medical college in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, police said. The identities of the three arrested accused were yet to be disclosed by the...
Bhubaneswar/Puri: In a significant development, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has marked Srimandir and its periphery on its flight map as a ‘Red Zone,’ prohibiting aircraft such as drones from flying in the area, particularly above the 12th-century shrine. Puri Superintendent of Police...
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: UNICEF Saturday lauded Odisha’s efforts in establishing a number of advocacy groups that have significantly helped curb child marriages and empower young girls. UNICEF's India representative Cynthia McCaffrey praised the country's strides in child protection, noting the establishment of juvenile justice boards, child...
Keonjhar: Allegations of negligence and collusion have surfaced in the Keonjhar forest division after two men, caught red-handed by the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) for illegal tree felling, were allegedly released by the local range officer. According to reports, Keonjhar DFO Dhanraj HD was returning...
Rourkela: A head constable of the CRPF, who along with two others was injured in two IED explosions inside Saranda forest under Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district along the Odisha border, died Saturday in Rourkela, police said. An inspector and an assistant sub-inspector, who also sustained...
Nilagiri: At a time when a series of elephant deaths have raised concern in Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, another pachyderm estimated to be over 20 years old was found dead in a nearby pond Friday night. The cause of death is yet to be determined. The...
Keonjhar: A herd of 30 wild elephants got stranded for over 10 hours Saturday Turumunga islet in the tri-junction of the Baitarani river under Patna forest range of Keonjhar district since late Friday night. The herd of 11 tuskers (male elephants), 12 female elephants and...
Bhubaneswar: Noted Odia music director Abhijit Majumdar has once again been shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar after his health deteriorated in the past 24 hours, a source said Saturday. The source informed that Majumdar’s neurological condition has not improved as expected,...
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