Kendrapara: The Kendrapara district collector Friday issued directions withholding the November salaries of all employees of 51 government offices for not implementing the OSWAS (Odisha Secretariat Workflow Automation System) mode of paperless work. Sources said that around 300 employees, many of them in panchayat offices,...
Bhubaneswar: The opposition BJD and Congress in Odisha accused the BJP government of being insensitive to sexual abuses of women in the state, claiming that the administration's policy of "zero tolerance" to rape was not enough, as people wanted 'zero incidents'. The recent issue relating...
New Delhi: Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi has confirmed the addition of Hyderabad to his much-anticipated 'GOAT Tour to India 2025' next month, with the Telengana capital becoming his fourth stopover in the country. The World Cup-winning captain will be in Hyderabad after the Kolkata...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday presented a Rs 17,440 crore supplementary budget for the 2025 26 financial year (FY'26) in the assembly to support ongoing schemes in food security, health, education and urban infrastructure. Majhi, who is also in charge of the...
Bhubaneswar: A bomb attack outside Kendriya Vidyalaya-3 (KV-3) in the Gadakana area triggered panic in the state capital Friday. Police said unidentified miscreants hurled crude bombs near the school around 8 a.m. No injuries or property damage were reported. Mancheswar police reached the spot and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has received eight complaints relating to ragging, sexual discrimination and harassment from women students of different colleges and universities over a period of two years, Higher Education minister Suryabanshi Suraj told the state Assembly Friday. Replying to a written question from BJD...
Dhenkanal: Three persons in their twenties died in the early hours of Friday after an unidentified speeding vehicle crashed into their scooter from the rear near Gobindapur square on National Highway 55 in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district, police said. Neither the identity of the deceased nor...
New Delhi: Promising batter Ayush Mhatre was Friday retained as captain of a 15-member Indian team for the upcoming U19 Asia Cup in which the focus will again be on teen batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. The age-group continental tournament will be held in Dubai from...
Bhubaneswar: To eradicate Left-Wing Extremism in the state, Odisha government has launched a revised Maoist surrender and rehabilitation policy by enhancing financial assistance, rewards for surrendered firearms and others. Financial assistance for high-ranking surrendered Maoist cadres has been raised from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs...
Patana/Keonjhar: Hundreds of villagers from Patana tehsil gheraoed the Turumunga police station Thursday morning, demanding the immediate release of six leaders of the Jindal-Posco Pratirodh Manch (JPPM) who were arrested Wednesday night. The arrested leaders were identified as JPPM secretary Benudhar Sardar, his brother Bhubanananda...
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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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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