Berhampur: Police Friday arrested 18 people for their alleged involvement in the clash between two neighbouring villages in Odisha's Ganjam district over a land dispute. The villagers of Singipur and Ratnamanipur, under the Patapur police station limits in Ganjam district, were engaged in a clash...
Puri: A class 9 student of the government high school in Odisha's Puri district Friday received burn injuries while performing a stunt using petrol, police said. The incident took place at Balukeshwar Government High School at Khajuria, the police said. The injured boy was first...
Jajpur: Odisha Police Friday arrested two persons with criminal backgrounds for allegedly firing at a travel agency office here over a delay in the refund of cancelled railway tickets. The accused have been identified as Michael Santosh (23) of Purbakot village and Santosh Pradhan (24)...
Nuapada: Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) R S Gopalan Friday directed the district administration and police to take prompt action on complaints lodged in the cVigil app for the bypolls to the Nuapada assembly constituency. cVIGIL is a web-based platform where citizens can lodge complaints...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida Friday said the state government has adopted the Centre's 'No Gift Policy' during the ongoing festive season. Parida urged people not to bring any gifts to her office in keeping with the policy. Taking to social media, Parida...
Baripada: A special POCSO court in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Friday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl four years ago. Special POCSO court judge Pratima Patra held 23-year-old Balaram Munda guilty of the crime and also imposed a...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Friday said the law enforcement agencies need to create fear in the minds of criminals by taking prompt action and ensuring strict punishment against them in crimes against women, particularly rape cases. Kambhampati said this during an interaction with...
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police arrested three persons, including a notorious woman drug dealer, after seizing brown sugar worth Rs 60 lakh from their possession, a senior officer said Friday. Acting on a tip-off, the special crime unit of police intercepted the accused persons near Harirajpur Chhak...
Nuapada: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Friday released a list of 40 star campaigners for the by-election in Nuapada Assembly constituency, scheduled to be held November 11. The list includes party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, along with veteran leaders Prasanna Acharya, Debi Prasad...
Bhubaneswar/Sonepur: At least three pilgrims from Odisha died in a road accident near Katra in Jammu and Kashmir while travelling to Maa Vaishnodevi temple, the state government said in a press release Friday. The deceased have been identified as Bichitra Kumar Sahu, Yogindra Matari and...
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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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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