Anandapur/Ghasipura: Kumar Purnima celebrations turned into mourning as a 17-year-old girl died in a wall collapse Monday at Madanpur village under Ramachandrapur police limits in Keonjhar district. The deceased was identified as Seemarani Chakra, daughter of Sarat Chakra. Police registered a case and launched an...
Binjharpur/Bari: A woman was dragged by a crocodile into the Kharasrota river while she was washing herself in the water body near Kantia village under Bodua panchayat and Bari block in Jajpur district Monday afternoon. The victim was identified as Soudamini Mahala, 55, wife of...
Berhampur: Senior advocate and BJP leader Pitabash Panda was shot dead by unidentified men near his residence in Odisha's Berhampur Monday night, police said. The incident took place in the town's Brahma Nagar area. Panda, who was also a member of the Odisha State Bar...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Congress president Bhakta Charan Das strongly condemned the attack on Chief Justice of India B R Gavai during court proceedings Monday. In a shocking breach of decorum, a 71-year-old lawyer allegedly tried to hurl a shoe at the CJI during court proceedings, but...
Sambalpur: In a major crackdown on spurious cough syrups and arms trafficking, Odisha Police Monday busted an inter-state racket operating in Bargarh district and arrested 15 people, officials said. Acting on credible intelligence inputs regarding transportation and sale of banned cough syrup and firearms, seven...
Berhampur: A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death in Odisha's Ganjam district over an alleged monetary dispute Monday morning, police said. The incident took place at Reddy Damodarapalli village under Dharakote police station limits. The deceased was identified as B Shankar Reddy, a resident of...
Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik Monday condoled the death of six people in a blaze at a hospital in Jaipur. At least six patients died in a massive fire at an ICU of state-run Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in the Rajasthan capital, officials said...
Bhubaneswar: As Odisha's cultural capital Cuttack remained tense following two consecutive clashes during Durga idol immersion processions, senior BJP leader and local MP Bhartruhari Mahtab Monday said he had earlier cautioned the administration about potential trouble in the city. Mahtab, a seven-time MP who was...
New Delhi/Nuapada: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar Monday announced that the bypoll for the Nuapada Assembly seat will be held November 11. "The Assembly bypolls in J-K, Odisha, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Punjab, Telangana and Rajasthan will be held November 11; the counting of votes will be...
Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday staged a protest in Bhubaneswar demanding a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of police sub-inspectors in Odisha. The written examination for recruitment of police SI was postponed by the Odisha Police Recruitment Board (OPRB) after Berhampur...
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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