Nandapur: Age is no barrier for sports enthusiasts, as proved by a quinquagenarian range officer of the Forest department in Koraput district. Badal Kumar Mohanty, 59, a range officer of Balda forest range comprising 12 panchayats under Nandapur block, has proved the adage right. Mohanty...
Bhawanipatna: The state government has approved the creation of an exclusive “Indravati Fish” brand to give a distinct identity to fish produced in the Indravati reservoir of Kalahandi district. According to official sources, J Kerketa, Joint Secretary of the state government, directed the Fisheries Director...
Sonepur: Former Principal of a government-run Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV) in Subarnapur district was arrested Monday by the vigilance wing of police for allegedly misappropriating Rs 55 lakh government funds. Soumya Ranjan Kheti, former Principal of OAV, Binika has been arrested for embezzling Rs 55,02,610...
Kendrapara: The Jamboo Marine police in Kendrapara district have arrested two youths for allegedly kidnapping two minor girls. According to Soumyaranjan Biswal, IIC of Jamboo Marine police station, the incident occurred September 19 when the two girls were on their way to school. The accused...
Berhampur: Restoration work at Kalinga Ghat, a stretch of NH-157 connecting Ganjam and Kandhamal districts, was hit due to a fresh landslide Monday, an official said. The stretch was badly damaged after massive landslides September 16. While several huge rocks rolled down the hills due...
Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday lauded the performance of the previous BJD government headed by him for Odisha being recognised as the third-highest revenue surplus state in India during 2022-23 fiscal. As per a report prepared by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), analysing 10-year...
Bhawanipatna: A 35-year-old man and his two children, aged 10 and 8 years, were killed, while his wife was critically injured when the motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a pickup van in Odisha's Kalahandi district Monday, police said. The incident took place near...
Phulbani: A POCSO court in Odisha's Kandhamal district Monday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl, a government lawyer said. POCSO court judge, Phulbani, Monoranjan Dash also imposed a fine of Rs 55,000 on the convict, Sahadev Mallick....
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy Monday rejected the Opposition Congress's notice seeking to move a ‘no-confidence motion' against the 15-month-old BJP government in the state. While rejecting the notice, Padhy said it could not be moved in the House due to continuous disruption of...
Bhubaneswar: Unveiling the findings into the death of a minor girl in Odisha's Puri district, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Monday said the Balanga incident was a "case of self-immolation" and not an attack by miscreants as initially reported. Replying in writing to a question...
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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