Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized over a dozen luxury vehicles, including a Porsche, a Mercedes, a Mini Cooper and a BMW, following searches against an Odisha-based businessman and his companies in a money laundering case linked to Rs 1,396 crore alleged bank fraud....
Bhubaneswar: Amid farmers' protest over alleged scarcity of urea in some parts of Odisha, the state government Sunday closed 30 fertiliser shops and suspended licences of 62 dealers during enforcement drives, an official statement said. To check the black marketing and stolen or fake fertilisers,...
Berhampur: Seven people, including a retired police officer, were arrested Sunday in Odisha's Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in smuggling of leopard skin, police said. The accused were apprehended from a house in Bhanjanagar North Forest Division area and a private lodge, they said....
Puri: Servitors and devotees Sunday welcomed the decision to install the wheels of the three chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra of the Puri Rath Yatra in the Parliament complex in Delhi. Speaking to IANS, one of the servitors at the 12th-century...
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha's canoeing player Rashmita Sahoo received a special mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’, after which she expressed her joy and said she is determined to win a medal for India in the upcoming Asian Games. Rashmita, who...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Sunday announced the formation of 16 new notified area councils as well as upgradation of seven existing NACs into municipalities. CM Majhi made this announcement while addressing a programme on the occasion of Local Self Governance Day. During...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Police have arrested a 27-year-old man from Gujarat's Rajkot district for his alleged involvement in duping an engineer from the eastern state of Rs 7 lakh. The accused, identified as Vishal Ramesh Bhai Makhvana, was apprehended from his native village in Gujarat and...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officer Madhusmita Singh was suspended for her alleged involvement in misappropriation of government funds, officials said Sunday. In her last assignment, Singh was the tahasildar of Jamada in Mayurbhanj district, they said. "The governor of Odisha, in exercise of the...
Baripada: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped by five people in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said. The incident took place Friday evening, when two persons known to the woman picked her up in a car from the Bangiriposi area on the pretext of discussing a...
Bhawanipatna: For the first time, cotton farmers in Kalahandi district must register before selling their produce in local mandis under a new regulation introduced by the Cotton Corporation of India Ltd. to enhance transparency and streamline marketing. Unlike paddy, which requires registration through primary agricultural...
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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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