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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Saturday empowered inspectors and sub-inspectors of the state police to arrest, investigate, and prosecute cases under Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, an official notification said. Previously, these powers were reserved for officers in the rank of...

Bhubaneswar: Though they often meet at official meetings and party events, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Saturday visited Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi's official residence for the first time. Both leaders described the meeting as a "courtesy call." Taking to X, Majhi said, "Today,...

Jajpur: Vigilance sleuths Saturday arrested a panchayat executive officer in Odisha's Jajpur district for allegedly misappropriating Rs 7.35 lakh of government funds meant for old-age pension beneficiaries. The arrested official, identified as Santosh Kumar Jena, is currently attached to Danagadi block. He had allegedly indulged...

Kendrapara: Odisha Police has detained a suspected Bangladeshi infiltrator carrying an unlicenced firearm, officials said Saturday. The man, identified as Mrutunjaya Mandal, appeared to be under the influence of alcohol when he was apprehended in a coastal village within Rajnagar police station limits. Although Mandal...

Sambalpur: A special court in Odisha's Sambalpur district Saturday sentenced a man to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl. The Special POCSO court judge, Abhilas Senapati, convicted the 22-year-old man under different sections of the POCSO Act and imposed a penalty...

Rayagada: A local court in Odisha's Rayagada district Saturday pronounced life imprisonment for three persons, after convicting them in a 2023 murder case. The Additional District and Sessions Judge of Rayagada, Alpana Swain, held the three guilty of murder and also imposed a penalty of...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Chief Secretaries of Chhattisgarh and Odisha met in New Delhi Saturday to iron out their differences on Mahanadi river water sharing, and emphasised to amicably work out a solution for the benefit of the people of the two states, officials said. The...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Saturday urged a few states without legislative bodies for the welfare of Schduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to form them, as a meeting of the heads of these Parliamentary and state committees ended in Bhubaneswar. Birla told reporters that...

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Saturday said he will strive to ensure that the joint committee of Parliament, which will scrutinise the three contentious Bills proposing removal of top government functionaries arrested for 30 consecutive days, has representation from different parties in line with...

Puri: Police in Odisha’s Puri arrested three people and recovered about 170 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 16 lakh, three two-wheelers and Rs 1.6 lakh in cash during a raid in the temple town, police said Saturday. Acting on a tip-off, the police carried...