Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of the state Crime Branch has seized over 1 kg brown sugar valued at Rs 1.20 crore during a raid in Bhubaneswar and arrested two persons. One of the accused was carrying fake ID cards and photos with police uniforms,...
Barang: A lioness at Nandankanan Zoological Park here died from suspected snakebite in its enclosure, Saturday. The 15-year-old African lioness nicknamed ‘Ganga’ was brought to the zoo from Israel in 2015. The animal suddenly fell ill and the animal keeper noticed its unusual behaviour Saturday morning...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday announced four candidates of the ruling Biju Janata Dal for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The BJD named three new candidates - Sulata Deo, Manas Ranjan Mangarj and Niranjan Bishi - and renominated Sasmit Patra for the polls...
Puri: Hitting out at the opposition, Puri's BJD MP Pinaki Mishra said no one can stop the work of the heritage corridor in the pilgrim town as Lord Jagannath wants it. Stating that nothing illegal was happening in the project, Mishra said that if anyone...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Public Service Commission has said that it will keep in abeyance the recruitment process of teachers, after the UGC alleged violation of a Supreme Court order on implementation of the Odisha Universities (Amendment) Act 2020. The move comes a day after the...
Bhubaneswar: The special task force (STF) of Odisha crime branch has seized over 1 kg brown sugar valued at Rs 1.20 crore during a raid in Bhubaneswar, and arrested two persons involved in the illegal trade, the police said on Saturday. Acting on a tip-off,...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 12 more coronavirus cases Saturday, while there was no new fatality, the health department said. There are 80 active coronavirus cases and eight more patients have recuperated from the disease, according to a bulletin. The daily positivity rate was 0.08 per cent...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday inaugurated a Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC) here as part of efforts to protect government data. Claimed to be the first-of-its-kind in the country, the centre will help protect data, applications and ICT infrastructure of the state from...
New Delhi: The President has named Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Judicial Member of the Lokpal, to be the acting Chairperson of the Lokpal due to the vacancy created by the completion of the tenure of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose. Mohanty will head the Lokpal with...
Puri: Senior BJP leader and MP Subramanian Swamy Friday said he will take up the controversial Puri Heritage Corridor issue with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. "There is a need to end the controversy. I will do whatever is possible,” Swamy told reporters after meeting...
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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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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