Puri: The Puri police have detained one suspect on the case registered on vandalism of ‘Rosaghara’ (kitchen) at Srimandir in Puri. “The suspect identified in CCTV footage has just now been detained. Further interrogation is underway,” Puri police said in a tweet. In a first,...
Bhubaneswar: Hurdles have been cleared to operationalise the Amarda Road Airstrip near Rasagobindapur in Mayurbhanj district under the RCS-UDAN scheme. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recommended and submitted the proposal to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to grant ‘no objection certificate’ to...
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court issued notices to three civic bodies Tuesday to inform about the steps taken by them for setting up sewage treatment plants. The direction came after a report submitted by the State Pollution Control Board stated that rivers flowing through major...
Berhampur/Kendrapara: More than 10 lakh Olive Ridley turtles have crawled ashore this year to the two major mass nesting sites in the state to lay eggs. This is one of the largest congregations of the vulnerable species, officials said Tueday. The number was much less...
Bhubaneswar: Following completion of the panchayat and urban polls, the Odisha government is going to hold election for cooperative bodies functioning in the state. Election will be held in three phases. In the first phase, election will be held for 7,076 primary cooperative societies, while...
Bhubaneswar: The Principal of BJB Autonomous College has filed FIRs against eight students for submitting ‘fake’ disability certificates in order to gain admission. Sources informed that the issue of fake certificates came to light after principal Niranjan Rath discovered some discrepancies in the students' documents....
Cuttack: Tension prevailed in the National Law University Odisha (NLUO) here after a second year girl student was found hanging inside her hostel room under mysterious circumstances. The student was rushed to the SCB Medical College and Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. Sources...
Bhubaneswar: The second wife of a fake doctor in Odisha, who married as many as 18 times, has been arrested from Jharkhand for allegedly helping him in duping other women, police said here Tuesday. Ramesh Chandra Swain, the 66-year-old man from a coastal village in...
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the election for the post of deputy mayor in three municipal corporations, the Odisha government has amended the election rules. The housing & urban development department Monday issued two separate notifications to implement the new rule for the election of deputy mayor...
Bhubaneswar: In a tragic road mishap, a speeding truck rammed into as many as three cars and a motorcycle from rear at Palasuni area on NH-16 here Monday morning at around 9.30am, killing the driver of a car on the spot and leaving three others...
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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