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Bhubaneswar: The state government Monday said it will form a dedicated task force to investigate and prosecute cases of child p*rnography. In a statement, the government said it will implement the Supreme Court ruling, which states that watching and downloading child p*rnography can be an...

Manguli/Jagatpur: The twin city Commissionerate Police, along with the health wing of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), busted a unit engaged in producing adulterated milk and related products, officials said Monday. The unit’s owner Pradipta Kumar Parida has been arrested, they added. Acting on a tipoff,...

Bhubaneswar: A day after completing the technical survey of Lord Jagannath's Ratna Bhandar in Puri, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Monday conducted a ground penetrating survey at the Sun Temple in Konark. The survey, which will take place over two days, aims to locate...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik Monday expressed concern over the alleged deterioration in the law and order situation in the state under the BJP government. Patnaik said this while meeting BJD MLAs and leaders of Nabarangpur and Kalahandi districts in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and his four Cabinet ministers Monday heard grievances of 1,000 people, according to an official statement. The Chief Minister started hearing of the public grievances July 1, and it was the fourth such arrangement where he directly heard...

Bhubaneswar: The opposition Congress Monday demanded a judicial investigation led by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the allegations of assault of the Army officer, his fiancée in police custody. A Congress delegation led by its former women's wing president Sashmita Behera submitted a memorandum...

Cuttack: Taking suo motu cognisance of last week's alleged assault of an Army officer and his fiancee at Bhubaneswar’s Bharatpur Police Station, the Orissa High Court Monday expressed shock and concern over the incident and restrained both mainstream media and social media from publishing the...

Bhubaneswar: A woman, who along with her fiance was allegedly assaulted at Bharatpur Police Station, said that she felt “relieved” after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi gave her a patient hearing. She said she would be happy only after getting justice and the seven police...

Bhubaneswar: An Army officer and his fiancee, who were allegedly assaulted at a police station in Bhubaneswar, Monday met Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, a day after the state government ordered a judicial inquiry into the incident. The meeting, where the woman's father was...

Bhubaneswar: Following Odisha Chief Minister’s order regarding a judicial probe into the alleged police brutality against an Army officer and his fiancee at Bharatpur Police Station, Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Monday called off its plan to hold a six-hour Bhubaneswar bandh September 24. Senior...