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Bhubaneswar: A police inspector was arrested here Wednesday for allegedly having sexual relations with a woman sub-inspector by promising to marry her. Mahila Police arrested Yoshobant Acharya, who is a native of Kandhamal district. He was arrested on the basis of a case registered at the Mahila police station here Tuesday after the victim lodged a complaint....

Bhubaneswar: Light rain and thunderstorms are likely in Odisha over the next four days under the impact of two back-to-back low-pressure areas, the IMD said Wednesday. A well-marked low-pressure area persists over the southwest Bay of Bengal off the Tamil Nadu coast. It is likely to intensify into a depression and move northwestwards across north Tamil Nadu,...

Jajpur: In a movie-like turn of events, a 20-year-old woman was rescued from her kidnappers after a motorcyclist, hearing her cries for help, intercepted their car and alerted passersby, police said Wednesday. The dramatic incident happened in Odisha's Jajpur district Tuesday night, they said. The woman was returning home in Muraripur on her scooter, along with a...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP government in Odisha Wednesday recommended a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors in various departments, including police, and fire and emergency services, a statement said. The irregularities appear to span multiple states and are suspected to involve interstate criminal networks, which is why a CBI probe is required, said the...

Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a speeding train while attempting to shoot an Instagram reel near a railway track in Odisha's Puri district, police said Wednesday. The deceased identified as Biswajit Sahu of Manglaghat area in Puri town, was trying to capture a moving train in the background of his video when the...

Chennai: In a significant turn in the ongoing legal tussle between music maestro R. Ilaiyaraaja and Sony Music Entertainment India Private Limited, the company Wednesday refused to furnish the musician with the statement of accounts detailing revenue earned from the commercial use of his compositions. The issue came up for hearing before Justice N. Senthilkumar of the...

New Delhi: The Sholay sequence showing Dharmendra hiding behind a Shiva statue has put Javed Akhtar bang in the centre of an escalating social media debate after his comment that he will never be able to write it today. The undated video, in which the lyricist-writer is discussing freedom of speech and democracy, is back in circulation,...

Mumbai: Hindi film industry superstar Bipasha Basu shared a heartwarming video on her social media story featuring her daughter Devi taking part in Diwali rituals. In the clip, Bipasha captioned, 'God blessed us with a heart and evil eye emoji.' The two-year-old in the video is seen dressed in a pink ethnic outfit showering flower petals on...

Mumbai: Television actress Shraddha Arya recently gave a befitting reply to an online troll who questioned and trolled Shraddha for not revealing her twin babies' faces and wanting to maintain privacy on social media regarding her children. Sitting through the recent airport incident when Shraddha panicked on seeing media capturing her babies' photos, the troll called Shraddha...