Anandapur: Even as electioneering heated up across the state, a group of about 15 people brutally hacked former Anandapur block chairman Ramchandra Behera to death late Monday night at Dhakotha under Ghasipura block in Keonjhar. Behera had contested the 2014 polls as an independent. The...
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said Monday that nearly 25 crore poor people in the country will get financial assistance of Rs 72,000 per annum if the party is voted to power under the ambitious minimum income guarantee scheme which the party has named...
Rayagada: An Assistant Collector of Rayagada district ended his life Sunday allegedly due to “excess work pressure”. The incident came to the fore after the official was found dead in his room under mysterious circumstances Sunday morning. He was identified as Shiv Prasad Panigrahi. A...
New Delhi: A Delhi court has ordered attachment of liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s properties in Bangalore in a case relating to FERA violations. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat issued fresh directions after the Bangalore Police, through Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) special public prosecutor NK Matta and...
Bhubaneswar: People across all walks of life irrespective of cast, color, creed and religion celebrated the festival of colours with great fervor and festive spirit. Residents of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and all the districts celebrated the festival with great fun...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday wished the people of the state in view of the Dola Purnima festival. The CM expressed hope that this festival of brotherhood will bless every family with prosperity and happiness. He took to his twitter handle and wrote: “Pabitra...
London: Nirav Modi, the main accused in the $2 billion (US) Punjab National Bank scam case, has been arrested in London where a court Wednesday remanded the fugitive diamantaire in custody till March 29, saying there are substantial grounds to believe that he would fail...
Panaji: Newly appointed Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who heads a BJP-led coalition government, will face a floor test to prove his dispensation's majority in the 36-member state legislative assembly on Wednesday. While Sawant told reporters Tuesday that he is "100 per cent confident" of...
Keonjhar: A recent study by the New Delhi-based think tank, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), claims that Keonjhar has bagged the lion’s share – 43 per cent – of Odisha’s total District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds, collected from miners but the constituency evinces no...
Bhubaneswar: More Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs Tuesday hinted at quitting the party in the wake of the denial of tickets to them. The BJD issued its first list of candidates for nine Lok Sabha and 54 MLA seats, Monday. As soon as the list...
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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